San Diego Padres - Time To Get Classy (OOTP10)

[SHaynes23]

Series Preview

San Diego Padres (1-8, 5th in NL West, 6 GB) @ Philadelphia Phillies (6-3, 1st Place in NL East)

Phillies Top Hitters
1. Ryan Howard (.389, 4 HR, 17 RBI)
2. Greg Dobbs (.360, 2 HR, 8 RBI)
3. Jimmy Rollins (.417, 1 HR, 6 RBI)

Probable Pitchers (Subject to Change)
Jeff Niemann (0-1, 7.20 ERA) vs. Jamie Moyer (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Jake Peavy (0-2, 9.00 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (2-0, 1.98 ERA)
Chris Young (0-1, 6.23 ERA) vs. Brett Myers (1-1, 4.50 ERA)
Kevin Correia (0-1, 1.29 ERA) vs. Joe Blanton (1-0, 0.60 ERA)




Ron Burgundy's Thoughts
We are taking just a short trip down the road, but it's not likely things are going to lighten up any. We have lost five games in a row, and now we have to go four games against the defending World Series Champions. These guys are stacked. Not only do they have very good pitching, they have an offense that can't be stopped. The team isn't just Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins anymore, Jayson Werth has proven to be great, and Greg Dobbs is on fire to start the season. This has been a nightmare start to my GM career. Usually I'm the life of the party and love to have a good time, but this is taking it's toll on yours truly. We really need to win some games.

[MrChainsaw]

Haha, this is awesome! Hope you can catch a break soon and start winning games.

[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | San Diego Padres (1-9) at Philadelphia Phillies (7-3)
April 18, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	9	1
Philadelphia Phillies	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	X	7	16	0
WIN: Cole Hamels (3-0) LOSS: Jeff Niemann (0-2) SAVE: Brad Lidge (4)

Scoring Summary
			SDP	PHI
SDP	2nd	Kevin Kouzmanoff RBI Single	1	0
PHI	2nd	Carlos Ruiz RBI Single	1	1
SDP	3rd	Scott Hairston Solo Home Run (1)	2	1
PHI	4th	Shane Victorino RBI Single	2	2
PHI	4th	Chase Utley RBI Single	2	3
SDP	5th	Scott Hairston RBI Single	3	3
PHI	5th	Cole Hamels RBI Single	3	4
PHI	6th	Raul Ibanez RBI Single	3	5
SDP	8th	Adrian Gonzalez RBI Double	4	5
PHI	8th	Ryan Howard Solo Home Run (5)	4	6
PHI	8th	Raul Ibanez RBI Double	4	7

Starting Pitchers
Padres: Jeff Niemann (5.2 IP, 11 H, 5 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 7.59 ERA)
Phillies: Cole Hamels (7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 2.61 ERA)

Top Hitters
Padres: Scott Hairston (3-4, HR, 2 RBI) (.200, 1 HR, 3 RBI)
Phillies: Raul Ibanez (2-5, 2B, 2 RBI) (.222, 1 HR, 8 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
Another rough start for Jeff Niemann. He was going against a great offense though, we just got to give him time to settle in.
Our offense finally got something started up in this game, and it was even against a great pitcher.
We stuck with the Phillies all game long, that's a plus. Six games lost in a row, not so much.
We moved Scott Hairston to the leadoff spot for this game, and he really came through going 3-4 with a homer.
We'll probably switch between Hairston and Jody Gerut in the leadoff spot based on Righty/Lefty matchups.

[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | San Diego Padres (1-10) at Philadelphia Phillies (8-3)
April 18, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Philadelphia Phillies	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	7	12	0
WIN: Brett Myers (2-1) LOSS: Jake Peavy (0-3)

Scoring Summary
			SDP	PHI
PHI	1st	Raul Ibanez 2-Run Double	0	2
PHI	1st	Greg Dobbs RBI Single	0	3
PHI	1st	Chris Coste RBI Single	0	4
PHI	2nd	Jayson Werth 2-Run Double	0	6
PHI	3rd	Shane Victorino RBI Single	0	7

Starting Pitchers
Padres: Jake Peavy (1.2 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 13.04 ERA)
Phillies: Brett Myers (9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 2.74 ERA)

Top Hitters
Padres: Nick Hundley (1-4, 2B) (.171, 1 HR, 5 RBI)
Phillies: Jayson Werth (1-2, 2B, 2 RBI) (.200, 0 HR, 3 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
Seven games in a row we've lost now. At first I could take it with a grain of salt, now it's getting embarrassing.
Second time on this trip we've been held to three or less hits. Our offense is just terrible right now.
What's going on with Jake Peavy? I could write off two bad starts as a rough start, but he's starting to worry me.
I'm already getting pressure from people saying he has a huge contract and isn't performing, I could be asked to move him this year.
I can't wait for this trip to get over and get back to sunny San Diego and my furry friend Baxter.

[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | San Diego Padres (1-11) at Philadelphia Phillies (9-3)
April 19, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	13	2
Philadelphia Phillies	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	3	X	11	15	1
WIN: Scott Eyre (1-0) LOSS: Heath Bell (0-1) SAVE: Brad Lidge (5)

Scoring Summary
			SDP	PHI
PHI	1st	Ryan Howard 2-Run Home Run (6)	0	2
SDP	2nd	Scott Hairston RBI Single	1	2
SDP	2nd	Nick Hundley 2-Run Single	3	2
SDP	2nd	Brian Giles 2-Run Home Run (2)	5	2
SDP	3rd	Scott Hairston RBI Double	6	2
PHI	3rd	Ryan Howard RBI Single	6	3
PHI	3rd	Jayson Werth RBI Single	6	4
PHI	3rd	Matt Stairs RBI Single	6	5
PHI	3rd	Carlos Ruiz RBI Single	6	6
PHI	4th	Ryan Howard 2-Run Home Run (7)	6	8
SDP	7th	Scott Hairston RBI Double	7	8
PHI	8th	Ryan Howard 3-Run Home Run (8)	7	11

Starting Pitchers
Padres: Chris Young (2.2 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 9.53 ERA)
Phillies: Joe Blanton (2.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3.18 ERA)

Top Hitters
Padres: Scott Hairston (3-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI) (.250, 1 HR, 6 RBI)
Phillies: Ryan Howard (4-5, 3 HR, 8 RBI) (.417, 8 HR, 26 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
Make it eight games in a row. This is rough.
Our offense finally woke up today, too bad our pitching couldn't contain theirs.
Ryan Howard is a monster. That man literally scares me. I think he's on pace for a record season.
We finally have a hitter in Scott Hairston stepping up to the plate, it's about time somebody does.
One more game with Philly, then we have to play the Giants again. Where's the Pirates when you need them?

[SHaynes23]

Padres Weekly Wrapup
Week of April 13-19, 2009

Batting Stats

CF Jody Gerut: .226, 0 HR, 1 RBI
C Nick Hundley: .205, 1 HR, 7 RBI
RF Brian Giles: .217, 2 HR, 6 RBI
1B Adrian Gonzalez: .222, 0 HR, 2 RBI
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff: .208, 0 HR, 4 RBI
LF Chase Headley: .156, 1 HR, 1 RBI
2B David Eckstein: .156, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB
SS Evereth Cabrera: .143, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 2 SB

CF Scott Hairston: .250, 1 HR, 6 RBI
2B Edgar V. Gonzalez: .083, 0 HR, 0 RBI
SS Luis Rodriguez: .300, 0 HR, 1 RBI
C Henry Blanco: .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI
RF Emil Brown: .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI

Pitching Stats

SP Jake Peavy: 0-3, 13.04 ERA, 5 K
SP Chris Young: 0-1, 9.53 ERA, 9 K
SP Kevin Correia: 0-1, 1.29 ERA, 8 K
SP Shawn Hill: 0-0, 1.69 ERA, 10 K
SP Jeff Niemann: 0-2, 7.59 ERA, 5 K

MR Luke Gregerson: 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 5 K
MR Duaner Sanchez: 0-0, 1.42 ERA, 6 K
MR Joe Thatcher: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 8 K
MR Chad Gaudin: 0-0, 3.68 ERA, 6 K

SU Heath Bell: 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 6 K
SU Edward Mujica: 0-2, 5.79 ERA, 5 K

CL Cla Meredith: 0-1, 6.00 ERA, 0 K

Padre of the Week



Scott Hairston (1)

2009 NL West Division Standings
TEAMS	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	5	-	61	60
San Francisco Giants	6	6	1	55	49
Arizona Diamondbacks	5	7	2	69	86
Colorado Rockies	4	7	2.5	60	90
San Diego Padres	1	11	6	35	70

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American League Player of the Week



Mike Sweeney, SEA (.600, 2 HR, 8 RBI)
6-7 (.857, 2 HR, 4 RBI)

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National League Player of the Week



Ryan Ludwick, STL (.367, 6 HR, 16 RBI)
11-27 (.407), 3 HR, 11 RBI

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[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | San Diego Padres (2-11) at Philadelphia Phillies (9-4)
April 20, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	11	0
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	6	8	0
WIN: Duaner Sanchez (1-0) LOSS: Brad Lidge (0-1) SAVE: Cla Meredith (1)

Scoring Summary
			SDP	PHI
SDP	1st	Scott Hairston Solo Home Run (2)	1	0
SDP	1st	Kevin Kouzmanoff RBI Double	2	0
SDP	3rd	Nick Hundley 2-Run Home Run (2)	4	0
PHI	6th	Shane Victorino RBI Double	4	1
PHI	7th	Carlos Ruiz Solo Home Run (1)	4	2
SDP	8th	Kevin Kouzmanoff Solo Home Run (1)	5	2
PHI	8th	Ryan Howard 3-Run Home Run (9)	5	5
PHI	8th	Greg Dobbs SAC Fly	5	6
SDP	9th	Everth Cabrera Solo Home Run (1)	6	6
SDP	9th	Nick Hundley Solo Home Run (3)	7	6

Starting Pitchers
Padres: Kevin Correia (7.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2.53 ERA)
Phillies: Jamie Moyer (7.0 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 5.14 ERA)

Top Hitters
Padres: Nick Hundley (3-5, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI) (.250, 3 HR, 10 RBI)
Phillies: Ryan Howard (1-4, HR, 3 RBI) (.404, 9 HR, 29 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
We won a game! That's super duper! Neat-o gang!
Our offense has finally arisen. This is a couple of games in a row where we are putting numbers on the board.
I have a feeling this game will start to turn things around and put us on a better path.
Kevin Correia has been rock solid this year, Heath Bell almost blew another game though, he might get pushed out of the setup role.
Nick Hundley has been our star hitter this year, and he was our biggest question mark coming in.
Where's Adrian Gonzalez? He hasn't done anything this year. He and Peavy were our strong points, both have been terrible.

[SHaynes23]

Series Preview

San Diego Padres (2-11, 5th in NL West, 5.5 GB) @ San Francisco Giants (6-6, 2nd in NL West, 1.0 GB)

Giants Top Hitters
1. Nate Schierholtz (.318, 2 HR, 10 RBI)
2. Fred Lewis (.314, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1 SB)
3. Bengie Molina (.326, 0 HR, 6 RBI)

Probable Pitchers (Subject to Change)
Shawn Hill (0-0, 1.69 ERA) vs. Randy Johnson (2-0, 3.21 ERA)
Jeff Niemann (0-2, 7.59 ERA) vs. Jonathan Sanchez (0-0, 5.73)




Ron Burgundy's Thoughts
Well here were are back on the west coast. This time we are pulling into the bay to take on the San Francisco Giants once again. This time it's only going to be a two game series, and we get very lucky since we don't have to face Big Time Timmy Jim. (Greatest Sportscenter commercial ever! Tim Lincecum is the man.) With a win in our last game it feels as if a weight has been lifted off the team, and we can work on catching up with the rest of the West, which isn't a long haul like it may look from our record. The division leaders are only at 7-5, so contention is still well in reach. And after this series we get to play the Pirates! That's good news in it's own.