July 5
Cha Seung Baek flirted with the first Padres no-hitter for 5.2 innings and led My Padres to a 5-1 win over the Arizona D-backs. Baek was fabulous as he finished with 6 shutout innings, striking out 7 while issuing only 1 walk.
Heath Bell pitched a very good and very important 1.2 innings when the score was just 2-1. The Friar offense would tack on 3 runs in the 8th and 9th innings, but Bell's performance really was a relief.
Bud Black gave a lot of credit to Nick Hundley who made his MLB debut last night behind the plate. Hundley is known for his defensive abilities and, according to Black, did a great job calling the game. Hundley also got his 1st major league hit with a single to CF in the 5th inning.
A huge play came in the bottom of the 6th inning with the D-backs threatening after breaking up Baek's no-no bid. LF Chase Headley made a perfect throw to home to nail Justin Upton at the plate to end the inning and maintain the Sand and Navy advantage of 2-0.
Yesterday's Results:
Padres 5, D-backs 1
Dodgers 10, Giants 7
Rockies 18, Marlins 17 (Colo trailed by 9 runs)
Standings:
D-backs 43-44 ------
Dodgers 42-44 .5
Giants 38-49 5
Rockies 36-51 7
Padres 34-53 9
Today: @ D-backs 5:10 PDT Peavy (5-5) @ Davis (3-3)
Great game last night. I loved the way the Padres kept scoring runs. We didn't take advantage of every situation, but we did when it mattered. I was realy impressed with Cha Seung Baek. He must have been talking to Darren Balsley. The bullpen has been so good! Let's hope Jake can get it together tonight!
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Jake was very good and the offense kicked in for another good win, but alas we goofed up our great oppurtunity in yesterday's (Sunday) game.
At least we won the series. The Padres dug themselves a deep hole and it will take quite a while to get out of it. But, maybe, hopefully, they can start winning series' and slowly get back near .500.
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