Sunday June 28, 2009
The San Diego Padres got the 2nd straight outstanding start from a beleaguered pitching staff tonight in Arlington against the Texas Rangers to win their first series in interleague play this season.
Padres starter Chad Gaudin got his 4th win of the season with a masterful 1 hit performance. Gaudin who has been plagued by walks this year gave up only 2 walks and 1 hit in 8 full innings.
Gaudin combined with Heath Bell to shut out the American League's best hitting team for 2-0 a victory.
Top prospects Kyle Blanks and Everth Cabrera continued to impress with Cabrera going 1 for 4 with a triple and a run scored and Blanks getting multiple hits for the 2nd straight game.
Scott Hairston broke out of a 2 for 22 slump going 3 for 4 with a solo home run and 2 rbi.
One of the most interesting things in the game for me was seeing Chase Headley swipe his team leading 7th stolen base. For a guy that often looks so slow getting to balls in left field to have 7 stolen bases is just amazing to me.
Interleague is over for the season and the 5-10 record is actually pretty good for the Padres. Now they come back home for 3 series against NL opponents starting with 4 games against the Houston Astros, 3 each against NL West rivals Los Angeles Dodgers (with Manny Ramirez returning from a 50 game suspension for steroid use) and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Just when you thought you have seen it all
Sunday June 28, 2009
The Lake Elsinore Storm beat the High Desert Mavericks 33-18 tonight in Adelanto.
Yes, you read that right. 33-18.
The Mavericks starting pitcher Nate Adcock went only 2/3 of an inning giving up 8 earned runs on 7 hits and 2 walks. By the end of the 4th inning the California league 1st half champion Mavericks were down 16-3.
OUCH!
9 Storm players were on base 5 or more times.
Storm pitchers did not fair a lot better though. Starting pitcher Jeremy McBryde gave up 11 runs on 13 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
The Lake Elsinore Storm beat the High Desert Mavericks 33-18 tonight in Adelanto.
Yes, you read that right. 33-18.
The Mavericks starting pitcher Nate Adcock went only 2/3 of an inning giving up 8 earned runs on 7 hits and 2 walks. By the end of the 4th inning the California league 1st half champion Mavericks were down 16-3.
OUCH!
9 Storm players were on base 5 or more times.
Storm pitchers did not fair a lot better though. Starting pitcher Jeremy McBryde gave up 11 runs on 13 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Correia looking like an Ace
Saturday June 27, 2009
San Diego Padres starter Kevin Correia threw 7 strong innings tonight giving up just 5 hits, 1 BB and 3 runs while striking out a career high 9. The bullpen got a much needed rest tonight with Mujica and Adams combining for 2 scoreless innings.
The bats came alive tonight with the Padres getting 7 runs on 16 hits with 6 of those runs coming by the 5th inning. The 5 through 9 hitters combined for 12 of hits with Kouzmanoff and Headley going 3 for 5.
The Padres top prospect, Kyle Blanks, went 2 for 5 with 2 doubles and 3 rbi and just missed getting his 1st major league home run on a deep fly to straightaway center field.
Scott Hairston continued his hitting woes since coming off the DL going 0 for 5 tonight and 2 for 20 with 5 k's in 5 games. His BA for the season dropped below .300 for the 1st time since April 9th.
For the month of June, Kevin Correia has lowered his ERA more than 1 full point from 5.37 on June 1st to 4.23 after today's game. During that stretch he has had 5 straight quality starts and tonight was the only one in which he gave up 3 runs.
With both Peavy and Young expected to be out until after the All Star break, Correia is the Padres acting Ace and he sure is pitching like one this month.
San Diego Padres starter Kevin Correia threw 7 strong innings tonight giving up just 5 hits, 1 BB and 3 runs while striking out a career high 9. The bullpen got a much needed rest tonight with Mujica and Adams combining for 2 scoreless innings.
The bats came alive tonight with the Padres getting 7 runs on 16 hits with 6 of those runs coming by the 5th inning. The 5 through 9 hitters combined for 12 of hits with Kouzmanoff and Headley going 3 for 5.
The Padres top prospect, Kyle Blanks, went 2 for 5 with 2 doubles and 3 rbi and just missed getting his 1st major league home run on a deep fly to straightaway center field.
Scott Hairston continued his hitting woes since coming off the DL going 0 for 5 tonight and 2 for 20 with 5 k's in 5 games. His BA for the season dropped below .300 for the 1st time since April 9th.
For the month of June, Kevin Correia has lowered his ERA more than 1 full point from 5.37 on June 1st to 4.23 after today's game. During that stretch he has had 5 straight quality starts and tonight was the only one in which he gave up 3 runs.
With both Peavy and Young expected to be out until after the All Star break, Correia is the Padres acting Ace and he sure is pitching like one this month.
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