Padres 2008 - Games 91 to 100

Here is the Padres' history for each 10-game block of the 2008 season so far:

*10 games, 5-5 overall, 4-3 at home, 1-2 on the road, Runs 32-31, Homers 6-7, team BA 0.282, team ERA 2.97.

* 20 games, 9-11 overall, 5-5 at home, 4-6 on the road, Runs 65-92, Homers 11-14, team BA 0.239, opposition BA 0.241, team ERA 3.88, opposition ERA 2.65.

* 30 games, 11-19 overall, 6-9 at home, 5-10 on the road, Runs 98-139, Homers 21-26, team BA 0.226, opposition BA 0.244, team ERA 4.01, opposition ERA 2.79.

* 40 games, 15-25 overall, 8-10 at home, 7-15 on the road, Runs 135-188, Homers 29-33, team BA 0.234, opposition BA 0.253, team ERA 4.14, opposition ERA 3.35.

* 50 games, 18-32 overall, 10-13 at home, 8-19 on the road, Runs 168-237, Homers 38-44, team BA 0.237, opposition BA 0.261, team ERA 4.33, opposition ERA 3.44.

* 60 games, 23-37 overall 13-17 at home, 10-20 on the road, Runs 222-287, Homers 49-54, team BA 0.237, opposition BA 0.260, team ERA 4.19, opposition ERA 3.22.

* 70 games, 31-39 overall 20-18 at home, 11-21 on the road, Runs 266-317, Homers 62-58, team BA 0.247, opposition BA 0.255, team ERA 4.07, opposition ERA 3.43.

* 80 games, 32-48 overall 21-23 at home, 11-25 on the road, Runs 296-372, Homers 70-75, team BA 0.245, opposition BA 0.258, team ERA 4.16, opposition ERA 3.73.

* 90 games, 35-55 overall 21-27 at home, 14-28 on the road, Runs 330-419, Homers 81-85, team BA 0.247, opposition BA 0.259, team ERA 4.23, opposition ERA 3.40.

Games 91 to 100 Summaries:

Game 91, Tuesday, July 8, Florida at San Diego: Pads win 10-1. The Pads started off with 4 runs in the first inning and added 5 more in the 6th off Andrew Miller. Randy wolf pitched well (7 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 7 SO, won, now 6-8). The Pads got homers from Hairston and Myrow, 3 RBIs from Hairston and 4 RBIs from Headley. After 91 games, the Pads are 36-55 overall, 22-27 at home, 14-28 on the road, Runs 340-420, Homers 83-86. They've won 1 in a row, lost 6 of the last 10, and are 3-4 in July.

Game 92, Wednesday, July 9, Florida at San Diego: Fish win 5-2. Cha Seung Baek pitched well enough to lose (5 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 3 SO, now 2-4) as Scott Olsen gave up only 1 ER, 4 H over 8 innings. Hairston hit a homer, as did two Marlins. After 92 games, the Pads are 36-56 overall, 22-28 at home, 14-28 on the road, Runs 342-425, Homers 84-88. They've lost 1 in a row, lost 6 of the last 10, and are 3-5 in July.

Game 93, Frdiay, July 11, Atlanta at San Diego: Pads win 4-0. Jake Peavy pitched well (7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 7 SO, won, 7-5) and Hairston, Edgar, Adrian and Headley each had two hits to score 4 runs. After 93 games, the Pads are 37-56 overall, 23-28 at home, 14-28 on the road, Runs 346-425, Homers 84-88. They've won 1 in a row, lost 5 of the last 10, and are 4-5 in July.

Game 94, Saturday, July 12, Atlanta at San Diego: Braves win 4-1 (we were there). Greg Maddux pitched fair (7 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 SO) but the Pads couldn't scratch more than 4 hits off Charlie Morton over 5.1 IP, and couldn't touch three relievers. Very sad and lackluster offensive production. After 94 games, the Pads are 37-57 overall, 23-29 at home, 14-28 on the road, Runs 347-429, Homers 84-89. They've lost 1 in a row, lost 6 of the last 10, and are 4-6 in July.

Game 95, Sunday, July 13, Atlanta at San Diego. Braves romp 12-3. A terrible game, with Randy Wolf (5 IP, 6 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 1 SO, lost, 6-9) and 5 relievers pitching poorly. The Braves were ahead 3-1 when they scored 5 in the 6th to break it open. The Braves had 16 hits, and the Pads 8 hits included homers by Headley and Kouzmanoff. After 95 games, the Pads are 37-58 overall, 23-30 at home, 14-28 on the road, Runs 350-441, Homers 86-90. They've lost 2 in a row, lost 6 of the last 10, and are 4-7 in July.

It's the All-Star break! No Padre games for four days. Oh, the agony. This team is seemingly hopeless. They can't hit with men on base or for average, they strike out too often and don't walk enough, and the pitchers can't hold leads or stop rallies.

The players who have not played to expectations include all of the catchers, Kahlil Greene, the sub outfielders, Maddux, Wolf and the 5th starter, and all of the relievers except for Bell and Adams.

The speculation is that there will be trades before July 31 - I predict Tony Clark, Greg Maddux, Randy Wolf and perhaps another outfielder will be traded for prospects. We might as well play the prospects and see if they can play at this level. Josh Bard and Chris Young should be back in awhile off the DL.

Game 96, Thursday, July 17, San Diego at St. Louis: Cards win 4-3. Jake Peavy pitched mediocre (7 IP, 4 HRs, 8 H, 0 BB, 7 SO, lost, 7-6). The Pads scored 3 runs on 9 hits, with the big blow an Edgar Gonzalez homer in the 3rd. After 96 games, the Pads are 37-59 overall, 23-30 at home, 14-29 on the road, Runs 353-445, Homers 87-94. They've lost 3 in a row, lost 6 of the last 10, and are 4-8 in July.

Game 97, Friday, July 18, San Diego at St. Louis: Cards win 11-7. Greg Maddux pitched poorly (4 IP, 6 R, 8 H, 1 BB, 4 SO), but could have won if he'd held a 6-3 lead. The bullpen gave up a 7-6 lead in the 7th (Thatcher gave up 1 run) and Bell (gave up 4 runs, lost). Gerut and Greene had homers, and Gerut and Giles had 3 hits. After 97 games, the Pads are 37-60 overall, 23-30 at home, 14-30 on the road, Runs 360-456, Homers 89-96. They've lost 4 in a row, lost 7 of the last 10, and are 4-9 in July.

Game 98, Saturday, July 19, San Diego at St. Louis: Pads lose 6-5. Ahead 5-0, Randy Wolf gives it up in ther 5th and 6th (5.2 IP, 6 R, 4 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 4 SO, lost, now 6-10) as the Cards come from behind. Edgar Gonzalez had a 3-run homer in the 2nd inning. After 98 games, the Pads are 37-61 overall, 23-30 at home, 14-31 on the road, Runs 365-462, Homers 90-96. They've lost 5 in a row, lost 7 of the last 10, and are 4-10 in July.

Game 99, Sunday, July 20, San Diego at St. Louis: Pads lose, 9-5. Ahead 3-1 (on Hairston and Baek homers) in the 7th, the bullpen fails again (3 runs off Bell, 4 off Corey). The Pads scored 2 in the 9th to tie it, and Brian Corey gave up a walk-off grand slam to Aaron Miles to lose it. The key play was a pickoff throw by Luke Carlin that advanced Pujols to 3rd base with one out, and Corey then had to walk two batters to set up a force play. After 99 games, the Pads are 37-62 overall, 23-30 at home, 14-32 on the road, Runs 370-471, Homers 92-98. They've lost 6 in a row, lost 8 of the last 10, and are 4-11 in July.

Game 100, Monday, July 21, San Diego at Cincinnati: Pads win 6-4. Josh Banks pitched fair (5.2 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 2 SO) but gave up a homer to Ken Griffey that put the Reds ahead 4-2 in the 6th. Hairston hit a solo homer in the 7th, and the Pads scored 3 in the 9th on an RBI by Giles and a double by Kouzmanoff to drive in the winning two runs. Trevor Hoffman came in and loaded the bases, then got three outs to save the win (#18) for Clay Hensley, who pitched well in relief. After 100 games, the Pads are 38-62 overall, 23-30 at home, 15-32 on the road, Runs 376-475, Homers 93-100. They've won 1 in a row, lost 7 of the last 10, and are 5-11 in July.

In these 10 games, the Pads were 3-7, 2-3 at home, 1-4 on the road, Runs 46-57, Homers 12-15. This was the worst 30-game block of the season (7-23).

Hitting statistics (Avg, H-AB, HR-RBI, BB-SO) through 99 games (the SD U-T didn't publish stats after 100 games):

Jody Gerut -- 0.280, 60-214, 5-20, 23-37
Edgar Gonzalez - 0.311, 56-180, 5-21, 11-43
Brian Giles - 0.302, 101-334, 5-31, 53-34
Adrian Gonzalez - 0.277, 106-383, 22-73, 38-78
Kevin Kouzmanoff - 0.276, 102-370, 12-43, 14-81
Chase Headley - 0.271, 29-107, 6-14, 5-30
Kahlil Greene - 0.215, 76-354, 9-33, 21-88
Scott Hairston - 0.264, 69-261, 15-29, 17-65
Michael Barrett - 0.202, 19-94, 2-9, 9-16
Nick Hundley - 0.167, 5-30, 0-1, 1-9

TEAM HITTING: 0.248, 846-3414, 92-354, 315-769
OPPO HITTING: 0.262, 903-3444, 98-450, 315-682

Pitching Statistics (W-L, ERA, G-IP, H-ER, BB-SO) through 99 games:

Jake Peavy -- 7-6, 2.66, 16-101.2, 87-30, 27-100
Chris Young -- 4-4, 4.50, 10-54.0, 50-27, 30-51
Randy Wolf -- 6-10, 4.74, 21-119.2, 123-63, 47-105
Greg Maddux -- 3-8, 4.21, 21-124.0, 132-58, 25-63
Josh Banks -- 2-4, 3.20, 10-50.2, 50-18, 12-27
Brian Corey -- 1-2, 4.81, 32-33.2, 29-18, 9-16
Mike Adams - 1-0, 2.23, 24-32.1, 25-8, 10-41
Cha Seung Baek -- 2-4, 4.66, 10-48.1, 52-25, 10-35
Heath Bell - 6-4, 3.27, 48-52.1, 45-19, 15-45
Cla Meredith -- 0-2, 4.17, 49-45.1, 51-21, 17-29
Joe Thatcher -- 0-4, 6.93, 23-24.2, 37-19, 12-16
Trevor Hoffman -- 1-5, 5.08, 30-28.1, 28-16, 6-33 (17 saves)

TEAM PITCHING: 37-62, 4.33, 99-900.0, 903-433, 315-682
OPPO PITCHING: 62-37, 3.47, 99-903.1, 846-348, 315-768.

It sure looks like a 100 loss season, and perhaps last place. We might even get the first draft choice! What a great short-term goal.