Dodgers-Padres Recap and Game 2 Lineups

The scoring started out real fast when Andre Ethier singled in Matt Kemp in the bottom of the 1st to make it 1-0 Dodgers. James Loney made it 3-0 when he lauched a ball 419 feet over the right center wall. The Padres then got on the board with a RBI double by Nick Hundley in the top of the 4th. The Dodgers got that run back when Rod Barajas hit a sac fly. That's how it ended. 4-1 Dogers win. The Padres extend their losing streak to 4 games. Clayton Kershaw improves to 17-5 and Mat Latos is now 6-13.

Will the Padres end their losing streak or will it become 5 games?
Here are the lineups for game 2

Padres
1. Will Venable CF #25
2. Jason Bartlett SS #8
3. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
4. Kyle Blanks LF #88
5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
6. Nick Hundley C #4
7. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
8. Aaron Cunningham RF #28
9. Tim Stauffer P #46

Dodgers
1. Justin Sellers SS #12
2. James Loney 1B #7
3. Matt Kemp CF #27
4. Juan Rivera LF #33
5. Andre Ethier RF #16
6. Aaron Miles 3B #6
7. A.J. Ellis C #17
8. Jamey Carroll 2B #14
9. Hiroki Kuroda P #18

Padres-Dodgers Game 1 Lineups

Padres
1. Jason Bartlett SS #8
2. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
3. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
4. Kyle Blanks LF #88
5. Nick Hundley C #4
6. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
7. Aaron Cunningham RF #28
8. Will Venable CF #25
9. Mat Latos P #38

Dodgers
1. Justin Sellers SS #12
2. James Loney 1B #12
3. Matt Kemp CF #27
4. Juan Rivera LF #33
5. Andre Ethier RF #16
6. Aaron Miles 3B #6
7. Rod Barajas C #28
8. Jamey Carroll 2B #14
9. Clayton Kershaw P #22

Pads-D-Backs

Well just like that the Padres get swept. After winning 5 straight they have now lost 3 in a row. Not many highlights last night except for a Orlando Hudson solo shot in the top of the 2nd. In the bottom half of the 2nd Collin Cowgill comes back with his 1st carrer home run. The very next inning Aaron Hill hit a 2 run shot to give the Diamondbacks a 3-1 lead. The D-Backs would get 3 more in the bottom of the 8th to make it 6-1 and that's how it ended. Ian Kennedy gets his 17th win of the year as Cory Luebke is now5-7. The Padres will now go to LA for 3 games. We'll see if they can turn it around and win some games.

Game 3 Padres vs. Diamondbacks

Padres
1. Will Venable RF #25
2. Jason Bartlett SS #8
3. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
4. Kyle Blanks LF #88
5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
6. Nick Hundley C #4
7. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
8. Andy Parrino RF #3
9. Cory Luebke P #52

Diamondbacks
1. Ryan Roberts 3B #14
2. Aaron Hill 2B #2
3. Justin Upton RF #10
4. Chris Young CF #24
5. Paul Goldschmidt 1B #44
6. Miguel Montero C #26
7. Collin Cowgill RF #4
8. John McDonald SS #16
9. Ian Kennedy P #31

The Padres are looking to avoid the sweep with a win so we'll see if they can do it.

Game 1 Padres vs. Diamondbacks

Padres
1. Will Venable RF #25
2. Jason Bartlett SS #8
3. Cameron Maybin CF #24
4. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
6. Kyle Blanks LF #88
7. Nick Hundley C #4
8. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
9. Wade LeBlanc P #49

Diamondbacks
1. Willie Bloomquist SS #18
2. Ryan Roberts 3B #14
3. Justin Upton RF #10
4. Chris Young CF #24
5. Paul Goldschmidt 1B #44
6. Aaron Hill 2B #2
7. Gerardo Parra LF #8
8. Henry Blanco C #12
9. Josh Collmenter P #55

Game 2 Lineups

Padres
1. Will Venable RF #25
2. Jason Bartlett SS #8
3. Cameron Maybin CF #24
4. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
6. Kyle Blanks LF #88
7. Nick Hundley C #4
8. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
9. Tim Stauffer P #46

Giants
1. Orlando Cabrera SS #43
2. Jeff Keppinger 2B #8
3. Carlos Beltran RF #15
4. Pablo Sandoval 3B #48
5. Aubrey Huff 1B #17
6. Cody Ross RF #13
7. Brandon Belt LF #9
8. Chris Stewart C #37
9. Tim Lincecum P #55

Pads Make it 5 in a Row

Last night, the Pads and Giants faced off in game 1 of a 2 game series. Once again the Padres got off to a fast start in the first when Jesus Guzman singled in Jason Bartlett. Then in the 2nd they struck again with Kyle Blanks hitting a 2 run homer 379 feet to left field. The next inning they score again with a RBI single from Cameron Maybin making it 4-0 through 3. The Giants offence finally started to get to Latos with a fielders choice that scored both Pablo Sandoval and Aubrey Huff. The Pads came right back with a fielders choice of their own scoring Orlando Hudson. With a 5-2 lead in the 8th the Padres brought in Luke Gregerson who then proceeded to give up an RBI double to Brandon Belt. 2 batters later Hector Sanchez singled in Cody Ross and the next batter, Orlando Cabrera, singled in Aaron Rowand to tie in up. The Padres came back in the top of the 9th saying not so fast when Alberto Gonzalez singled in Nick Hundley and after a wild pitch Will Venable knocked in Gonzalez with a RBI single. Finally, Heath Bell came in a pitched a 1-2-3 inning to get his 35th save of the year. The winning pitcher was Erik Hamren who improved to 1-0 and Ramon Ramirez got the lost and is now 2-2.

Game 2's pitching matchup puts Tim Stauffer (8-9 3.43 ERA) against Tim "The Freak" Lincecum (11-10 2.53 ERA).

Game 1 Padres vs. Giants

Padres
1. Will Venable RF #25
2. Jason Bartlett SS #8
3. Cameron Maybin CF #24
4. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
6. Kyle Blanks LF #88
7. Nick Hundley C #4
8. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
9. Mat Latos P #38

Giants
1. Mike Fontenot SS #14
2. Jeff Keppinger 2B #8
3. Pablo Sandoval 3B #48
4. Aubrey Huff 1B #17
5. Brandon Belt LF #9
6. Cody Ross RF #13
7. Aaron Rowand CF #33
8. Chris Stewart C #37
9. Matt Cain P #18

Get Those Brooms Out

That's right!!! Last night, the Padres completed their 4 game sweep of the Marlins. Of course it ended in dramatic fasion. On Trevor Hoffman Day the Pads offense got going early with 3 in the 1st. The inning started with Will Venable lauching a ball 374 feet over the right field wall. Five batters later Kyle Banks stepped up and plated Cameron Maybin and Orlando Hudson with his double to left center making it 3-0. The Marlins offense got a little spark when Mike Stanton homered to left field (393 feet) in the top of the 4th. That was the last offense till John Buck hit a sac fly to Will Venable making it 3-2. Then Bell came in to try and get a 4 out save. He got the first 3 out and the only thing keeping the bells from ringing on Trevor Hoffman Day was Mike Cameron who go a 2-0 pitch middle in and blasted it 400 feet into the Well Fargo Building tieing it up at 3. In the bottom of the 9th former Padre Edward Mujica came in and the first batter he faced was Nick Hundley. Then the unexpected happened when Hundley drove a ball to deep center over the centerfielders head and he chugged all the way around to third for a triple. After two intentional wall the bases were loaded for who else, Will Venable. The Marlins then brought in lefty Mike Dunn. Will Venable then proceeded to single over the rightfielders head. PADRES WIN!!! PADRES WIN!!! PADRES WIN!!!
The winning pitcher was Heath Bell who improved to 3-4 and Edward Mujica is now 8-5.

Its Trevor Time!!!

Today before the Padres-Marlins game the Padres and there fans celebrated Trevor Hoffman as they retired his number. The number 51 will never be worn by a Padre ever again and the number was placed on the batters eye in center field with the 6 of Steve Garvey, the 19 of Tony Gwynn, the 31 of Dave Winfield, the 34 of Randy Jones, and the 42 of Jackie Robinson which is retired from baseball. It was a very nice and emotional ceremony which included Garvey, Gwynn, Jones, Winfield, the Padres staff, and the Hoffman family. Hoffman also recieved a golden rubber which was given to him when he got his 500th save but this time it was ingraved with the number 601 which is how many career saves he had. That wasn't all, he also recieved a mint condition 1958 Cadillac Convertible. The ceremony ended with a tribute to his dad with a video of him singing the national anthem at Fenway Park on opening day of 1981. It was a great ceremony that I really enjoyed. After the ceremony the game started and we will find out if the Padres can bring the brooms out and sweep the Marlins.

Game 4 Lineups

Padres
1. Will Venable RF #25
2. Jason Bartlett SS #8
3. Cameron Maybin CF #24
4. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
6. Kyle Blanks LF #88
7. Nick Hudley C #4
8. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
9. Cory Luebke P #52

Marlins
1. Emilio Bonifacio SS #1
2. Omar Infante 2B #13
3. Mike Stanton RF #27
4. Jose Lopez 3B #11
5. Mike Cameron CF #24
6. Gaby Sanchez 1B #15
7. Bryan Peterson LF #16
8. Brett Hayes C #9
9. Anibal Sanchez #19

Padres Blowout Marlins

Last night, the Padres offense woke up and when off on the Marlins. The scoring started with back to back homers. The first was a 3 run homer (396 feet) to right field by Orlando Hudson. Then Kyle Blanks hit a solo shot to left field (401 feet). It was 4-0 till the bottom of the 4th when Logan Forsythe stepped to the plate and hit a RBI double. Three batters later Jason Bartlett plated Forsythe with a RBI single. After a pitching change Cameron Maybin doubled in Bartlett to make it 7-0 after 4. The next inning the Pads opened there lead even more when Forsythe single in Blanks and Venable tripled in Hundley and Forsythe. The Marlins did have one highlight last night and that was when Jose Lopez lauched a ball 360 feet over the left field wall. The Pads quickly got that run back and more when Hudson singled in Maybin. Then Blanks knocked in Jesus Guzman with a sac fly. Finally, the offense ended with a 2 run homer (378 feet) from Nick Hundley making it 14-1 after 6. That's how the game ended. Aaron Harang pitched great getting his 12th win of the season while Clay Hensley is now 1-5.

Game 4's pitching matchup has Cory Luebke (5-6 2.99 ERA) face out against Anibal Sanchez (7-6 3.97 ERA).

Game 3 Lineups

Padres

1. Will Venable RF #25
2. Jason Bartlett SS #8
3. Cameron Maybin CF #24
4. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
6. Kyle Blanks LF #88
7. Nick Hundley C #14
8. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
9. Aaron Harang P #41

Marlins

1. Emilio Bonifacio SS #1
2. Omar Infante 2B #13
3. Mike Stanton RF #27
4. Greg Dobbs 3B #29
5. Jose Lopez 1B #11
6. Bryan Peterson LF #16
7. John Buck C #14
8. Dewayne Wise CF #10
9. Clay Hensley P #32

Thats 2

In a nailbiter the Padres improved to 57-70 with a 4-3 vitory over the Marlins last night. It started out early with each team scoring a run in the 1st. Another run did not cross the plate until the top of the 4th when Chris Volstad helped his cause with a RBI double to make it 2-1. The Pads came back in the bottom half of that inning when Kyle Blanks hit a 2 run homer over the left field wall (395 feet). In the bottom of the 5th Jason Bartlett added to that lead with a RBI single which plated Will Venable and made it 4-2. In the top of the 6th the Marlins had the bases loaded one out when rookie reliever Erik Hamren came in. He proceeded to strike out Mike Stanton then he walked Emilio Bonifacio to make it 4-3 and he ended his apperance with a srike out of Gaby Sanchez. Chad Qualls came in for the 7th and gave up 1 hit but got his 14th hold. In the 8th Josh Spence came in and faced one batter then Luke Gregerson came in to finish the inning. Finally, Heath Bell came in and finished the game off for his 34th save. Wade LeBlanc got the win and improved to 2-2 and Chris Volstad is now 5-10.

The pitching matchup for game 3 is Aaron Harang (11-3 4.08 ERA) vs. former Padre Clay Hensley (1-4  4.53 ERA)

Lineups 8/19 Padres vs. Marlins

Padres

1. Will Venable RF #25
2. Jason Bartlett SS #8
3. Cameron Maybin CF #24
4. Jesus Guzman 1B #15
5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1
6. Kyle Blanks LF #88
7. Nick Hundley C #4
8. Logan Forsythe 3B #12
9. Wade LeBlanc P #49

Marlins

1. Emilio Bonifacio SS #1
2. Gaby Sanchez 1B #15
3. Mike Stanton RF #27
4. Greg Dobbs 3B #29
5. John Buck C #14
6. Mike Cameron CF #24
7. Bryan Peterson LF #16
8. Jose Lopez 2B #11
9. Chris Volstad P #41

Padres Win!!!

Last night the Padres faced off against the Marlins at Petco and the Pads wasted no time as Jesus Guzman hit a 2 run triple in the bottom of the 1st and then a Logan Forsythe Sac Fly made it 3-0. After that the Padres never looked back as Tim Stauffer was great only giving up one mistake and that was in the top of the 7th when John Buck stepped to the plate and hit a solo shot 447 feet over the left center wall. The Padres improve to 56-70 and 25-38 at home. The winning pitcher was Tim Stauffer who improved to 8-9. The loss goes to Javier Vasquez who is now 7-11. Luke Gregerson came in in the 8th inning and got his 11th hold. Heath Bell ended everything on a good note with a 1-2-3 9th to record his 33rd save of the 2011 campain.

The Pads will try to make it 2 straight against the Marlins as they send Wade Leblac (1-2 4.54 ERA) to the mound against Chris Volstad (5-9 5.60 ERA).

Lineups 8/18 Padres vs. Marlins

Padres

1. Will Venable CF #25

2. Jason Bartlett SS #8

3. Cameron Maybin CF #24

4. Jesus Guzman 1B #15

5. Orlando Hudson 2B #1

6. Kyle Blanks LF #88

7. Nick Hundley C #4

8. Logan Forsythe 3B #12

9. Tim Stauffer P #46

Marlins

1. Emilio Bonifacio SS #1

2. Bryan Peterson LF #16

3. Mike Stanton RF #27

4. Greg Dobbs 3B #29

5. Gaby Sanchez 1B #15

6. Mike Cameron CF #24

7. John Buck C #14

8. Jose Lopez 2B #11

9. Javier Vazquez P #23

There is the starting lineups for tonights game and hopefully the Padres can win for Trevor tonight as theyr'e retiring Trevor's jersey tonight.

Drew Cumberland and the Padres vs. Mets 8/17

This morning we found out that former Padre prospect Drew Cumberland became a coach for the Padres Single A team the Fort Wayne Tincaps. Drew Cumberland is a 22 year old SS who because of a rare medical condition he was forced to retire. The rare condition is called bilateral vestibulopathy which causes the portions of both inner ears that control balance to be damaged.


Now on to the Padre game. Today's pitching mathup had Mat Latos face off against Dillion Gee. The game was scoreless through the first 2 innings and it wasn't until David Wright stepped to the plate in the top of the 3rd with 2 on and 1 out and blasted a ball 388 feet over the left field wall. After that Mat Latos was lights out and it was 3-0 until Angel Pagan's RBI groundout against Pat Neshek in the 7th. The Padres come back in the bottom of the 7th with a RBI double from Aaron Cunningham to make it 4-1. The Mets started to pull away with a 3 run top of the 8th which made it 7-1. The Padres where able to come back and score 2 in the bottom of the 9th but it was not enough and the Mets won 7-3. The Mets improve to 60-63 and the Padres continue to struggle and are now 55-70. The winning pitcher was Dillion Gee who improved to 11-4 and Mat Latos is now 6-12.


The Padres will now have the 57-65 Marlins come to town for a 3 game series starting tomorrow at Petco. The pitching matchup for game one of the series has Tim Stauffer, who is 7-9 with a 3.53 ERA, against Javier Vasquez who is 7-10 with a 4.68 ERA.