Padres Beat Cain, Giants

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
by Geoff Young
Do you notice any themes emerging early in the season? Here's one: Keep the game close and then let the bullpen take care of things. It happened again Monday night (recap | box score). San Francisco's Matt Cain took a no-hitter into the seventh. That inning, Khalil Greene smashed a double down the left field line. After falling behind in the count, 0-2, Russell Branyan drew a walk. Jose Cruz Jr. followed with a sacrifice. Geoff Blum, batting for Chris Young, then lofted a fly ball into foul territory along the right field line that Randy Winn caught, allowing Greene ...