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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