San Diego Padres - Time To Get Classy (OOTP10)

[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | San Diego Padres (2-12) at San Francisco Giants (7-6)
April 21, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
San Francisco Giants	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	X	4	10	1
WIN: Merklin Valdez (2-0) LOSS: Shawn Hill (0-1) SAVE: Brian WIlson (4)

Scoring Summary
			SDP	SFG
SDP	3rd	Everth Cabrera Solo Home Run (2)	1	0
SDP	3rd	Brian Giles RBI Single	2	0
SFG	6th	Nate Schierholtz SAC Fly	2	1
SFG	8th	Pablo Sandoval 2-Run Home Run (1)	2	3
SFG	8th	Eugenio Velez SAC Fly	2	4

Starting Pitchers
Padres: Shawn Hill (7.0 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2.74 ERA)
Giants: Randy Johnson (7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 2.57 ERA)

Top Hitters
Padres: Everth Cabrera (2-4, HR, 1 RBI) (.186, 2 HR, 3 RBI)
Giants: Pablo Sandoval (2-4, HR, 2 RBI) (.294, 1 HR, 7 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
Well we almost won two games in a row. I guess a streak was too much to ask for.
Shawn Hill looked great, but the manager kept him out there too long and he ran out of gas in the 8th.
Little Everth Cabrera has no pop, or so we thought. That's two homers recently for him.
Randy Johnson is still looking great after all these years, he hasn't lost much.
We get a chance to leave San Francisco with a split in the next game, then we get to go home and host the Pirates!

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MLB News

Jason Giambi Smacks 400th Career Home Run!

[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | San Diego Padres (3-12) at San Francisco Giants (7-7)
April 22, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	10	1
San Francisco Giants	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0
WIN: Jeff Niemann (1-2) LOSS: Jonathan Sanchez (0-1)

Scoring Summary
			SDP	SFG
SDP	2nd	Everth Cabrera SAC Fly	1	0
SDP	3rd	David Eckstein Grounds Out, Run Scores	2	0
SFG	4th	Aaron Rowand Solo Home Run (2)	2	1
SDP	6th	Chase Headley RBI Single	3	1
SDP	8th	Adrian Gonzalez RBI Double	4	1
SDP	8th	Kevin Kouzmanoff Grounds Out, Run Scores	5	1

Starting Pitchers
Padres: Jeff Niemann (7.2 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4.91 ERA)
Giants: Jonathan Sanchez (8.1 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 5.59 ERA)

Top Hitters
Padres: Chase Headley (3-4, RBI) (.186, 1 HR, 3 RBI)
Giants: Aaron Rowand (4-4, HR, RBI) (.292, 2 HR, 3 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
We'll take the split! Our offense wasn't overly impressive today, but we kept at it and put runs on the board.
This is the kind of performance we expect out of Niemann more times than not as he starts to develop.
Good to see Adrian Gonzalez get on the board with a big RBI, hopefully his bat starts to come alive.
Heath Bell was able to come in and pitch a scoreless ninth, that's good to see. He needed a good outing.
We go home to host the Pirates now, hopefully we can finally win a series.

[SHaynes23]

Series Preview

Pittsburgh Pirates (8-8, 4th in NL Central, 2.5 GB) @ San Diego Padres (3-12, 5th in NL West, 7 GB)

Pirates Top Hitters
1. Nate McLouth (.397, 1 HR, 14 RBI)
2. Jack Wilson (.328, 0 HR, 11 RBI)
3. Andy LaRoche (.266, 3 HR, 9 RBI)

Probable Pitchers (Subject to Change)
Ian Snell (2-1, 3.48 ERA) vs. Jake Peavy (0-3, 13.04 ERA)
Zach Duke (0-1, 4.76 ERA) vs. Chris Young (0-1, 9.53 ERA)
Ross Ohlendorf (0-2, 10.54 ERA) vs. Kevin Correia (0-1, 2.53 ERA)



Ron Burgundy's Thoughts
We got back in San Diego last night, and I had a delicious steak a Tino's today to get ready for what I think is going to be a great series against the Pirates. I kid about how bad the Pirates are, but this year they are 8-8, so they may not be as bad as everybody thinks. Our team has started to click in the last couple of days, so hopefully we can notch off a couple of wins in this series. Also, Jake Peavy and Chris Young have been struggling. This Pirates offense could be just what they need to break out of their funks. It's another sunny day in San Diego, I might have to go grab me some afternoon delight before tonight's game.

[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | Pittsburgh Pirates (8-9) at San Diego Padres (4-12)
April 24, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	0
San Diego Padres	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	X	6	6	0
WIN: Jake Peavy (1-3) LOSS: Jeff Karstens (1-3) SAVE: Cla Meredith (2)

Scoring Summary
			PIT	SDP
SDP	1st	Nick Hundley Solo Home Run (4)	0	1
PIT	2nd	Adam LaRoche Solo Home Run (3)	1	1
PIT	3rd	Nate McLouth RBI Double	2	1
SDP	6th	Brian Giles Grounds Out, Run Scores	2	2
SDP	6th	Kevin Kouzmanoff Grounds into FC, Run Scores	2	3
SDP	7th	Jody Gerut 2-Run Double	2	5
SDP	7th	Nick Hundley Grounds Out, Run Scores	2	6
PIT	8th	Ryan Doumit 2-Run Double	4	6

Starting Pitchers
Pirates: Jeff Karstens (6.2 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 3.68 ERA)
Padres: Jake Peavy (7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 8.64 ERA)

Top Hitters
Pirates: Ryan Doumit (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI) (.293, 0 HR, 8 RBI)
Padres: Nick Hundley (2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) (.269, 4 HR, 12 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
And that's a winning streak! Two in a row baby!
A very good start tonight by Jake Peavy, I'm so happy to see him back on track after such a tough start to the year.
Nick Hundley is stepping up huge so far. He's already hit four homeruns, we didn't expect much more than that all year from him.
Now that Peavy is back on track hopefully Chris Young does the same tomorrow.
Everth Cabrera swiped his third bag of the year, he gives our offense a legit speed threat.
Cla Meredith is looking very solid as our closer so far this year, I hope he starts to get more chances to close out Padres wins.

[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | Pittsburgh Pirates (8-10) at San Diego Padres (5-12)
April 25, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
San Diego Padres	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
WIN: Chris Young (1-1) LOSS: Ian Snell (2-2) SAVE: Cla Meredith (3)

Scoring Summary
			PIT	SDP
SDP	2nd	Chase Headley RBI Double	0	1
SDP	2nd	Chase Headley Scores on Wild Pitch	0	2
PIT	4th	Nate McLouth Solo Home Run (2)	1	2

Starting Pitchers
Pirates: Ian Snell (7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3.25 ERA)
Padres: Chris Young (7.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 6.16 ERA)

Top Hitters
Pirates: Nate McLouth (1-4, HR, RBI) (.380, 2 HR, 16 RBI)
Padres: Chase Headley (1-3, 2B, RBI) (.213, 1 HR, 4 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
Heat wave. A tropical heat wave. Three wins in a row, we are on fire baby!
What a great game from Chris Young. That was a gem from start to finish. He needed that.
This was a classic Petco Park pitchers duel. Good thing we had the better man out on the mound tonight.
Chase Headley was our offense tonight, he drove one in then scored on a wild pitch to give us a one-run win.
Tomorrow we go for the sweep, if we win we doubled our wins for the season in this three game span.

[SHaynes23]

MLB Scoreboard | Pittsburgh Pirates (9-10) at San Diego Padres (5-13)
April 26, 2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	6	9	0
San Diego Padres	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	7	2
WIN: Paul Maholm (3-1) LOSS: Kevin Correia (0-2) SAVE: Matt Capps (4)

Scoring Summary
			PIT	SDP
PIT	1st	Ryan Doumit RBI Double	1	0
SDP	5th	Scott Hairston RBI Double	1	1
SDP	5th	Nick Hundley RBI Single	1	2
SDP	5th	Brian Giles RBI Double	1	3
PIT	6th	Nate McLouth 2-Run Home Run (3)	3	3
PIT	7th	Andy LaRoche RBI Single	4	3
PIT	7th	Adam LaRoche 2-Run Double	6	3

Starting Pitchers
Pirates: Paul Maholm (7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 6.66 ERA)
Padres: Kevin Correia (6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3.21 ERA)

Top Hitters
Pirates: Nate McLouth (2-5, HR, 2 RBI, SB) (.392, 3 HR, 18 RBI)
Padres: Scott Hairston (2-4, 2B, RBI, SB) (.263, 2 HR, 8 RBI)

Ron Burgundy's Game Notes
All good things come to an end. We won the series even though we lost this game, I'm proud of our guys.
Kevin Correia looked strong once again for most of the game, but he tired out and the LaRoche's smashed him.
The Hairston/Gerut duo in the leadoff spot is doing very good, vastly outplaying what Eckstein was doing in that role.
Speaking of Eckstein, he's going to be sat for a few games while we give Edgar Gonzalez a shot to start.
Our team is staring to show more positives, I think things are turning around.

[SHaynes23]

Padres Weekly Wrapup
Week of April 20-26, 2009

San Diego Padres Leaders - 2009 Season

Batting Average	BA	Home Runs	HR
1. Scott Hairston	.263	1. Nick Hundley	4
2. Nick Hundley	.254	2. Everth Cabrera	2
3. Adrian Gonzalez	.234	3. Brian Giles	2
4. Kevin Kouzmanoff	.225	4. Scott Hairston	2
5. Brian Giles	.217	5. Kevin Kouzmanoff	1
Runs Batted In	RBI	Stolen Bases	SB
1. Nick Hundley	13	1. Everth Cabrera	4
2. Brian Giles	9	2. Scott Hairston	2
3. Scott Hairston	8	3. David Eckstein	2
4. Kevin Kouzmanoff	8	4.
5. Everth Cabrera	4	5.
Wins	W	Earned Run Average	ERA
1. Jake Peavy	1	1. Shawn Hill	2.74
2. Chris Young	1	2. Kevin Correia	3.21
3. Jeff Niemann	1	3. Jeff Niemann	4.91
4. Duaner Sanchez	1	4. Chris Young	6.16
5. Luke Gregerson	1	5. Jake Peavy	8.64
Strikeouts	K	Saves	SV
1. Chris Young	16	1. Cla Meredith	3
2. Kevin Correia	13	2.
3. Shawn Hill	13	3.
4. Jake Peavy	9	4.
5. Heath Bell	8	5.

Padre of the Week



Nick Hundley (2)

2009 NL West Division Standings
TEAMS	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Los Angeles Dodgers	13	5	-	98	82
San Francisco Giants	9	8	3.5	73	65
Colorado Rockies	7	10	5.5	101	122
Arizona Diamondbacks	6	12	7	92	127
San Diego Padres	5	13	8	60	92

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American League Player of the Week



Michael Young, TEX (.317, 1 HR, 7 RBI)
15-31 (.484), 4 RBI

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National League Player of the Week



Garret Anderson, ATL (.441, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
10-14 (.714), 1 HR, 3 RBI

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[SHaynes23]

Series Preview

San Diego Padres (5-13, 5th in NL West, 8 GB) @ Colorado Rockies (7-10, 3rd in NL West, 5.5 GB)

Pirates Top Hitters
1. Ian Stewart (.254, 6 HR, 15 RBI)
2. Chris Iannetta (.377, 4 HR, 14 RBI)
3. Dexter Fowler (.371, 3 HR, 10 RBI)

Probable Pitchers (Subject to Change)
Shawn Hill (0-1, 2.74 ERA) vs. Ubaldo Jimenez (0-3, 11.81 ERA)
Jeff Niemann (1-2, 4.91 ERA) vs. Aaron Cook (1-2, 6.14 ERA)
Jake Peavy (1-3, 8.64 ERA) vs. Jason Marquis (0-1, 7.11 ERA)



Ron Burgundy's Thoughts
We are coming off our first successful series of the year, we took two of three from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now we are heading into the mountain air of Denver, and we come in with some steam. We are looking to play a little leapfrog and jump the Giants and pull even with the Rockies in this series. After our atrocious start we've looked decent in the last few games and that gives us hope that we will at least be respectable this season. We've also got Jake Peavy pitching in this series, and he had his first real lights out Jake Peavy start last time out, here's to hoping he has another one. Nick Hundley has also been tearing the cover off the ball, if he keeps this up he will prove to be an upper level catcher for us. Now it's time to sit back and enjoy some baseball, and as always, you stay classy San Diego.