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Padres Bats Comes Alive In The 7th

MLB Scoreboard | April 14, 2010 | Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres
TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	EXTRA INNINGS	R	H	E
Atlanta Braves (2-6)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		3	11	0
San Diego Padres (4-4)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	X		4	9	1
WIN: Gregerson (1-0) LOSS: O' Flaherty (0-1) SAVE: Bell (3)

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Richard Struggles. Braves Takes Advantage

MLB Scoreboard | April 15, 2010 | Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres
TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	EXTRA INNINGS	R	H	E
Atlanta Braves (3-6)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0		5	11	0
San Diego Padres (4-6)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		3	9	0
WIN: Medlen (1-0) LOSS: Richard (0-1)

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Padres Gregerson Torched; D-Backs Wins

April 16, 2010

Padres drop one to Diamondbacks in divisional contest. In a NL West contest under the lights, the Padres were nipped by the Diamondbacks, 6-4, before a crowd of 28,489 fans at Petco Park. Starter Chris Young worked 6 innings and allowed 1 run and 4 hits, but he wasn't around when the game was decided, though he does record his 2nd quality start of the season. Luke Gregerson, who worked in relief of start Chris Young, had a rough outing out of the bullpen, getting torched for 4 runs in just 1 inning. Adrian Gonzalez went 2 for 3 with a solo home run, sparking things for the Diamondbacks. The series continues tonight, as the Diamond backs send ace Brandon Webb (0-1, 5.91) to the mound against Kevin Correia (0-1, 5.59) Quick Hits: - Scott Hairston hits a lead off home run in the 1st inning. - Adrian Gonzalez hits his first home run of the season. MLB Scoreboard | April 16, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EXTRA INNINGS R H E Arizona Diamondbacks (6-4) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 6 10 0 San Diego Padres (4-6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 6 0 WIN: Zavada (1-0) LOSS: Gregerson (0-1)

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Webb Dominates Padres

April 17, 2010

San Diego loses the series to Arizona and their always solid right-hander Brandon Webb. Being at home was of little value to the Padres, who lost a NL West contest with the Diamondbacks by the score of 5-1. Tony Gwynn Jr was a spark plug offensivley, picking up 3 hits in 4 at-bats. Kevin Correia worked 7 innings in defeat, allowing 5 runs, in the first inning, as his record fell to 0-2. Correia came off a minor injury says "I wasn't able to locate my pitches in the first inning, but my arm feels good." Padres skipper Bud Black says: "Kevin (Correia) is 100% ready. He had control issues in the 1st inning, but innings after that he pitches with nice velocity and control. I believe he shuts down 10 batters after the first inning" The Padres and Diamondbacks wrap things up tomorrow afternoon, with the Padres sending Jon Garland (1-0, 2.31) to the hill while Dan Haren (1-0, 4.26) will toe the rubber for the visiting Diamondbacks. Quick Hits: - Tony Gwynn Jr has 3 hits raising his average to .250 - Adrian Gonzalez got his 4th double in the season MLB Scoreboard | April 17, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EXTRA INNINGS R H E Arizona Diamondbacks (7-4) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 0 San Diego Padres (4-7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 0 WIN: Webb (1-0) LOSS: Correia (0-2)

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Latos Pitches Gem In Series Finale
April 18, 2010

Arizona on short end of close game, dropping the series finale to San Diego. A crowd of 24,620 fans at Petco Park went home happy last night, as they saw their Padres pull out a close 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks. Mat Latos blew them away for 6 innings, fanning 11, to earn his 1st win of the season. Nick Hundley picked up 2 RBI and went 2-for-4, providing the offensive spark. Nick Hundley sustained an injury (Pulled Leg Muscle) during the contest and had to be taked out of the game early -- his status is day-to-day.


Up next for the Padres are the Giants at Petco Park, with Clayton Richard (0-1, 5.02) battling Barry Zito (1-1, 6.23).


Quick Hits:
- Blanks sat down who is struggling in the series. (0-for-10, with 6 strikeouts)
- Cunningham and Huffman got their first hit in the season.

MLB Scoreboard | April 17, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres
TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	EXTRA INNINGS	R	H	E
Arizona Diamondbacks (7-4)	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		5	7	0
San Diego Padres (4-7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	10	0
WIN: Webb (1-0) LOSS: Correia (0-2)

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Season Notes
Date	Note
Apr 18, 2010	Recalled LF Luis Durango from Triple-A Portland
Apr 18, 2010	Placed RF Will Venable on the 60-day disabled list (Torn MCL)
Apr 8, 2010	Recalled RF Chad Huffman from Triple-A Portland.
Apr 5, 2010	Optioned SP Wade LeBlanc to Triple-A Portland. Sent RP Ryan Webb from Triple-A Portland to Double-A San Antonio. Sent SP Cesar Ramos from Triple-A Portland to Double-A San Antonio. Sent SP Radhames Liz from Triple-A Portland to Double-A San Antonio. Sent SP Cesar Carrillo from Triple-A Portland to Double-A San Antonio.
Mar 28, 2010	Released SP Mike Ekstrom.
Mar 25, 2010	Placed 1B Oscar Salazar on the 15-day disabled list (Fractured Hand)
Mar 6, 2010	Sent SP Josh Geer outright to Triple-A Portland.
Mar 5, 2010	Purchased the contract of 2B Matt Antonelli from Triple-A Portland.
Mar 4, 2010	Placed SP Josh Geer on outright assignment waivers.

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Padres Rally, But Falls Short To Giants
April 19, 2010
Tim Imasa - Friar Nation Reporter

San Diego's Clayton Richard knocked around in defeat to San Francisco. The Padres lost a heart breaker last night to the Giants, who picked up a 7-5 win in 10 innings. Edward Mujica was pinned with the loss out of the bullpen, as he came into the extra-inning affair late and gave up 2 runs in 1 inning. Scott Hairston picked up 1 RBI and went 2-for-4, providing the offensive spark. Gwynn also hit his 1st home run of the season.

Sean Gallagher was removed from the game early because of an injury (Blister on Finger). He's officially listed as day-to-day.

The series continues tonight with Chris Young (1-1, 3.63) going for the Padres and Johnathan Sanchez (1-0, 0.00) slated to work for the Giants.

Box Score:

MLB Scoreboard | April 19, 2010 | San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres
TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	EXTRA INNINGS	R	H	E
San Francisco Giants (10-3)	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2 (10th Inning)	7	14	0
San Diego Padres (5-8)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	5	12	0
WIN: Bautista (2-1) LOSS: Mujica (1-1) SAVE: Wilson (6)

San Diego Padres - Hitting Statistics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Gwynn Jr, RF	5	1	1	2	0	1	.285
Hairston Jr, 2B	5	2	2	0	0	0	.314
Gonzalez, 1B	5	1	1	1	0	2	.351
Headley, 3B	5	0	1	0	0	3	.310
Hairston, CF	4	0	2	1	1	0	.263
Torrealba, C	5	0	1	1	0	2	.277
Cabrera, SS	5	0	2	0	0	1	.222
Cunningham, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.105
Richard, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Thatcher, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A-Eckstein, PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	.266
Russell, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B-Blanks, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.244
Adams, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C-Huffman, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.307
TOTALS	42	5	12	5	1	11
BATTING 2B: Gonzalez, Eckstein HR: Gwynn Jr RBI: Gwynn Jr (2), Gonzalez, Hairston, Torrealba

San Diego Padres - Pitching Statistics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Richard	5.1	7	4	4	0	2	5.49
Gallagher	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	3.24
Thatcher	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Russell	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1.42
Adams	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Mujica (L, 1-1)	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	5.40
Totals	10.0	14	7	7	1	5

San Francisco Giants - Hitting Statistics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Renteria, SS	5	0	1	0	0	2	.205
Sanchez, 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	.294
Sandoval, 3B	5	1	2	0	0	1	.333
DeRosa, LF	5	3	3	3	0	0	.367
Molina, C	5	1	3	0	0	1	.255
Lewis, RF	5	1	2	2	0	0	.297
Huff, 1B	4	0	1	1	1	1	.261
Rowand, CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	.195
Zito, P	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ishikawa, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.222
TOTALS	43	7	14	6	1	5
BATTING 2B: Sandoval, DeRosa (2), Lewis 3B: Huff HR: DeRosa RBI: DeRosa (3), Lewis (2), Huff GIDP: Lewis

San Francisco Giants - Pitching Statistics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Zito	6.0	5	3	3	1	8	5.52
Casilla (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.45
Romo	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	3.85
Cameron (BS, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00
Bautista (W, 2-1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.70
Wilson (S, 6)	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1.42
Totals	10.0	12	5	5	1	11

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Padres Pitching Woes Continue Against Giants
April 20, 2010 | Tim Imasa - Friar Nation Reporter

Padres drop one to Giants in divisional contest. Under the lights of Petco Park last night, the Padres lost a divisional battle to the Giants who has been playing well as of late, winning eight of their last 10 games. Adrian Gonzalez collected 2 hits in 3 at-bats and had 2 RBI for the home team. Chris Young (1-2) was all over the place, issuing 4 free passes in only 4 innings of work, as his control problems helped drop him to 1-2 in the season.

After the game, the media asked Padres skipper Bud Black about Chris Young's performance last night, "Sometimes you have it and sometimes you don't, and Chris (Young) clearly didn't have it." Black said.

Fatigue has definitely affected the squad playing 7 games in a row, and the 8th game is following today. Team leader Adrian Gonzalez has this to say about the schedule,

"It is a tough stretch for the team especially to our pitching staff. Even if they want to go out there and pitch, fatigue will come into play."

Padres offense is out there, pitching however is a different story. Few bright spots in Padres pitching staff are Joe Thatcher, Adam Russell, Sean Gallagher, and the veteran Mike Adams. Thatcher and Adams hasn't allowed a run in their outings.

"We're here to help our team win. Even if we go out there in the 4th or 5th inning, we are ready to pitch." Thatcher said.

Black was asked if Gallagher will be inserted to the rotation, "Sean (Gallagher) has really pitched well for us. When our starters struggles early in the game, he always give us solid innings from the pen."

With injuries to key players (Venable, Hundley, Salazar), the reserve has to step up offensively to help the Padres get back on track.

The series finale starts tomorrow afternoon at Petco Park, featuring Kevin Correia (0-2, 5.94) trying to snap Padres losing streak.

Box score:

MLB Scoreboard | April 20, 2010 | San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres
TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	EXTRA INNINGS	R	H	E
San Francisco Giants (11-3)	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	2		8	12	0
San Diego Padres (5-9)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	8	1
WIN: Sanchez (2-0) LOSS: Young (1-2)

San Diego Padres - Hitting Statistics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Cabrera, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.204
Eckstein, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.265
Gonzalez, 1B	3	1	2	2	0	0	.368
Blanks, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.226
Headley, 3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	.322
Torrealba, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	.272
Durango, CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333
Huffman, RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	.312
Young, P	0	1	0	0	0	0	.166
Gallagher, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
A-Hairston Jr, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.305
TOTALS	31	3	8	3	0	2
BATTING 2B: Gonzalez (2) RBI: Gonzalez (2), Headley GIDP: Torrealba, Durango
BASRUNNING CS: Durango
FIELDING E: Torrealba

San Diego Padres - Pitching Statistics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Young (L, 1-2)	4.0	7	6	6	4	0	5.48
Gallagher	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	2.61
Thatcher	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
Gregerson	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	8.21
Totals	9.0	12	8	8	5	4

San Francisco Giants - Hitting Statistics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Lewis, LF	4	1	0	0	1	2	.268
Sanchez, 2B	5	2	3	1	0	0	.321
Sandoval, 3B	4	2	2	2	1	0	.344
DeRosa, RF	4	0	2	2	1	0	.377
Molina, C	5	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Huff, 1B	3	1	2	1	1	0	.288
Rowand, CF	4	1	0	0	1	2	.180
Renteria, SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	.209
Sanchez, P	3	0	1	1	0	0	.200
TOTALS	36	8	12	8	5	4
BATTING 2B: Sanchez (2) 3B: Sandoval, DeRosa RBI: Sanchez, Sandoval (2), DeRoza (2), Huff, Renteria, Sanchez SF: Huff, Sanchez

San Francisco Giants - Pitching Statistics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sanchez (W, 2-0)	8.0	6	2	2	0	2	0.94
Romo	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	4.35
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	0	2