In the first of a three game series against the visiting Washington Nationals, Randy Wolf put together yet another solid outing.  Wolf was hit hard in the first inning, giving up a two run home run to Aaron Boone.  Wolf was able to settle down after that and throw 5 scoreless innings, striking out five and not allowing a walk.

At the plate, the Padres hitters were patient.  Nationals starter Shawn Hill walked three consecutive Padres in the 3rd inning, loading the bases for Michael Barrett.  Barrett singled, driving in two runs to tie the game at two.

The game would stay tied until the 7th inning when Adrian Gonzalez came up to bat.  Gonzalez hit an opposite field home run (15) off Lefty Charlie Manning.  Kevin Kouzmanoff would follow that hitting a first pitch fast ball out of left field giving the Friars a 4-2 lead.

Heath Bell threw a scoreless 1 1/3 innings and held the lead for future Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman.  Trevor had no problem with the National hitters, sitting them down one, two, three for his 10th save of the season and 534th career save. 

*As a note after the game, Channel 4 reported that Padres pitcher Jared Wells was traded to Seattle for pitcher Cha Seung Baek.

The San Diego Padres got off to a good start in a four game series against the Cincinnati Reds as they beat them 8-2 on Monday night.  The Padres got a great starting pitching performance out of Randy Wolf and then two home runs from Khalil Greene in the game.

Wolf tossed seven good innings to pick up the win and improve to 3-4 on the season.  Wolf only allowed four hits and two runs in the game.  Both runs came in the first inning when he made a mistake pitch to Ken Griffey Jr. who hit a two run home run.  Other then that, Wolf was pretty damn good on Thursday night!

Mike Adams came in and pitched the final two innings of the game and only allowed one hit.  Good job by Adams for getting the job done in the late innings.

Greene led the Padres at the plate with two home runs and two rbi.  Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff also had two rbi each in the game.  Gonzalez’s rbi’s came on a two run home run.  Brian Giles and Wolf both had one rbi as there was a lot if production up and down the Padres lineup against the Reds.

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Look no further then the four home run balls that the San Diego Padres pitchers gave up on Monday night as to why the Padres lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2.  The Padres only used three pitchers in the game but all three gave up some gopher balls.

Starting pitcher Wilfredo Ledezma gave up two long balls as he took the loss.  Ledezma pitched four innings and allowed five hits and four runs.  Justin Germano then pitched the next two innings while giving up six hits and three runs including one home run.  Sean Henn pitched the final three innings of the game and gave up one run on a solo home run.

You can’t win a game when your pitching staff performs the way they did right there.  That is just terribe.

Adrian Gonzalez and Brian Giles both had one rbi at the plate for the Padres but it wasn’t even close to being enough.  The hitters didn’t perform that well at all against the Cardinals, but maybe they were out of it because the way the pitching staff performed. Who knows…

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The San Diego Padres outhit the Atlanta Braves 11-9 but lost on the to the Braves 5-3.  The Padrs just couldn’t get that big hit to knock in some runs that they needed very badly.  Padres hitters struck out 12 times while only walking once.

Adrian Gonzalez had two RBI while Tadahito Iguchi had one RBI.

Chris Young only lasted five innings as he gave up nine hits and five runs.  Young was taken deep twice in the game as he got hit hard and often.  Glendon Rusch pitched three innings in relief and pitched good as he did not allow a run to score.

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The San Diego Padres gave up a run in the bottom of the eighth inning and went onto lose 3-2 to the Philadelphia Phillies.  Joe Thatcher gave up a solo home run to Ryan Howard in the the eighth inning that proved to be the game winning hit and run for the Phillies.  Thatcher took the loss which was already his third of the season.

Randy Wolf pitched six innings to start the game and allowed six hits and two runs. Wolf pitched pretty well, it was too bad he couldn’t have pitched farther into the game.  Cla Meredith did get two outs in relief of Wolf before Thatcher came in and gave up the game winning run.

The Padres only two runs came in the first inning when Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run home run off of Adam Eaton.  After the home run the Padres offense struggled the rest of the night as they only had four other hits in the game.

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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 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.

Adrian Gonzalez went 4-5 with a homerun, two RBI’s, and four runs scored to lead the San Diego Padres past the SanFrancisco Giants by the score of 8-4.  Gonzalez and the Padres jumped all over Giants starter Matt Cain and they never looked back.

Greg Maddux picked up his first win of the season and the 348th career victory.  Maddux pitched seven innings and only allowed three hits and one earned run.  Great performance by Maddux today!

Khalil Greene contributed with three RBI and Jim Edmonds wasn’t too far behind with two RBI.  Nice balanced offense today between Gonzalez, Greene, and Edmonds.

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