July 6, 1969, San Diego: Astros 3, Padres 2 (box score); Padres 1, Astros 0 (box score) Jim Ray got the start for Houston in the opener. The Padres countered with rookie left-hander Dave Roberts, just up from Double-A Elmira, where he was 7-5 with a 3.50 ERA in 15 games. Originally signed by the [...]
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1969: Padres Bust Out Bats Late, Beat Astros
July 5, 1969, San Diego: Padres 9, Astros 8 (box score) The 1969 Padres scored 11 runs in extra innings all season. More than half (6) of them came in this game. The Astros jumped out to a quick lead against Clay Kirby. After Curt Blefary led off the contest with a single to right, [...]
IGD: Padres vs Marlins (5 Jul 07)
Game #84 time: 12:35 p.m. PT tv: none sp: Jake Peavy (9-2, 2.09) vs Byung-Hyun Kim (2-2, 4.50) pre: Padres.com, SI.com You already know this, but Kevin Kouzmanoff is quietly putting together a nice little season. His overall numbers are masked by a miserable start, but since May 1, he’s been hanging with some pretty [...]
Young, Padres Too Good for This Headline
Wednesday night’s victory (recap | box score) was particularly gratifying in light of Tuesday’s meltdown. Chris Young? His usual dominant self. Thanks to seven scoreless innings, he now has the best ERA in the big leagues. Incidentally, you still have time to vote for Young for the All-Star game, and if the fact that he’s [...]
IGD: Padres vs Marlins (4 Jul 07)
Game #83 time: 6:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (8-3, 2.14) vs Josh Johnson (0-3, 10.97) pre: Padres.com, SI.com I have a need for building on tomorrow I have a need to begin today I have no time for living some past sorrow I just want to get on my way I need [...]
Monthly Roundtable: June 2007
Welcome to the latest edition of the Ducksnorts monthly roundtable. Participants this time include Anthony Trifiletti (Friar Watch), Peter Friberg (various; currently covering prospects here at Ducksnorts under the title “Padres Prospect Report”), Jim Higgins (FriarBall), John Conniff and Denis Savage (MadFriars.com, a webzine that covers the Padres’ minor leagues), Larry Brown (AOL FanHouse), and [...]
Two Points of Rage, Please
I’m more than a little furious about Tuesday night’s loss (recap | box score), but I’ve got a monthly roundtable to finish, so I’ll distill my rage into two points: It is public knowledge that Greg Maddux tends to implode after five innings (opponents are batting .333/.351/.632 against him from the sixth on) or 75 [...]
1969: Dierker Blanks Padres
July 4, 1969, San Diego: Astros 4, Padres 0 (box score) The Padres played their first ever Independence Day game in front of nearly 18,000 fans at San Diego Stadium. Unfortunately, the only fireworks came courtesy of the Houston Astros. Larry Dierker scattered seven hits, and the Padres advanced just one runner past first base [...]
IGD: Padres vs Marlins (3 Jul 07)
Game #82 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (7-4, 3.66) vs Scott Olsen (6-6, 4.93) pre: Padres.com, SI.com For your enjoyment. The usual disclaimers about the limitations of OPS+ as a serious measure of anything apply… Top 10 MLB Shortstops by OPS+, 2004-2007 Player PA OPS+ Stats are through games of July [...]
Brian Guile
Seeing Brian Giles reach base three times in the leadoff spot and score two of the Padres’ three runs Monday night (recap | box score) is great. Seeing how he did it is even better. In the first inning, Marlins right-hander Sergio Mitre retired Giles on three pitches. Call it a mulligan. Next time up, [...]
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