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Know Your Foe #47: The San Diego Padres Better Be Prayin'

By Russ Oates
SAN DIEGO CA - SEPTEMBER 10: Adrian Gonzalez #23 of the San Diego Padres looks on against the San Francisco Giants during their MLB game on September 10 2010 at Petco Park in San Diego California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO CA - SEPTEMBER 10: Adrian Gonzalez #23 of the San Diego Padres looks on against the San Francisco Giants during their MLB game on September 10 2010 at Petco Park in San Diego California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO PADRES (80-62, t-1st NL West)

Last Series vs. Rockies: Lost series 0-3 @ PETCO Park, Sept. 3-5.

Hey, look who pitched in that series for the Padres: Cory Luebke, Jon Garland, and Clayton Richard. They're all starting in this series, too. Richard was the only one not to take the loss (that was Tim Stauffer). More of the same, please.

Last Two Series Results: 3-0 sweep of LA; 1-3 series loss to San Francisco

After losing to the Rockies from Sept. 3-5, the Padres had a 10-game losing streak on their hands. Over that span they saw a 6.5 game lead dwindle to just one. After sweeping the Dodgers, the lead improved only to two games because the Giants took two of three from the Snakes. The Padres didn't help themselves this weekend by dropping a series to the Giants, one game to three. The teams are now tied for the NL West lead. The Rockies are only 1.5 games behind for the lead.

Monday-Wednesday: 3-game series @ Coors Field

Monday, 13 September 2010 @ 6:40 p.m. MT

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Cory Luebke 1-1 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 7 4 4 2 3 10 3.27 .91

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Jeff Francis 4-4 16 16 0 0 0 0 92.2 98 49 47 7 20 59 4.56 1.27


Tuesday, 14 September 2010 @ 6:40 p.m. MT - My birthday!

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Jon Garland 13-11 30 29 0 0 0 0 173.2 156 76 68 18 80 115 3.52 1.36

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Jason Hammel 10-7 26 26 0 0 0 0 161.2 169 80 78 14 43 132 4.34 1.31


Wednesday, 15 September 2010 @ 1:10 p.m. MT

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Clayton Richard 12-7 29 29 0 0 0 0 179.1 175 72 67 12 69 138 3.36 1.36

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Jorge De La Rosa 7-4 16 16 0 0 0 0 94.1 84 48 43 11 44 96 4.10 1.36

Expected Lineup

 

Player Pos AVG OBP SLG OPS ISO BABIP wOBA
Chris Denorfia CF 0.268 0.339 0.441 0.780 0.173 0.295 0.338
David Eckstein 2B 0.269 0.320 0.331 0.651 0.061 0.286 0.297
Ryan Ludwick RF 0.212 0.304 0.343 0.647 0.131 0.250 0.289
Adrian Gonzalez 1B 0.305 0.393 0.514 0.907 0.210 0.333 0.382
Miguel Tejada SS 0.248 0.306 0.395 0.701 0.146 0.258 0.312
Chase Headley 3B 0.266 0.326 0.383 0.709 0.117 0.318 0.317
Nick Hundley C 0.256 0.316 0.425 0.741 0.169 0.304 0.314
Will Venable LF 0.227 0.313 0.400 0.713 0.173 0.302 0.319

 

Bench

 

Player Pos AVG OBP SLG OPS ISO BABIP wOBA
Aaron Cunningham OF 0.304 0.343 0.467 0.811 0.163 0.351 0.335
Yorvit Torrealba C 0.286 0.361 0.385 0.745 0.099 0.341 0.334
Luis Durango OF 0.286 0.333 0.286 0.619 0.000 0.333 0.307
Matt Stairs OF 0.217 0.298 0.386 0.683 0.169 0.294 0.299
Scott Hairston OF 0.217 0.301 0.357 0.657 0.140 0.244 0.297
Jerry Hairston SS 0.249 0.304 0.361 0.666 0.112 0.260 0.292
Oscar Salazar OF 0.227 0.316 0.294 0.610 0.067 0.258 0.274
Everth Cabrera SS 0.211 0.283 0.282 0.565 0.072 0.276 0.249
Mike Baxter PH 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

 

Useless fact: I was friends with the Padres' Mike Baxter in elementary school.

Closer

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Heath Bell 5-0 57 0 0 0 40 3 59.1 45 13 11 1 23 80 1.67 1.15


Injuries

San Diego Padres Injuries

15-Day

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Tony Gwynn Jr. other-excused 08/19/2010
Kyle Blanks elbow 05/18/2010

60 Day DL / Out for the season

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Chris Young shoulder 04/07/2010


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