7/24/2008:
San Diego Padres
Reinstated C Josh Bard from the 15-day disabled list; Recalled LHP Justin Hampson from Triple-A Portland; Optioned C Luke Carlin and LHP Joe Thatcher to Portland.
7/23/2008:
San Diego Padres
Purchased the contract of LHP Wilfredo Ledezma from Triple-A Portland
As The San Diego Padres fall again to the Reds, it seems like the padres are throwing in the towel on play baseball for the year. If so we should send down the players we won’t trade that have low production and bring up the farm league for some pre-major league training, then at least with the veterans in triple A, then at least one of our teams have a chance to win something all be it a triple A championship.
For today game Greg Maddux started out throwing up 4 scoreless innings, then in the 5th the reds scored 1 then in the 6th they scored 3 and the 7th scored five runs and that’s all they needed, Maddux went 5 and one third innings giving up 3 runs 2 of them earned 7 hit and 4 strikeouts plus one HR. With the way Maddux was on a short leash it led me to believe that this start may be the last time we’ll see Maddux in a padre’s uniform.
The bullpen:besides the return of Wilfredo Ledezma going one and one third innings scoreless the bullpen didn’t have a lot to be proud of with Cla Meredith and Joe Thatcher going 1 and one third innings giving up 6 hits 6 runs all earned 2 HR and one strikeout.
In the firstJody Geruthit a solo home run to lead off the game making us think that their picking themselves back up after the sloppy game they played yesterday, he also walked in a run, scored a run and got one more hit on top of the homer.
Other dim spots in the lineup where, Kevin Kouzmanoff homered in the 6th a 2 run shot he also had one run scored one other base hit and one strikeout. Luis Rodriguez went 2-3 with a BB 2 runs scored and one hit,Brian Giles had a hit a RBI and a strikeout,Khalil Greene had a hit and 2 strikeouts,Chase Headley a hit, Nick Hundley2 hits and 2 strikeouts and good old mad-dog Maddux had a hit he went 1-2.
Tomorrow’s game will highlight the return of Clay Hensley as a starter 1-0 0.00 ERA in 3 appearance this year 5 IP 1hit 1BB 3SO , he will counter The Pittsburgh PiratesY.Herrera 0-1 19.50 ERA in 2 starts, the game will be televised at 7:05pm et, 4:05pm pt.
The machine known as the Chicago Cubs steam rolled the padres for a second straight night. The padres jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 3rd. The first on an errant pick off throw by Jason Marquis, which allowed starting pitcher Wilfredo Ledezma to score from 3rd base. The second run coming on a two out single by NL RBI leader Adrian Gonzalez (55).
The Cubs bounced right back in the 4th as Alfonso Soriano led off with a double to deep left. He would score on a fielders choice hit by Aramis Ramirez to cut the lead in half 2-1.
The friars weren’t going down easy tonight though. Paul McAnulty led off with a walk, followed by a single by Michael Barrett moving McAnulty to third. Khalil Greene hit a sacrifice fly to center to score McAnulty to give Ledezma a two run lead to work with.
Ledezma was not able to follow up his impressive outing last week. He walked five batters today including three in the 5th inning. Reed Johnson led off with a double, Ledezma then walked Mark DeRosa and Johnson stole 3rd on ball four. Ledezma was able to induce a ground out from Ronny Cedeno and struck out Jason Marquis. It appeared that Wil would be able to escape the inning. However, Ledezma threw a pitch that got by Barrett, the ball took a lucky bounce straight back to the catcher. Barrett threw to Ledezma covering, Johnson stayed at third, however DeRosa assumed Johnson would break home and he was almost to third. What appeared to be a gift of an out turned into nothing when Ledezma elected to fake a throw to second allowing both runners to get back into position. That non throw would come back to hurt Ledezma, he walked the next batter Alfonso Soriano to load the bases and walked Ryan Theriot to allow a run and make it a 3-2 game. Derrek Lee then hit a hard shot toward left to score DeRosa and would have also knocked in Soriano if it wasn’t for Khalil Greene’s diving save to limit Lee’s drive to one run tying the game 3-3.
The Cubbies struck again in the 6th with two home runs of reliever off Brian Corey. The first a solo shot from Geovany Soto (10) and the was followed by a two run shot by Mark DeRosa (6) making it a 6-3 Cubs lead.
In the 8th the Cubs bats got hot again Ronny Cedeno singled, Mike Fontenot walked and Alfonso Soriano hit a monster three run homerun (14) onto the upper deck in left center to give the Cubs a 9-3 lead.
The Padres did show some heart in the 8th Kevin Kouzmanoff led off with a walk followed by a single from Paul McAnulty, Greene then singled to load the bases for pinch hitter Tony Clark; he was able to draw bases loaded walk. Bud Black then called in Edgar Gonzalez to pinch-hit, Edgar responded with a single to left scoring McAnulty and brining up the trying run in Tadahito Iguchi. Iguchi was able to knock in Khalil Greene with on a fielders choice. With two out and men on first and third, Brian Giles came up to bat. With a full count and RBI leader Adrian Gonzalez on deck, Bob Howry was able to freeze Giles with a fastball for strike three to end the rally.
In the Padres ninth Adrian Gonzalez was able to hit a lead off double for his third hit of the evening, and the only extra base hit the Pads had all night. That was all Cub closer Kerry Wood would allow as he retired the next three padres in a row for his 16th save and the Cubs 9th win in a row.
The Padres will send future Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux to the mound tomorrow to Face Ted Lilly in the series finale.
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…
The San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs played in a high scoring game on Wednesday night but it was the Cubs that came out on top with a 8-5 victory. The Cubbies scored early and often against Jake Peavy as he was knocked out of the game after only four innings of action.
Peavy took the loss as he pitched four innings and gave up seven hits and four runs. Peavy got his pitch count up high early in the game as he was at around 50 pitches after the second inning. The Cubs just hit him hard and often tonight.
Peavy wasn’t the only Padres pitcher that was hit hard however. Wilfredo Ledezma gave up five this and three runs while Bryan Corey gave up two hits and one run.
Tadahito Iguchi led the Padres with two rbi and Khalil Greene had one rbi in the game. The Padres did load the bases in the ninth inning off of Kerry Wood, but were on able to score one run as Brian Giles flied out to left field to end the game.
It just seemed like anytime the Padres scored a run to get closer, the Cubs would come back and score two more runs in the bottom of the inning. The Padres will try to get a sweep in the series as the two teams play on Thursday.
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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.
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.
