Padres 2007 - Games 131-140

Here are the breakdowns for each 10 game segment of the season to date:

10 Games (4/12): 6-4 record, Runs 34-30
20 Games (4/24): 12-8 record, Runs 95-80, BA 0.263, ERA 3.72
30 Games (5/5): 16-14 Record, Runs 136-120, BA 0.243, ERA 3.59
40 Games (5/15): 21-19 Record, Runs 168-142, BA 0.236, ERA 3.16
50 Games (5/28): 29-21 Record, Runs 210.167, BA 0.241, ERA 3.00
60 Games (6/8): 36-24 Record, Runs 262-196, BA 0.243, ERA 2.88
70 Games (6/20): 41-29 Record, Runs 316-238, BA 0.246, ERA 3.04
80 Games (7/1): 46-34 Record, Runs 348-271, BA 0.243, ERA 3.03
90 Games (7/15): 50-40 Record, Runs 385-314, BA 0.242, ERA 3.11
100 Games (7/25): 54-46 Record, Runs 415-371, BA 0.243, ERA 3.39
110 Games (8/5): 60-50 Record, Runs 472-418, BA 0.243, ERA 3.51
120 Games (8/16): 65-55 Record, Runs 526-466, BA 0.244, ERA 3.51
130 Games (8/27): 71-59 Record, Runs 579-516, BA 0.249, ERA 3.59

After 130 games, the Pads are 71-59 (home 36-29, road 35-30), Runs 579-516, Homers 130-89. The Pads have won 1 in a row, 6 of the last 10, and 22 of 43 since the All-Star break.

With 32 games left, the Pads are in 2nd place in the NL West, trailing Arizona (74-58) by 2 games. The Rockies are 67-64, the Dodgers are 68-63, and the Giants are 60-72. If Arizona plays 0.500 ball the rest of the way (finishing at 89-73), the Pads have to play out at 18-14 (0.563) to tie them. If the Snakes play at their current 0.561 pace (a 91-71 record), the Pads would have to finish 20-12 (0.625) to tie them. The Pads need to continue their improved hitting (especially at home) and decent pitching and defense. The playoffs are a real possibility if they can finish with 90 wins.

Game 131, Tuesday, August 28, Arziona at SD: Pads win 6-4. Justin Germano vs. Brandon Webb seemed like a mismatch. Germano pitched decently (6 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 3 BB, 4 K, won, now 7-7) and Webb pitched poorly (5.1 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 3 BB, 4 K), lost, now 14-9). The snakes scored single runs in the ist, 4th and 5th and Germano pitched out of several james. The Pads got 2 runs in the 2nd on Greene's double and Bard's sacrifice fly. In the 6th, Mike Cameron rocketed a solo homer to tie the game, then Bradley walked, Gonzalez singled, Greene singled, Kouzmanoff bunted and was safe, and Bard singled to drive in the 6th run. Doug Brocail gave up a solo homer in the 7th, and Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman finished the game (35th save). After 131 games, the Pads are 72-59 (home 37-29, road 35-30), Runs 585-520, Homers 131-90. The Pads have won 2 in a row, 6 of the last 7, and 7 of the last 10.

Game 132, Wednesday, August 29, Arizona at SD: Pads win 3-1. Greg Maddux pitched well (7 IP, 1 R, 8 H, 0 BB, 5 K) but didn't get the win. Micah Owings also pitched well for Arizona (7 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 6 K) and didn't get the loss. The Snakes got a run in the 3rd, as did the Pads - on a solo homer by Brian Giles. In the bottom of the 8th, Brian Giles singled, and Mike Cameron hit a double off the LF wall to drive him in. Adrian Gonzalez singled to drive in Cameron. Kevin Cameron pitched a scoreless 8th and won the game, and Heath Bell got his 2nd save with a scoreless 9th. After 132 games, the Pads are 73-39 (home 38-29, road 35-30), Runs 588-521, Homers 132-90. The Pads have won 3 in a row, 7 of the last 8, and 8 of the last 10. With this win, they are tied with Arizona for the NL West lead.

Game 133, Thursday, August 30, Arizona at SD: Snakes win 8-7. It really wasn't that close. This was two different games - the Snakes won the first 6-1/2 innings 8-0, the Pads won the last 3 innings 7-0. Chris Young had a terrible start after his back injury (4.1. IP, 5 R, 2 H, 6 BB, 3 Ks), with the big hit a 2-run homer by Mark Reynolds (451 feet). The bullpen gave up 3 more runs on 6 hits. Doug Davis befuddled the Pads on 1 hit through 6 innings, then gave up 3 in the 7th, and the Snakes bullpen gave up 4 more runs, the last being a solo homer by Milton Bradley with one out in the 9th off Jose Valverde (41st save). After 133 games, the Pads are 73-60 (home 38-30, road 35-30), Runs 595-529, Homers 133-91. The Pads have lost 1 in a row, have won 7 out of last 9.

Game 134, Friday, August 31, LA Dodgers at SD: Pads win 6-4. David Wells returned to SD in a Dodgers uniform, and pitched well (5 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 1 BB, 3 Ks) - the 3 runs in the first were on seeing-eye hits and poor defense. Jack Cassel made his first major league start and pitched OK (5.2 IP, 3 R, 10 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks). The Dodgers tied it in the 6th, and the Pads scored 1 in the 6th and 2 in the 7th to go ahead 6-3. Trevor Hoffman gave up a run in the 9th, but got his 36th save. After 134 games, the Pads are 74-60 (home 39-30, road 35-30), Runs 601-533, Homers 133-91. The Pads have won 1 in a row, 4 of the last 5, and 8 of the last 10. They were 18-11 during August.

Game 135, Saturday, September 1, LA Dodgers at SD: Pads win 7-0. Jake Peavy was lights out again - 7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 9 Ks. The Pads took the lead 1-0 in the second when Adrian Gonzalez crushed a Derek Lowe pitch over the sandbox in right center. In the 5th, the Pads scored 6 runs, 4 on a Mike Cameron grand-slam just over the fence down the LF line. The bullpen held the Dodgers silent for two innings. After 135 games, the Pads are 75-60 (home 40-30, road 35-30), Runs 608-533, Homers 135-91. The Pads have won 2 in a row, 5 out of 6, and 8 out of 10. This was the Padres 18th shutout of the season.

The Pads activated catcher Michael Barrett, and called up Brady Clark, Oscar Robles, and Brian Myroe. 608-538, Homers 135-91. The Pads have lost 1 in a row, won 5 of the 7 on the homestand, won 7 out of the last 10, and won 9 out of the last 13 against contending teams.

Now it's on to Arizona (3 games), Colorado (3 games and LA (3 games).

Game 136, Sunday, September 2, LA Dodgers at SD: Dodgers win 5-0. Chad Billingsley pitched as well for the Dodgers in this game as Peavy did on Saturday. He went 7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 9 Ks. Justin Germano pitched well, taking a shutout into the 6th, but he gave up a run in the 6th (6 IP, 1 R, 8 H, 3 BB, 5 Ks, lost, now 7-8). Kevin Cameron started the 7th and couldn't get an out - he gave up 4 R (1 earned), 2 H, 1 BB. The Pads mounted a threat in the 7th against Scott Proctor and Joe Beimel, loading the bases. Jonathan Broxton came on and struck out Mike Cameron and Adrian Gonzalez to end the threat.
After 136 games, the Pads are 75-61 (home 40-31, road 35-30), Runs 608-538, Homers 135-92. The Pads have lost 1 in a row, have won 5 of 7, and have won 10 of 13.

Game 137, Monday, September 3, SD at Arizona. Pads win 10-2. Labor Day. No TV (what's up with that?). Greg Maddux pitched well (6.1 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 0 W, 5 Ks, won, now 11-9). The Pads hit 5 bombs, 4 off of Snakes starter Micah Owings in the first 4 innings. Brian Giles (2), Adrian Gonzalez, Geoff Blum and Kevin Kouzmanoff led the 11-hit parade off Owings and 4 relievers. Doug Brocail and Cla Meredith pitched 2.2 shutout innings. After 137 games, the Pads are 76-61 (home 40-31, road 36-30), Runs 618-540, Homers 140-93. The Pads have won 1 in a row, won 6 of last 8, and 11 of last 14.

Game 138: Tuesday, September 4, SD at Arizona: Snakes win 9-1. Turn-about here, with the Snakes hitting 2 homers off Chris Young (4 IP, 5 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks, lost - now 9-6) in another short outing. The Pads were never in this, and they scratched only 6 hits in 7 innings off Doug Davis (winner, now 13-11). The Pads loaded the bases in the 5th with none out, but scored only one on a sacrifice fly by Mike Cameron. Milton Bradley got thrown out for staring at the plate umpire after he was called out looking, and Adrian Gonzalez flied out. After 138 games, the Pads are 76-62 (home 40-31, road 36-31), Runs 619-549, Homers 140-95, the Pads have won 6 of the last 9, and 11 of the last 15.

Game 139, Wednesday, September 5, SD at Arizona: Snakes win 9-6. Jake Peavy had his worst game of the year (4+ IP, 8 R, 7 H, 3 BB, 4 K, lost, now 16-6). The Pads actually led this game 5-4 after the top of the 5th, touching up Livan Hernandez for 5 R, 7 H. In the 5th, the Snakes went walk, triple, walk, walk, off of Peavy, then got a bases-clearing double by Chris Young off Doug Brocail. Adrian Gonzalez and Kahlil Greene homered for the Pads, while Miguel Montero had 2 homers and Conor Jackson a solo homer off Peavy. After 139 games, the Pads are 76-63 (home 40-31, road 36-32), Runs 625-558, Homers 142-98. The Pads have lost 2 in a row, and won 6 of the last 10.

Game 140, Friday, September 7, SD at Colorado: Rocks win 10-4. This was a close game until the Rocks scored 5 in the 8th to put it away off Kevin Cameron and Cla Meredith. Justin Germano pitched poorly (3 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 0 BB, 1 K, lost, now 7-9). The Pads were down 5-2 after 3 innings, and got a run in the 4th and the 7th. Adrian Gonzalez had 3 RBIs as the Pads left 9 on base. After 140 games, the Pads are 76-64 (home 40-31, road 36-33), Runs 629-568, Homers 142-99.

After 140 games, the Pads are 15th in batting average, 11th in runs scored, 9th in home runs, and 1st in ERA in the National League.

Batting statistics of the regulars include (BA, OBA, AB, R, H, 2B, HR, RBI, BB, SO):

Milton Bradley (LF): 0.321, 0.428, 134, 30, 43, 5, 10, 29, 23, 24
Brian Giles (RF): 0.293, 0.383, 389, 56, 114, 21, 10,. 41, 53, 50
Adrian Gonzalez (1B): 0.281, 0.346, 552, 84, 155, 39, 26, 86, 55, 121
Josh Bard (C): 0.267, 0.351, 326, 32, 87, 22, 3, 43, 44, 51
Kahlil Greene (SS): 0.251, 0.288, 517, 70, 130, 37, 20, 77, 27, 104
Mike Cameron (CF): 0.250, 0.333, 520, 80, 130, 32, 19, 14, 60, 140
Geoff Blum (2B): 0.249, 0.319, 265, 27, 66, 15, 4, 26, 27, 45
Kevin Kouzmanoff (3B): 0.249, 0.302, 398, 48, 99, 22, 15, 59, 25, 86

The starting pitcher statistics (W-L, ERA, G, IP, H, ER, BB, SO):

Jake Peavy: 16-6, 2.43, 29, 188.2, 142, 51, 58, 210
Chris Young: 9-6, 2.63, 25, 144.0, 95, 42, 56, 139
Greg Maddux: 11-0, 3.75, 29, 175.0, 187, 73, 21, 94
Justin Germano: 7-9, 4.36, 22, 123.1, 119, 60, 37, 71

The regular relievers statistics (W-L, Saves, ERA, G, IP, H, ER, BB, SO):

Kevin Cameron: 2-0, 0, 2.25, 42, 52.0, 48, 13, 28, 47
Heath Bell: 6-4, 1, 2.30, 69, 78.1, 55, 20, 23, 80
Trevor Hoffman: 3-4, 36, 2.76, 52, 49.0, 40, 15, 13, 34
Doug Brocail: 5-1, 0, 3.43, 54, 65.2, 51, 25, 19, 39
Cla Meredith: 4-6, 0, 3.59, 69, 67.2, 85, 27, 16, 49.