June 21

Greg Maddux pitched masterfully yet again, and again it came without a win being added to his record.  His last "win" came on May 10, but his performance last night led to My Padres winning the first game of the series with the Detroit Tigers by the score of 6-2.

Maddux went 7 innings while only giving up 1 run on 5 hits.  The only run he allowed was a HR to Curtis Granderson to leadoff the game.  It was vintage Maddux as he worked in and out, up and down, in the strike zone and just outside of it.  It was a great joy watching the future Hall of Famer perform his craft.

The Padres did win the game by scoring 4 runs in the 8th, mostly due to the Tigers 'pen walking the bases loaded to begin the inning.  Adrian Gonzalez and Scott Hairston delivered 2-run singles for the actual scoring.

Chase (Roy Hobbs) Headley continued his good hitting by driving his first HR at Petco over the CF wall. 

Edgar Gonzalez is quickly making Tadahito Iguchi the Padres version of Wally Pipp by going 3-3 to raise his average to .326.

Hopefully this is the beginning of another very good homestand to get us back on track to the .500 mark.

Kevin Kouzmanoff and Brian Giles had MRI's yesterday and neither was put on the DL.  Kouzmanoff is most likely to return on Tuesday and Giles played last night.  However, Gilley tweaked his leg in the 8th inning and was replaced by Paul McAnulty in RF in the 9th.  (PMac made a great running catch in foul territory to end the game as he went head over heels into the stands to get the ball.)  We'll have to hope for the best with Giles and Kouz...

Go Padres!!!

Yesterday's Results:

Padres 6, Tigers 2

Twins 7, D-backs 2

Cleveland 6, Dodgers 4

Giants 9, Royals 4

Mets 7, Rockies 2

Standings:

D-backs       39-35      ------

Dodgers       34-39       4.5

Giants          32-42        7

Padres        32-43       7.5

Rockies       31-43        8

Today:  Tigers  7:05 PDT         Baek (1-2) - Robertson (5-6)