The San Diego Padres ran into a hot playing Minnesota Twins team and lost 4-3 on Thursday afternoon.  With the 4-3 loss the Padres were swept away in the series and are now 32-48 on the season.  The Padres just can’t come up with the big hit and get the runs that they need to to win some of these close games.

Josh Banks piched 5 1/3 innings and gave up seven hits and four runs to take the loss.  Banks is now 2-2 on the season.  Bryan Corey, Justin Hampson, and Cla Meredith all did a great job pitching in relief of Banks.  The three relief pitchers did not allow one run to cross the plate and atleast kept the Padres in the game.

The Padres just couldn’t get the big hit that they needed to late in the game.  We sure have been seeing that a lot from the Padres hitters.  Khalil Greene hit his eighth home run of the season in the second inning to put the Padres up 1-0.  In the third inning, Brian Giles had a rbi sac fly and then Jody Gerut later scored on an error to put the Padres up 3-0.  Too bad that they couldn’t hold onto that lead as the Twins came back with four unanswered runs in the game to pull out the win.

The Padres will now play the Seattle Mariners this weekend in a three game series.

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The San Diego Padres couldn’t get much going against the Minnesota Twins as they lsot 9-3 on Wednesday night and will now have to win on Thursday to avoid the three game sweep in the series.  The Padres had eight hits in the game compared to the Twins nine hits but the Padres were never able to get the big hits like the Twins did to score some runs.

Greg Maddux pitched the first 5 2/3 innings but gave up seven hits and seven runs.  Six of those seven runs were earned.  Maddux struck out three batters, walked two, and gave up one home run.  Maddux fell to 3-6 after taking the loss.

The Padres bullpen was pitching good until Mike Adams gave up two runs in the eighth inning on a Craigh Monroe home run.  Other then that, Carlos Guevara, Cla Meredith, and Justin Hampson pitched well out of the bullpen.

The Padres scored all three of their runs in the first two innings of the game and then were held scoreless the final seven innings.  Adrian Gonzalez grounded into a fielders choice but his little brother Edwin Gonzalez scored on the play in the first inning.  Later in the first inning, Kevin Kouzmanoff tripled and A. Gonzalez scored.  In the second inning Scott Hairston doubled and Michael Barrett scored for the Padres third and final run.

So will the Padres avoid the sweep and get a win on Thursday? Leave us a comment and let us know what you think!  Padres Bloggers

Wow, that wasn’t what you usually see out of Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning.  Hoffman gave up back to back home runs to Brendan Harris and Brian Buscher and the Minnesota Twins defeated the Padres 3-1.  Tough loss for the Padres and you can only hope that they will bounce back from this and pick up a victory over the Twins on Wednesday.

Hoffman is now 1-5 after taking the loss in the game.  Padres starting pitcher Jake Peavy pitched six inning and allowed five hits and one run.  Peavy struck out six Twins batters and only walked one.  Bryan Corey pitched the seventh inning and Heath Bell pitched the eighth inning without getting into to much trouble.

Chase Headley had the only rbi for the Padres.  Headley grounded out in the seventh inning and Adrian Gonzalez scored.  The Padres struck out nine times and left 11 runners on base.  No wonder why they didn’t win this close ballgame.  They could never get a rally going and knock in that one or two runs like they should have.

The Padres will now try to even the series up on Wednesday.  I like their chances as Greg Maddux will take the mound.  Padres Blog

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The San Diego Padres suffered a 2-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon.  With the 2-1 loss, the Padres were swept in the three game series.  It was definately now how the Padres wanted things to go but they ran into a red hot Yankees team and couldn’t pull out any wins.

Josh Banks took the loss for the Padrs even though he didn’t pitch that badly.  Banks threw 5 1/3 innings and gave up four hits and two runs.  The Padres bullpen did a pretty good job holding the Yankees scoreless for the rest of the game however.  Justin Hampson, Bryan Corey, and Heath Bell all did a good job.

Tony Clark had the only rbi for the Padres which came in the fourth inning.  Clark hit a ground rule double that score Brian Giles.  Other then that, the Padres only had four other hits in the game against Joba Chamberlain and the rest of the Yankees pitchers.

The Padres will try to turn things around against the Detroit Tigers this weekend.  Padres Blog

Jake Peavy was making his return to the starting rotation and things didn’t go as planned as the San Diego Padres lost to the New York Yankees 8-5.  Peavy only pitched four innings before being pulled.  He allowed six hits and four runs (three earned), while striking out four batters and giving up one home run.

All three Padre relief pitchers also gave up runs however so all the blame can’t be put on Peavy for this loss.  Bryan Corey and Cla Meredith both gave up one run while Justin Hampson gave up two runs.  Not going to win most games especially against the Yankees when your bullpen gives up four runs.

Brian Giles, Adrian Gonzalez, and Chase Headley all hit solo home runs in the game for the Padres.  The other two runs which came in the third inning came off the bat of Edgar Gonzalez who had a two run double to deep left center field.

The Padres will now try to avoid the sweep on Thursday.  It will be hard to do because the Yankees are playing some pretty good baseball right now.

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The San Diego Padres were shutout by the New York Yankees on Tuesday night by the score of 8-0.  The Padres simply couldn’t get the bats going even though they had seven hits in the game.  Combine that with three errors and two home runs for the Yankees and you can see why the Padres lost the game.

Randy Wolf gave up all seven runs in the first four innings of the game.  He gave up two home runs to Jason Giambi and one home run to Alex Rodriguez.  Wolf is now 5-5 on the season after taking the loss.

Mike Adams tossed two innings of relief after Wolf left the game and then Carlos Guevara came in to pitch the final two innings of the game and allowed one run.

Chase Headley did have two hits for the Padres at the plate but everyone else either had one hit or went hitless in the game.

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Jake Peavy was back on the mound for the San Diego Padres and everything went great as the Padres crused the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-0 on Thursday afternoon.  Peavy was on a pitch count so he only pitched the first seven innings of the game but he was pretty dominated as he only gave up three hits and struckout four batters.

Justin Hampson, Bryan Corey, and Mike Adams pitched the final three innings of the game and only gave up two combined hits.  Great job by the pullpen in finishing up the game.

At the plate, the Padres jumped all over the Dodgers with five runs in the first inning.  Brian Giles had a three run home run, Adrian Gonzalez a rbi single, and then Luke Carlin had a rbi ground out.  That all happened in the first inning!

The Padres just kept adding on runs as Carlin had a bases loaded walk in the third inning.  A. Gonzalez then had a rbi single in the seventh inning before Craig Stansberry singled in a run in the eight inning.  The Padres weren’t done yet though, Jody Gerut also had a rbi single in the ninth inning!

Talk about great pitching and great hitting up and down the lineup.  That is a butt kicking no matter which way you look at it!

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Randy Wolf and two relief pitchers limited the Los Angeles Dodgers to only five hits on Wednesday night as the San Diego Padres defeated the Dodgers 4-1.  Wolf pitched the first seven innings of the game and only gave up four hits and one run.  The one run came on a home run by Andy LaRoche in the fourth inning.

Wolf did a great job keeping the Dodgers off balanced as he struckout nine batters and only walked one in his seven innings of action.  Heath Bell pitched scoreless eight inning before he turned things over to Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning who gave up on hit but recorded his 15th save of the season.

Edgar Gonzalez hit his first home run of the season in the first inning to get the Padres on the scoreboard.  Khalil Greene then hit a solo home run in the second inning to give the Padres a 2-0 lead.  In the third inning it was a Adrian Gonzalez rbi single that put the Padres up 3-0 and then in the seventh inning Jody Gerut had a rbi single for the fourth run of the game.  It was a balanced scoring effort by the Padres at the plate, and that is always great to see.

The Padres will play the Dodgers once more and it will be the rubber game of the series. The game will be Thursday afternoon, so get out to the ball park if you can and enjoy a great afternoon of Padres baseball!

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