Greg Maddux was once again denied his 350th career win as the San Diego Padres lost to the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 7-4.  Maddux pitched 6.1 innings and gave up eight hits and three runs in the game.  It was the second straight game that Maddux was going for his 350th win of his career and the Padres were unable to get him a win.

Besides Maddux giving up three runs, Glendon Rusch and Kevin Cameron both gave up two runs each.

At the plate for the Padres, Scott Hairston hit two home runs to finish with three RBI.  Tadahito Iguchi chipped in with one RBI, but it wasn’t near enough to overcome the Phillies four runs.

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It was a pitchers dual last night as the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants face off.  It was bad news for the Padres however, as the Giants won the game 1-0 on a Rich Aurilia home run in the seventh inning.  The Giants only had four hits in the game, but they made sure one of them counted.

Chris Young took the loss for the Padres.  Young should have picked up the win no questions about it, if the offense would have gave him some run support.  Young was on top of his game, except for the one pitch mistake to Aurilia.

The Padres sucked it up at the plate as they only recorded five hits the entire ballgame.  They left 18 runners on base while striking out 11 times.

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The San Diego Padres battled back with four runs in the eigth inning but quickly gave those four runs right back as the Houston Astros went onto beat the Padres 11-7.

Starting pitcher Jake Peavy gave up four earned runs which was how many he had given up in his previous four starts.  Peavy pitched six innings and allowed seven hits and four earned runs.  Not the typical Peavy performance that Padres fans are used to seeing.

Joe Thatcher and Glendon Rusch pitched the seventh inning as Thatcher gave up three earned runs.  Heath Bell threw the ninth inning and allowed four more runs to cross the plate.  Bell took the loss for the Astros and is now 0-2 on the season.

The Padres were led by Adrian Gonzalez and Paul McAnulty at the plate who both hit home runs.  Gonzalez hit a three run home run in the sixth inning and McAnulty had a two run home run in the eigth inning.  Gonzalez had three RBI, McAnulty had two RBI, while Brian Giles and Khalil Greene both had one RBI.

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The San Diego Padres lost against the Houston Astros on Monday by a score of 10-3 putting the Padres at 9-11 for the year. Both teams have been fighting hard for wins but the Padres weren’t able to even come close against the Astros on Monday night.

Pretty much the only offense for the Padres were home runs by Jim Edmonds and Adrian Gonzalez.  Edmonds hit a solo home run in the second inning while Gonzalez hit his solo home run in the sixth inning.  Gonzalez did pick up another RBI with a sacrafice fly in the third inning.

The opening pitcher for the Padres was Justin Germano who threw for 3.1 innings giving up a staggering 10 hits, 10 runs, and three walks.  This loss put him at 0-2 for the year.  The Padres brought in Wilfredo Ledezma and Kevin Cameron to pitch the last 4.2 innings.  Both Ledezma and Cameron did pretty good as Ledezma allowed three hits and Cameron allowed zero hits.

The Padres will go up against the Astros one more time tonight in Houston before returning home to face the San Francisco Giants.

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The San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Sunday putting the Padres at 9-10 for the season.  The Padres aren’t doing as good as they could be doing but this was a big win and gets them back on the right track after a four game losing streak headed into Sunday’s game.

Randy Wolf opened up the night pitching for the Padres pitching for six and a third innings giving up six hits and four runs to the Diamondbacks.  Wolf picked up the win which was his second of the season.  Cla Meredith, Heath Bell, and Glendon Rusch were all brought in to pitch in relief.

Justin Huber hit his first home run of the year and picked up three RBI.  Scott Hairston had two RBI, while Adrian Gonzalez, Callix Crabbe, and Khalil Greene all drove in one RBI.

The Padres will now travel to Houston to take on the Astros Monday night to start a two game series.

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The San Diego Padres felt like crap after playing 22 innings and losing to the Colorado Rockies by the score of 2-1.  The Padres used seven different pitchers and it was Glendon Rusch who took the loss for the Padres when the Rockies scored a run in the 22nd inning.

Josh Bard was the only Padres player to record an RBI in the game which came in the 14th inning.

Jake Peavy had pitched eight innings and only gave up four hits, he just didnt’ have any run support.

It sucks to have played 22 innings and come away with the loss, it will be interesting to see how the Padres bounce back or if this game will slow them down for a couple of games.

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The San Diego Padres were only down one run heading into the ninth inning, but when they came to bat in the bottom of the inning, they were down by eight runs as the Rockies put up a seven spot in the top half of the inning and went onto win the game 10-2.

Cla Meredith and Glendon Rusch gave up the seven runs in the ninth inning.  Meredith gave up four runs and Rusch gave up three runs.  Starting pitcher Justin Germano pitched seven innings and allowed three earned runs.

Brian Giles had both RBI for the Padres.  He had a ground rule double in the third inning and then a RBI triple in the fifth inning.  Would have been nice to see other players step up at the plate, but that didn’t happen.

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The San Diego Padres only gave up two hits the entire night to the Colorado Rockies as they defeated the Rockies 6-0.  Randy Wolf flirted with a no-hitter but eventually eventually gave up a hit after 6.2 innings.  Kevin Cameron gave up one more hit in the final two innings, but by then the Rockies had already more less given up.

Wolf pitched seven innings to pick up his first win of the season.  Wolf did walk four batters but also struckout nine batters while only allowing the one hit. Cameron did a good deal coming in and pitching the last two inning and only allowing one hit as well.

Brian Giles, Kevin Kouzmanoff, and Jim Edmonds all had two RBI each for the Padres.  All the Padres scoring came in the 5th inning.

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The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants battled all night long to a 0-0 tie until the bottom of the 9th inning when the Giants finally scored the first and last run of the game.  Daniel Ortmeier hit a double that scored Rajai Davis for the winning run.  Heath Bell took the loss after giving up the double.

The Padres were only able to scrap together four hits the entire game.  I would have expected a lot better outcome considering how bad the Giants pitching staff has been this year.  What a disappointing performance.

Justin Germano pitched seven inning of shutout ball to get the no decision.  He pitched well enough to win, the offense just didn’t score any runs to give him some support.  Tough luck for Germano.

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The San Diego Padres lost Tuesday night to the San Francisco Giants in 11 innings.  Bengie Molina hit a game winning homerun off of Cla Meredith in the 11th inning as the Giants beat the Padres 3-2.  It was Molina’s second homerun of the game.

Padres starting pitcher Randy Wolf didn’t pitch too badly.  Wolf pitched six innings and gave up five hits and two earned runs.  Joe Thatcher and Heath Bell both pitched two innings without allowing a run.  Merideth was the one out of the bullpen to give up the one run, that cost them the ballgame.

The Padres didn’t have much offense on Tuesday night as well.  Khalil Green hit a into a fielder choice in the 6th inning that scored Adrian Gonzalez and Brian Giles hit a sac fly in the ninth inning that scored Colt Morton that tied the game to send it into extra innings.