The San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs played in a high scoring game on Wednesday night but it was the Cubs that came out on top with a 8-5 victory. The Cubbies scored early and often against Jake Peavy as he was knocked out of the game after only four innings of action.
Peavy took the loss as he pitched four innings and gave up seven hits and four runs. Peavy got his pitch count up high early in the game as he was at around 50 pitches after the second inning. The Cubs just hit him hard and often tonight.
Peavy wasn’t the only Padres pitcher that was hit hard however. Wilfredo Ledezma gave up five this and three runs while Bryan Corey gave up two hits and one run.
Tadahito Iguchi led the Padres with two rbi and Khalil Greene had one rbi in the game. The Padres did load the bases in the ninth inning off of Kerry Wood, but were on able to score one run as Brian Giles flied out to left field to end the game.
It just seemed like anytime the Padres scored a run to get closer, the Cubs would come back and score two more runs in the bottom of the inning. The Padres will try to get a sweep in the series as the two teams play on Thursday.
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