On the Saturday night game in San Diego most of The San Diego Padres fans were preparing for the Chargers Pre-Season Game vs. Dallas, but for those who where flipping back n’ forth they saw a very good pitched game by “Greg Mad Dog Maddux” the 3rd straight that the rest of the Padres lineup back him scoring wise. He went six innings giving up 6 hits 2 runs both earned one BB 4 strikeouts and gave up one home run; very solid again, I hope he get his shot at winning at least 10 games this year making it 20 years with least 10 or more games won.

Bullpen Notes: Mike Adams, Clay Hensley, Heath Bell, Cla Meredith and Trevor Hoffman combined to throw up 3 scoreless innings one hit 3 BB and 2 strikeouts, and Hoffman getting his 25th save of the year. On a bad Bullpen note: Bryan Corey gave up 2 hits and one run scored it was earned and got no one out.
The bats came alive in the sixth after being tied 1-1 the Padres put together a series of hits that scored them 5 runs. Adrian Gonzalez went 2-5 with his 28th homer of the year also had another hit with an RBI and two runs scored; Luis Rodriguez went 3-5 with two runs scored and a strikeout. Kevin Kouzmanoff also went 3-5 two runs scored and an RBI with one strikeout.
Chase Headley went 2-5 with a run scored and two RBIs plus a strikeout.

Nick Hundley went 1-4 with a run scored and two RBIs and two strikeout, and good ole’ Mad Dog went 1-3 with a RBI bunt single in the sixth too keep the rally alive, as usual Maddux helping his own case for a win. Brian Giles went 0-5 with a strikeout, 3 ground-outs and a pop-up.

Tomorrow’s game will be Chris Young (4-4) vs. L.Hernandez (10-8) at 12:05pm pt/1:05pm ct/3:05 pm ET. TV: 4SD/704-HD | RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM, XEMO 860

On a Thursday afternoon The San Diego Padreslose again as the Mets David Wright hits a walk-off home run to end it in the bottom of the ninth, when in the inning prior to thatJody Gerut hit a home run to tie it up!

Also Chase Headley hit his 8th homer of the year off of Santana, his second in two games. Another notes Adrian Gonzalez had a hit an RBI one BB and two strikeouts, brother Edger Gonzalezhad a pitch-hit appearance with a hit and a run scored, Brian Gileshad one too but was not successfulwith a ground-out in the 8th inning.

Pitching: Josh Banks went 5 innings gave up 9 hits 3 runs all earned one walk 4 strikeouts. Cla Meredith and Byan Corey combinedtwo throw up 3 innings of shutout baseball with one hit and one strikeout a peace. Heath Bell on the other hand pitched two thirds of an inning giving up two hit 2 run both earned, one being the home run by D.Wright to walk-off with it.

Tomorrow’s game the Padre will be take on the Rockies in Coors Field with their ace Jake Peavy(8-7) vs. ex-Padre(still on payroll) Glendon Rusch(4-3) at 6:05pm pt/7:05pm ct/9:05pm et. One one unhappy note both  Bud Black and bench coach Craig Colbert were ejected in today’s game in the 8th inning. 

I am sick so I will make this short. The San Diego Padres took one from the Mets, as Cha Sueng Beak got his fourth win of the season taking him to 4-6 on the year. Mike Adams,Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman combine to throw 2 and two thirds innings gaving up only one hit and one strikeout with Hoffman getting his 24th save of the season.
Batting: home runs from Jody Gerut,Chase Headley and Brian Giles. Only other note: Luis Rodriguez 2-4 with a run scored.
Tomorrow’s game will hightlight Josh Banks(3-4) vs. Santana(9-7) at 9:10am pt/12:10pm et no T.V IN San Diego on radio: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860.

Greg Maddux $10,000,000
Brian Giles $9,666,666
Jim Edmonds $8,000,000
Trevor Hoffman $7,500,000
Jake Peavy $6,500,000
Randy Wolf $4,750,000
Khalil Greene $4,500,000
Tadahito Iguchi $3,850,000
Michael Barrett $3,500,000
Chris Young $2,625,000
Josh Bard $2,237,500
Mark Prior $1,000,000
Tony Clark $900,000
Adrian Gonzalez $875,000
Glendon Rusch $850,000
Jody Gerut $700,000
Wilfredo Ledezma $620,000
Heath Bell $420,000
Cla Meredith $415,000
Clay Hensley $410,000
Kevin Kouzmanoff $410,000
Scott Hairston $406,000
Justin Germano $404,500
Justin Hampson $402,500
Joe Thatcher $393,000
Paul McAnulty $391,250
Tim Stauffer $391,200
Callix Crabbe $390,000
Enrique Gonzalez(not Edger Gonzalez) $390,000
Carlos Guevara $390,000
Justin Huber $390,000
Total $73,677,616
Source: USA Today, LoHud.com

Here is something pretty big that is stuck in my throat that is hard to swallow as a Padres fans! Can you find the holes where the money is going. One thing its not going too the players that are performing well this year Adrian or Edger, oh but wait I can’t even find him on this list. Because he on a minor league contact, if I was going to guess and I know the Padres either splitting a contact with someone or a few; or he’s making under 50k. 

On a Sunday afternoon where most San Diegans were probability doing something else besides watching The San Diego Padreswin at least one from the Giants, most were waiting for the Hall Of Fame Game to kick-off the football season, or fishing.

Greg”Mad Dog”Madduxcollected his second straight win maybe enough too get the Padres Font Office off his back; going six strong innings giving up 2 hits one run it was earned and had one strikeout.

Mike Adams, Heath Bell, and Trevor Hoffman combined to throw up 3 scoreless innings giving up only 2 hits one BB and 3 strikeouts, and Hoffman got 23rd save of the year.

The Bats came out today a little bit, with Brian Giles went 3-4 with a run scored 2 hits one RBI and one BB, while Kevin Kouzmanoff hit his 15th home run of the season in the 8th sealing the win. Other notes: Nick Hundleyhad a hit an RBI and two strikeouts and “Mad Dog”Maddux having a hit and an RBI helping his own cause. PlusJody Gerut had one run scored 2 hits and 2 left on base.

No game tomorrow as it is a traveling day for the Padres. But T.V will return Tuesday at Shea Stadium when the Padres’ Chris Young(4-4) vs. Pelfrey(9-7) at 4:10pm pt/7:10pm et on 4SD/704-HD | RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860.

A run that could have been prevented and a missed opportunity. Two plays. In a game full of great plays and each team getting and giving opportunities, those two plays really hurt The San Diego Padres as they lost to the Giants, 3-2, on Friday night in front of 33,926 fans.
The first, a passed ball by catcher Nick Hundley on a delivery from starter Josh Banks led to a run scoring from third.
The passed ball was just some miscommunication between the pitcher and his catcher. One thought splitter, the other thought fastball.
“We just got crossed up on the signs,” Hundley said. “He threw a split when I thought a fastball was coming. Just bad timing. He shouldn’t have to worry about not being able to see the signs. That’s unacceptable on my end to have that happen.”
The second one ended the game. Three straight singles by Edgar Gonzalez, Brian Giles and Adrian Gonzalez made it a bases-loaded situation, with one out in the bottom of the tenth inning. Kevin Kouzmanoff was coming to the plate. With a 2-2 count, Kouzmanoff hit a hard grounder to I.Ochaoa, the shortstop, who made a great play to touch the bag to get Adrian and then threw out Kouzmanoff at first. Game over.
“It’s one of those things where that’s the way it’s gone for us,” Adrian said. “Kouz hits it in the right spot, at the right speed and he gets thrown out by one step. In other years, he might’ve hit it just off or he beats it out. We tend to hit the balls at the wrong place at the wrong time. And that goes for all of us, the entire year.”
The air of the game seemed like the Padres would get some at-home magic working for them, as the Giants could never really separate themselves. J.Banks did a solid job, allowing two runs one earned on eight hits. Even while T.Lincecum was on the other side throwing 95-mph fastballs that helped him rack up 11 strikeouts during his seven innings of work.
A sacrifice fly by F.Lewis that scored R.Winn gave the Giants a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
But the Padres answered in the bottom of the second inning, on an RBI single by Luis Rodriguez. On the play, Giants’ first baseman J.Bowker made a great snag, but couldn’t decide where he wanted to go with the ball. As Kouzmanoff charged toward home, Bowker realized that his best play would be to go to first, but Rodriguez slid headfirst into the base and was called safe.
The play tied the game at 1.
The passed ball by Hundley gave the lead back to the Giants, and it would stay that way until the eighth inning.
Coming up in the bottom of an inning that saw center fielder Jody Gerut double-up Bowker at third to prevent an one-out man-on-third situation for the Giants, Adrian walked up the plate. He went through his approach, saw the first pitch from Giants’ reliever J.Taschner and liked it. A lot. So much that he sent it over the left-center-field wall to tie the game.
“When I hit it, I told myself it was out of here,” Adrian said. “But then two steps into it, I was like, ‘it might not get out.’ Just the whole PETCO fear of the ball not getting out.”
That’s what felt different about this game. Moments where it seemed like it wouldn’t, it would. Arian tied the game and Mike Adams and Heath Bell would pitch the Padres into extra innings.
In the tenth, Padres manager Bud Black called on future Hall of Fame closer Trevor Hoffman to, at the very least, preserve the tie. But after getting the first two outs, E.Burriss hit a blooper single over the head of Rodriguez. The Giants’ sent pinch-hitter Eugenio Velez to the plate and he hit a 2-0 fastball to right to score Burriss.
That put the Giants ahead, 3-2.
“Same parameters,” T.Hoffman said of pitching in the 10th instead of the ninth, “you gotta put up a goose egg and give your team a chance.”
There was no goose egg this time, but his team did have a chance, with the bases loaded in the tenth for Kouzmanoff. But it just wasn’t their night.

The San Diego Padres started the series off right against the Diamondbacks by out slugging them 8-5 in route to their 4th straight win in a row. Khalil Greene went 2-3 with a two run shot off of M.Owings in the 2nd innings to start the scoring, he also hit Greene.

In the third the rest of the scoring came with 6 runs on 5 hits. Nick Hundley had a three run shot in that inning and Jody Gerut went 2-3 with 2 runs scored and one RBI, Kevin Kouzmanoff 2-4 with a runs scored two RBIs and two strikeouts.

Greg Maddux finally got the win he deserved,351st win of his career going 5 innings giving up 9 hits and 4 runs all earned with 4 strikeouts and gave up one HR moving him to 4-8 on the season. Wilfredo Ledezma, Mike Adams, Clay Hensley, Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman combined to throw up 3 and 2 thirds innings scoreless only giving up one hit collecting 4 strikeouts and Hoffman picking up his 22nd save of the year, three in the last 4 games. A bad note to reportBryan Corey is starting to becoming a liability in the bullpen giving up 2 hits one earned run in 1 third of an inning.

Today is the return of Big’ol Chris Young(4-4) to the mound against Slow’mo D.Davis(3-5) game starts at 7:05pm pt/10:05pm et  4SD/704-HD | RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860.

Sunday is always a good day for baseball as it was a good day for The San Diego Padres as they won 3-1 over the Pirates,as they take 3 out of 4 from them.

Let’s start with the pitching since there was very little batting,but what little there was it was mostly the Padres. Jake Peavy was there starter going a solid 7 innings pitched giving up 4 hits one run it was earned with 3 BB 10 strikeouts showing us his CY Young Winning stuff. Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffmancombined to throw up 2 shutout innings behind Peavy with Hoffman getting his 21st save of the year.

Batting wise the Padres had enough to get it done, Josh Bard single in the first run of the game in the 4th, then in the 8th and 9th inningsScott Hairston(8th) and J.Bard(9th) both with solo shots just putting the flame out on what was once a hot swinging Pirates team that lead most of the first half in hitting among the NL.

The Padres have now came to terms with being out of it, still no one is running away with it in the NL west but it would take a long shot miracle to get to the playoffs, the only thing on its side it has been done before. My point is the Padres might as well play like they have noting to play for besides pride and somewhat of a respectable record, then maybe they will go out there and just have fun, picking up wins along the way.

Tomorrow game will be Greg “mad dag” Maddux(3-8) vs M.Owings(6-8) game start at 7:05pm pt/10:05pm et 4SD/704-HD | RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7 FM , XEMO 860

Today The San Diego Padres pulled one off against the Pirates 6-5. Offensively the padres hit, Brian Giles got two runs two hits, Khalil Greene went 1-1 on a double.Kevin Kouzmanoff went 2-4 2 hits an RBI and a run scored also a strikeout, Adrian Gonzaleshad a two run home run and two runs scored with a IBB. AlsoChase Headley had two hits an RBI and one runs scored but with two strikeouts, and in the return of Josh Bard he went 2-4 with two RBIs, and Cha Seung Beakhad a hit and a strikeout.

Pitching wise C.S.Beak went five and one third innings giving up 7 hits 4 runs all earned one walked batter three strikeouts and gave up two HR. Mike Adams went one and two thirds innings scoreless gave up only two hits, Heath Bell went one inning giving up two hits one run it was earned one walk one strikeout. Trevor Hoffman had a scoreless bottom of the ninth looking like his old self collecting his 19th save of the year.

Today game wasn’t on T.V but tomorrow’s game should be with Josh Banks(2-4) vs Van Benschoten(1-2) 4:05pm pt/ 7:05pm et. 4SD/704-HD | RADIO: XPRS 1090/105.7  FM , XEMO 860.

4:32pm: More from The San Diego Padres GM Kevin Towers – he’s had inquiries on Jake Peavy, Trevor Hoffman, Heath Bell,Kevin Kouzmanoff, and Khalil Greene. Potential deals will be assessed after the season, though Towers wants Hoffman to stay until the end of his career.
2:43pm: MLB.com’s Corey Brock has the latest on the Padres and Greg Maddux.
Maddux apparently will only accept a trade to a West Coast team, preferably the Dodgers. Padres GM K.Towers doesn’t mind trading within the division. The only piece missing is interest from L.A. They’ve got good pitching depth, but if Maddux could be added at a reasonable price, why not? The Professor has a 4.18 ERA this year.
Don’t expect to see younger Padres like K.Kouzmanoff, K.Greene, or Josh Bard on the move. Towers said a trade of any of those three is “very doubtful.”