The San Diego Padres evened the series with the Chicago Cubs as they beat the Cubs 4-3 on a cold rainy night at Wrigley Field in Chicago.  No runs were scored after the fourth inning, and all four of the Padres runs came in the fourth inning.  Before that they were down 3-0.

Khalil Greene had a two run home run to lead the Padres at the plate.  He took Cubs starting pitcher Jason Marquis deep.  Jody Gerut then doubled to score two more runs.  Those two hits were all the Padres would end up needing to win the game.

Shawn Estes pitched 5 1/3 innings to pick up the win which was his first of the season.  Trevor Hoffman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to get the save in the game.

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The San Diego Padres lost anything they had in the game tonight against the Chicago Cubs when they allowed six runs in the sixth inning and and then five more in the seventh inning.

The blowout happend in the sixth inning when the Cubs scored the six runs.  Kevin Kouzmanoff had a huge error in the game that allowed three runs in the game.  After that the floodgates just opened for the Cubs.

Randy Wolf dropped to 2-3 on the season as he only pitched four inning after allowing eight hits and seven runs.  Wolf walked five runs while giving up one home run in the game.

Sean Henn threw 1 2/3 innings and gave up three hits and five runs.  Only two of those five runs were earned, but still they were runs that crossed the plate.  Justin Germano tossed 2 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball to finish out the game.

Jody Gerut had a solo home run in the game for the one big hit for the Padres.  Tadahito Iguchi and Adrian Gonzalez’s little brother both had a rbi in the game.  It was the little brothers first major league hit as he was just called up.

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The San Diego Padres gave up four runs in the final four innings on Thursday as they lost to the Atlanta Braves 5-4.  With the four run rally, the Braves swept th Padres in their three game series.

Joe Thatcher took the loss for the Padres as he gave up three his and a run in the bottom of the ninth inning.  Thatcher is now 0-4 on the season and needs to start throwing the ball better before he sees his butt on the bench for every game.

The other four runs by the Braves were all un-earned as the Padres had three errors in the game.  Starting pitcher Wilfredo Ledezma allowed one run, Shawn Estes allowed two runs, and Cla Meredith allowed one run.

Kevin Kouzmanoff had two rbi for the Padres as he led them at the plate.  Scott Hairston and Khalil Greene both had one rbi in the game as well.  The Padres just weren’t productive with runners on base as they left 18 runners on base in the game.

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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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