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.

Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a three run home run in the sixth inning to put the San Diego Padres ahead 3-2 and they made those three runs holds up as they beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2.  One swing of the bat by Kouzmanoff got the Padres the win even though the rest of the offense struggled at the plate.

Kouzmanoff had all three rbi for the Padres and now has 17 on the year.  The rest of the Padres offense sucked it up as they only had five other hits in the game besides the home run.  They need to swing the bat better so there isn’t so much pressure on the pitching staff.

Greg Maddux pitched five innings and gave up five hits and two runs to get the no decision.  Maddux gave up two runs in the second inning but then settled down for the most part.  Bryan Corey pitched two innings after Maddux exited the game to pick up the win.  Corey is now 1-0 on the season.

Heath Bell pitched a scoreless eighth inning before he turned things over to Trevor Hoffman who came in and recorded his ninth save of the season.

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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 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 and San Francisco Giants battled all night long to a 0-0 tie until the bottom of the 9th inning when the Giants finally scored the first and last run of the game.  Daniel Ortmeier hit a double that scored Rajai Davis for the winning run.  Heath Bell took the loss after giving up the double.

The Padres were only able to scrap together four hits the entire game.  I would have expected a lot better outcome considering how bad the Giants pitching staff has been this year.  What a disappointing performance.

Justin Germano pitched seven inning of shutout ball to get the no decision.  He pitched well enough to win, the offense just didn’t score any runs to give him some support.  Tough luck for Germano.

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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.