Padres 2008 - Games 1-10

The Padres start the season with hopes of a playoff position at the end. It's spring, after all. We'll see.

Game 1, Monday, 31 March, Houston at San Diego, Pads win 4-0 as Jake Peavy and two relievers shut out the Astros. The Pads had 14 hits, no homers. After 1 game: 1-0 overall, 1-0 at home, 0-0 on the road. We were there in 312-4-16.

Game 2, Tuesday, 1 April, Houston at San Diego, Pads win 2-1 as Chris Young and 4 relievers limit the Astros again, Hoffman saves. Scott Hairston hit a two-run homer off Brandon Backe in the 4th for the only runs. After 2 games: 2-0 overall, 2-0 at home, 0-0 on the road, Runs 6-1, Homers 1-0.

Game 3, Wednesday, 2 April, Houston at San Diego. Astros win 9-6 as Trevor Hoffman gives up 4 runs in the 9th, blows the save and loses the game. Maddux gave up three solo homers also. Hairston and Gonzalez homered for the Pads in a see-saw game. After 3 games: 2-1 overall, 2-1 at home, 0-0 on the road, Runs 12-10, Homers 3-4.

Game 4, Thursday, 3 April, Houston at San Diego. Pads win 3-2 as Randy Wolf goes 6 innings, but doesn't get the win because the Astros tied it 2-2 in the 7th. Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a 2-run homer in the 1st, and Tadahito Iguchi drove in Scott Hairston in the 7th. Trevor Hoffman pitched a perfect 9th for his 2nd save. After 4 games: 3-1 overall, 3-1 at home, 0-0 on the road, Runs 15-12, Homers 4-4.

Game 5, Friday, 4 April, LA Dodgers at San Diego. Dodgers win 7-1. This was a good game for 6 innings. Hiroki Kuroda shut the Pads down until Brian Giles tied it with a HR in the 6th. Justin Germano went 6, giving up one unearned run. Joe Thatcher walked the bases loaded in the 7th, and by the time Glendon Rusch got the third out, 6 runs had scored. After 5 games: 3-2 overall, 3-2 at home, 0-0 on the road, Runs 16-19, Homers 5-4.

Game 6, Saturday, 5 April, LA Dodgers at San Diego. Pads win 4-1. Jake Peavy (2-0) pitched a complete game two-hitter, striking out 8. The Pads roughed up Brad Penny for 4 runs on 6 hits in the first inning. After 6 games, the Pads are 4-2 overall, 4-2 at home, 0-0 on the road, Runs 20-20, Homers 5-4.

Game 7, Sunday, 6 April, LA Dodgers at San Diego. Dodgers win 3-2. Chris Young and Derek Lowe both pitched well enough to win. Trevor Hoffman got his 2nd loss of the season after giving up a run in the 9th to break the tie. After 7 games, the Pads are 4-3 overall, 4-3 at home, -.0 on the road, Runs 22-23, Homers 5-5.

Game 8, Monday, 7 April, San Diego at San Francisco. Pads win, 8-4. Greg Maddux (1-0)pitched 6 innings and gave up only one run. The Pads scored 4 runs in the first on Matt Cain, with Adrian Gonzalez homer the big blow. After 8 games, the Pads are 5-3 overall, 4-3 at home, 1-0 on the road, Runs 30-27, Homers 6-5.

Game 9, Tuesday, April 8, San Diego at San Francisco. Giants win 3-2 in 11 innings. Randy Wolf pitched well, giving up only 2 runs in 7 innings. The Pads got a single run in the 6th on Hairston's homer and scored the typing run in the 8th on Brian Giles Sac Fly. In the 11th, Benjie Molina hit his second homer of the game to win it off of Cla Meredith. After 9 games, the Pads are 5-4 overall, 4-3 at home, 1-1 on the road, Runs 32-30, Homers 6-7.

Game 10, Wednesday, April 9, San Diego at San Francisco. Giants win, 1-0. Daniel Ortmeier doubled home a run in the bottom of the inth off Heath Bell to win the second walk-off game in a row. Justin Germano and Padres relievers pitcvhed well, but the offense couldn't solve Jonathan Sanchez or Giants relievers.

After 10 games, the Pads are 5-5 overall, 4-3 at home, 1-2 on the road, Runs 32-31, Homers 6-7.

Hitting statistics (Avg, H-AB, HR-RBI, BB-SO)

Brian Giles - 0.297, 11-37, 1-5, 4-2
Tadahito Iguchi - 0.302, 13-43, 0-1, 2-8
Adrian Gonzalez - 0.310, 13-42, 2-6, 2-9
Kevin Kouzmanoff - 0.300, 12-40, 1-4, 2-8
Jim Edmonds - 0.286, 6-21, 0-2, 0-8
Kahlil Greene - 0.282, 11-39, 0-5, 1-11
Scott Hairston - 0.235, 8-34, 2-4, 5-11
Josh Bard - 0.292, 7-24, 0-1, 4-3

TEAM: 0.282, 96-340, 6-31, 28-78

Pitching Statistics (W-L, ERA, G-IP, H-ER, BB-SO)

Justin Germano -- 0-0, 0.00, 2-13.0, 7-0, 3-6
Jake Peavy -- 2-0, 0.56, 2-16.0, 5-1, 4-12
Chris Young -- 1-0, 2.13, 2-12.2, 10-3, 8-11
Randy Wolf -- 0-0, 2.25, 2-12.0, 9-3, 3-9
Greg Maddux -- 1-0, 2.77, 2-13.0, 9-4, 2-8

Heath Bell - 0-1, 1.35, 6-6.2, 6-1, 2-2
Cla Meredith -- 0-1, 1.80, 5-5.0, 3-1, 0-3
Joe Thatcher -- 0-1, 11.25, 4-4.0, 4-5, 4-4
Trevor Hoffman -- 0-2, 12.27, 4-3.2, 5-5, 2-3
Enrique Gonzalez -- 1-0, 15.43, 3-2.1, 4-4, 2-1

TEAM PITCHING: 5-5, 2.97, 10-91.0, 86-29, 32-63