The San Diego Padres Scoreboard: 9/17 - 9/20

9-17-2008: The Rockies 1, The Padres 0.

9-18-2008: no game

9-19-2008: The Padres 11, The Nationals 6, Justin Hampson got the win moving him to 2-1 with a 3.25 ERA. Homers from Kevin Kouzmanoff (22), and Will”Max”Venable (2).

9-20-2008: The Padres 6, The Nationals 1. Chris Youngwent 7 innings only giving up 2 hits no runs 4 BBs and 5 SO, moving him to 6-6 on the year with an 4.11 ERA. Plus CY came up with his first homer run of his career, Edger Gonzalez also had one taking him to 7 on the year.

Tomorrow’s game will feature Cha Seung Beak (5-10) vs. Perez (7-10).

Catcher Josh Bard has played his last game of the season — and his last game — with The San Diego Padres.

Bard strained his right triceps on Monday, a relapse of the same injury that he suffered last month, also in Denver.

“It’s weird and frustrating with the way the season has gone,” Bard said before the Padres faced the Rockies on Tuesday at Coors Field.

In a season in which Bard has been hampered by injuries, this injury effectively ends his season with 11 games remaining, manager Bud Black said.

“He’s more than likely out for the year,” Black said.

The injury means Bard, acquired in 2006 from the Boston Red Sox with reliever Cla Meredith, has played his last game with the Padres.

A team source indicated Tuesday that the Padres won’t offer him salary arbitration after the season, rendering him a free agent.

With rookie Nick Hundley figuring to get the majority of starts at catcher next season, the Padres will either fill their reserve catcher role internally with someone like Luke Carlin, who started Tuesday, or through free agency.

One option for a backup could be 39-year-old Brad Ausmus, who lives in Del Mar. Ausmus, who played for San Diego from 1993-96, has said this will be his last season in Houston and that he wants to play closer to home.

The Padres’ catching situation is certainly a far cry from where the team was when it broke Spring Training when it had two veteran catchers — Bard and Michael Barrett — it felt comfortable with.

But Barrett missed 41 games earlier this season with a strained elbow ligament and has been out since July 4 with a fractured nose.

“It’s a tough situation,” Black said. “That’s a position we thought we were well covered. It just goes to show you never know.”

Bard suffered a strain of the right triceps taking batting practice at Coors Field on Aug. 8 and missed 13 games. He suffered a similar injury on Monday doing another hitting drill.

Bard, who missed 54 games earlier this season with a high ankle sprain, will now miss more games this season than he’s played in (57). He finishes the season hitting .202 in 178 at-bats with one home run and 16 RBIs.

Bard hit .338 in 93 games with the Padres following the trade from Boston and .285 last season with five home runs and 51 RBIs.

Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

The San Diego Padres scoreboard for 9-7-08 - 9-16-08:

9/7/08: Padres 10, Brewers 1, Chris Young nearly a perfect game get the win.Moving him to 5-5 on the year.

9/8/08:Padres  4, Dodgers 0, Cha Seung Beak get the win, moving to 5-10 on the year.

9/9/08:Dodgers 2, Padres 6, with Heath Bell blowing the save and picking up the the loss.

9/10/08:Dodgers 7, Padres 2, with Shawn Estes gaining the win, making him 2-2 on the year.

9/11/08:Padres 11, Giants 3, with Josh Geer collecting his second win in 3 starts.Plus Adrian Gonzalez hit two homer and brother Edger Gonzalez hit a pitch-hit home run, and Drew Macias hit his first of his career. 

9/12/08:Giants 5, Padres 2, with Jake Peavy collecting his 11th loss of the season,making him 9-11.

9/13/08:Giants 7, Padres 0, shutout by Tim Lincecum making him 17-3 on the year, every well might be the CY Young winner in the NL,despite the Popularity vote that C.C Sabathia will get.

9/14/08:Giants 8, Padres 6, with a platoon of relief pitchers nine total, with Beak starting going only two innings, before being pulled with an injury. Mike Adams earned the blown save and Dirk Hayhurst getting the loss.

9/15/08:Padres 11, Rockies 5, Wade LeBlancearned is first win of his career, with a win at Coors Field that should give the rookie the confidence he’ll need going in too next year.

9/16/08:Rockies 10, Padres 3, Estes took his second straight loss in two starts.

Next Game: 12:05pm pt/2:05pm ct/3:05pm et. at Coors Field. No T.V  RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860,

J.Geer (2-0) vs. Livan Hernandez (11-11).

The San Diego Padres latest transactions:
9/12/08 Outrighted RHP Brian Falkenborg to Triple-A Portland
9/11/08 Claimed RHP Scott Patterson off outright waivers from the New York Yankees. Transferred C Michael Barrett to the 60-day disabled list.
9/10/08 Claimed RHP Charlie Haeger off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.
9/4/08 Sent 1B Brian Myrow outright to Triple-A Portland

By Coley Ward [September 6 at 3:49pm CST]

San Diego Union Tribune’s Bill Center talked to Padres manager Bud Black about Brian Giles, who could be a free agent after the season.

And do you pick up Giles $9 million option for 2009 or let him walk into free agency with a $3 million buyout?

“Brian still gets it done,” Padres manager Bud Black said last night after the Brewers snapped a four-game losing streak and inched to within four games of the plummeting Chicago Cubs in the National League Central race.

“Brian is a mainstay player.”

While Black thinks Giles is a mainstay, the Padres front office obviously feels differently. Buster Olney says he heard that “the Padres were livid when Giles vetoed the trade that they pursued with the Red Sox in August.”

Will The San Diego Padres buy out Giles after this season? If you believe the rumors that the franchise is looking to cut payroll, then it makes sense that they would.

Coley Ward writes for Umpbump.com. You can reach him here.

Following a close game Friday night, on Saturday night The San Diego Padreslose another as the Brew-Crew’s original ace Big Ben Sheets shut out the Padres on five hits.

Jake Peavythe Padres ace faired pretty well, considering he went 7 innings giving up only 5 hits one earned run 4 BBs and 5 SO. Cla Meredith went one inning giving up only one hit and 2 SO.

As the title mentions the Padres where shut out, so I’ll tell you who just hit the ball. Luis Rodriguez went 3-4 with 3 out of five Padre hits. Also Chase Headley went 2-4 with the rest of the Padres hits.

Tomorrow’s game will give the Padres a chance to at least split the series with the Brew-Crew as the Padres send Big Ole Chris Young(4-5) vs. Parra(10-6). Game starts 11:05am pt/1:05pm ct/2:05pm et 

The San Diego Padres

9-6-2008:

Recalled OF Drew Macias and RHP Mike Ekstrom from Double-A San Antonio.

After a long flight the day before, The San Diego Padres lose a close one, as the Rookie Josh Geer shows his value for the future of the Padres, going 5 innings allowing 7 hits 2 earned runs 3 BBs and 2 SO.

The Bullpen followed up like this: Clay Hensley, Cla Meredith and Heath Bell combined to throw up 4 innings of shutout baseball, only allowing 2 hits and one BB. While Brian Falkenborg earned the loss by giving up 3 hits one run it was earned and 3 BBs all in 2 and one thirds innings.

Brian Giles went 4-6 with one RBI and one run scored, Adrian Gonzalez went 0-2 with 3 BBs one RBI and one strikeout.

The San Diego Padres, old Padre finds new home.

8-5-2008

Philadelphia Phillies
Signed INF Tadahito Iguchi

After getting swept by the Dodgers, The San Diego Padrespull one off the Brew-Crew, as they were sleep deprived as they landed in Milwaukee around 530-6am their time(central).

Shawn Estes went 6 innings allowing 7 hits but only one ER one BB and one SO. The Bullpen followed up great Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman combined to throw up 2 scoreless innings with Hoffman getting his 28th save of the season. One bad note from the pen’ Mike Adams continues to struggle, he gave up one HR and striked out three.

Luis Rodriguez went 1-4 with 2 RBI and one SO, Nick Hundley went 2-3 with two hit and two RBI and  one run scored. Will Venable 2-4 with two hits one being a HR two RBI and one run scored.