Know Your Foe #14: Sputtering Padres Offense Looks to Find Groove at Coors Field

by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 13, 2011 2:00 PM MDT in Know Your Foe

San Diego Padres (15-22, 5th in the NL West)

2010 Record vs. Colorado: 6-12

Last Series vs. Rockies: September 13-15, 2010 (W 2-1 at Coors Field)

Last September, the Padres rolled into Denver and took a series from a Rockies team that had won ten straight games prior to that. It was the Padres' first series win of the season over the Rockies in six tries, as their record against Colorado was 4-11 going into that three-game set. It's safe to say that they exorcised some demons against the Rockies at that point.

Offensively, Miguel Tejada and Adrian Gonzalez absolutely killed the Rockies in that series. The good news for the Rox as that pertains to the upcoming series is that neither of those guys is a member of the Padres in 2011. The same holds true pitching-wise, as most of the guys (read: Jon Garland) that gave the Rockies trouble are with other teams. Colorado beat up on Clayton Richard (8 runs on 11 hits in three innings) and, to a lesser degree, Cory Luebke in the other two games. It will be interesting to see who steps up for the Padres, being that a lot of the players that have hurt the Rockies in the past (Adrian Gonzalez, Scott Hairston, Orlando Hudson, etc.) are either not with the club anymore or are injured.

Latest Series Results: W 2-1 vs. Arizona, L 2-1 at Milwaukee

One of the guys that will certainly be aiming to do just that is Brad Hawpe. The former Rockie has had a rough start in San Diego, but is starting to find his way just a little bit, OPS'ing 1.122 over his last couple of series. Jason Bartlett and Will Venable have done a pretty good job stepping up for an offense as stagnant as theirs, putting up OPS' of 1.053 and .857 over the past week, respectively.

Pitching-wise, tonight's starter Dustin Moseley has had terrible luck and great luck all at the same time. He boasts a 1-4 record despite having a 2.47 ERA. At the same time, there isn't a whole lot behind that ERA as he has just 19 strikeouts compared to 12 walks 43.2 innings. He has allowed a BABIP of just .246 - something that will almost assuredly rise to at least somewhere near his career .305 mark. Meanwhile, Mat Latos, the guy who is arguably their best pitcher in terms of talent/potential is 0-5 with a much higher ERA despite allowing less hits than innings pitched and striking out better than a batter per inning. Their most all-around solid starter up to this point has been Tim Stauffer, who the Rockies won't see. Stauffer is 0-1 with a 3.47 ERA, but has pretty solid strikeout numbers (7.33 K/9) and a downright good xFIP (3.03).

Pitching matchups and other pertinent information after the jump.

Friday through Sunday: 3-game series at Coors Field

Expected Pitching Matchups

Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 6:40 PM MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Dustin Moseley	1-4	7	7	0	0	0	0	43.2	38	15	12	3	12	19	2.47	1.15

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Jorge De La Rosa	4-1	7	7	0	0	0	0	43.0	31	16	15	3	17	42	3.14	1.12

Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ 1:10 PM MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Aaron Harang	5-2	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.0	41	20	19	5	11	29	4.07	1.24

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Jhoulys Chacin	4-2	7	7	1	1	0	0	47.0	36	15	14	6	19	37	2.68	1.17

Sunday, May 15, 2011 @ 1:10 PM MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Mat Latos	0-5	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.1	31	23	18	6	14	34	4.86	1.35

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Jason Hammel	3-2	7	7	0	0	0	0	44.2	43	17	15	4	13	27	3.02	1.25

Expected Lineup

Player	Pos	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	HR	RBI
Will Venable	RF	.230	.305	.292	.280	79	0	7
Jason Bartlett	SS	.256	.317	.288	.291	86	0	9
Ryan Ludwick	LF	.195	.282	.361	.290	86	5	18
Chase Headley	3B	.252	.377	.357	.333	114	1	14
Brad Hawpe	1B	.214	.264	.306	.253	61	1	7
Cameron Maybin	CF	.252	.331	.393	.329	112	3	10
Rob Johnson	C	.238	.304	.357	.290	86	1	2
Alberto Gonzalez	2B	.214	.261	.286	.213	34	0	5

Bench

Player	Pos	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	HR	RBI
Kyle Phillips	C	.286	.286	.429	.311	100	0	2
Jorge Cantu	IF	.209	.266	.326	.267	70	3	13
Logan Forsythe	IF	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
Chris Denorfia	Util	.370	.433	.574	.427	177	3	4
Eric Patterson	OF	.133	.231	.289	.243	54	2	5

Closer

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Heath Bell	1-0	14	0	0	0	8	1	14.0	9	4	2	0	6	12	1.29	1.07

Injuries

San Diego Padres Injuries

15-Day

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Orlando Hudson	hamstring	05/04/2011
Nick Hundley	oblique	05/05/2011

60 Day DL / Out for the season

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Joe Thatcher	shoulder	03/22/2011
Jarrett Hoffpauir	quadriceps	03/22/2011
Mike Baxter	thumb	03/22/2011

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First Post

Hello all – been visting the site for quite some time but never participated in posting until now (though I’ve read plenty of them). Hopefully my participation will be a much more regular thing. Time to get back on track tonight – Go Rox!

by COROXFAN on May 13, 2011 3:09 PM MDT reply actions

Welcome to PR!

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by CentralCaliRox on May 13, 2011 3:14 PM MDT up reply actions

Welcome aboard

Regular posting may not be healthy…but it sure can be fun.

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by jrockies on May 14, 2011 11:22 AM MDT up reply actions

This can be interesting series both offenses are stuggling

by 3nS on May 13, 2011 3:25 PM MDT reply actions

I'm excited for this series.

It’s a beautiful weekend for baseball. Go Rockies!

Chicks dig the purple jersey.
"We believe in this team. Our best is still to come." ~ Huston Street
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by prettyinpurple on May 13, 2011 3:39 PM MDT reply actions

The timing could not be better

Couldn’t have asked for better weather. The Rox have their three best Pitchers on the mound. This would be a great opportunity to reverse their recent struggles.

Is Tracy finally going to make the needed changes? Will Tulo and Cargo get their luster back? Now would be a good time to execute the turnaorund.

Go Rox!

by Real Perspective on May 13, 2011 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions