The San Diego Padres lost to the Atlanta Braves by the score of 5-2 on Wednesday night.  The Padres were only able to come up with six hits in the game as they were only able to score two runs off the Braves pitching staff.

Randy Wolf took the loss for the Padres and is now 2-2 on the season.  Wolf pitched six innings and gave up eight hits and five runs.  Wolf had a little bit of control problems as well as he walked four batters.

Joe Thatcher and Cla Meredith pitched the last two innings of the game without giving up a run.

The Padres scored two runs but did not have a RBI in the game as they scored on a balk and on a double play in the game.  Just no production by the offense against Tim Hudson and the Braves pullpen.

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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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Greg Maddux was once again denied his 350th career win as the San Diego Padres lost to the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 7-4.  Maddux pitched 6.1 innings and gave up eight hits and three runs in the game.  It was the second straight game that Maddux was going for his 350th win of his career and the Padres were unable to get him a win.

Besides Maddux giving up three runs, Glendon Rusch and Kevin Cameron both gave up two runs each.

At the plate for the Padres, Scott Hairston hit two home runs to finish with three RBI.  Tadahito Iguchi chipped in with one RBI, but it wasn’t near enough to overcome the Phillies four runs.

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It was a pitchers dual last night as the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants face off.  It was bad news for the Padres however, as the Giants won the game 1-0 on a Rich Aurilia home run in the seventh inning.  The Giants only had four hits in the game, but they made sure one of them counted.

Chris Young took the loss for the Padres.  Young should have picked up the win no questions about it, if the offense would have gave him some run support.  Young was on top of his game, except for the one pitch mistake to Aurilia.

The Padres sucked it up at the plate as they only recorded five hits the entire ballgame.  They left 18 runners on base while striking out 11 times.

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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 felt like crap after playing 22 innings and losing to the Colorado Rockies by the score of 2-1.  The Padres used seven different pitchers and it was Glendon Rusch who took the loss for the Padres when the Rockies scored a run in the 22nd inning.

Josh Bard was the only Padres player to record an RBI in the game which came in the 14th inning.

Jake Peavy had pitched eight innings and only gave up four hits, he just didnt’ have any run support.

It sucks to have played 22 innings and come away with the loss, it will be interesting to see how the Padres bounce back or if this game will slow them down for a couple of games.

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The San Diego Padres were only down one run heading into the ninth inning, but when they came to bat in the bottom of the inning, they were down by eight runs as the Rockies put up a seven spot in the top half of the inning and went onto win the game 10-2.

Cla Meredith and Glendon Rusch gave up the seven runs in the ninth inning.  Meredith gave up four runs and Rusch gave up three runs.  Starting pitcher Justin Germano pitched seven innings and allowed three earned runs.

Brian Giles had both RBI for the Padres.  He had a ground rule double in the third inning and then a RBI triple in the fifth inning.  Would have been nice to see other players step up at the plate, but that didn’t happen.

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