Cubs@Padres. PetCo Park. May 5th-8th./Padres@Cubs Wrigley May 12-14

[DirtyKash]

UNBEATEN IN MAY


Game 1: Friday, May 5th. 7:05 PM PDT



Chan Ho Park (1-1, 5.34) vs Carlos Zambrano (0-2, 5.35)


Game 2: Saturday, May 6th. 7:05 PM PDT



Jake Peavy (2-3, 4.58) vs Sean Marshall (2-0, 3.45)


Game 3: Sunday, May 7th. 1:05 PM PDT



Woody Williams (2-1, 3.06) vs Angel Guzman (0-1, 5.91)


Game 4: Monday, May 8th. 7:05 PM PDT



Chris Young (2-2, 3.53) vs Greg Maddux (5-1, 2.35)

[DirtyKash]

Sean Marshall = mini version of Doug Davis, IMO.

I can certainly see the Padres taking 3 games here ... probably will split though, unless the offense is very opportunistic like it has been so far in May.

Maddux had a rough start in his last outing giving up a grand slam, I like the pitching matchup against Chris Young, not sure if Maddux will have two off-games in a row, but he's certainly hittable now.

What's up with these four-game series that end on Monday? Ugh.

[HollywoodLeo]

one of my coworkers went to college with Sean Marshall and they were pretty good friends.

[padrefanforever]

Well one thing is for sure........if the bats go back to sleep then we're not going to win much at all.....funny how when they hit we win.......hmmmm maybe there is something too that

[HollywoodLeo]

you say that as though they'd still win even if they weren't pitching good.

Pitching wins ball games...but yes, you do have to score some, as opposed to not scoring at all (which is what they were doing prior to the 5 game winning streak)

[padrefanforever]

No we've been pitching pretty well all year.......and unless we hit, we lose...........simple as that.......

[HollywoodLeo]

No we've been pitching pretty well all year.......and unless we hit, we lose...........simple as that.......

as I said, they do have to score some, as opposed to practically not at all

bottom line:
Mediocre hitting with good pitching will win more often than not.
Mediocre pitching with good hitting will be .500 at best.

Just look at the Reds the past few years.

[FmrFresnan]

This team has been kept in a lot of games by their pitching. Jake has kept 0's on the board but got no help from their offense, same with Woody and Chris in a few of their starts. If the offense comes around in at least 3-4 of those games, this would be a different scenario.

[HollywoodLeo]

This team has been kept in a lot of games by their pitching. Jake has kept 0's on the board but got no help from their offense, same with Woody and Chris in a few of their starts. If the offense comes around in at least 3-4 of those games, this would be a different scenario.

yep, this is exactly true.

I'm speaking in general terms, but yes, it's rather obvious that with this year's team, (before the winning streak) if they had any offense at all they'd be in 1st without a doubt.

[padrefanforever]

as I said, they do have to score some, as opposed to practically not at all

bottom line:
Mediocre hitting with good pitching will win more often than not.
Mediocre pitching with good hitting will be .500 at best.

Just look at the Reds the past few years.

and as I said.......if the bats go back to sleep we're not winning much at all.......

why is this being debated ?

[padrefanforever]

nobody said anything about our pitching......we were talking about hitting.......we're getting pitching, and before this streak ZERO hitting, hell even on this streak it's been more timely hitting that anything else.....only twice did we really open up a can of whoopass.........the rest was timely ( which is great also )

[FmrFresnan]

Look, this Padre team has always been a slow starter our of the gate. We're one month into the season, let's see what they do from here on out before we start freaking out.

[padrefanforever]

Nobody is freaking out....lol.....just wanting a better team than what they are offering so far........I think that's fair considering what we were promised

[HollywoodLeo]

and as I said.......if the bats go back to sleep we're not winning much at all.......

why is this being debated ?

this is true, and i'm not disputing it.

But I will say this, if the hitting continues, but the pitching "goes to sleep" we'll lose just as much as we did in April.

Again, i'm speaking in general terms, not really in specific relation to the 2006 San Diego Padres

[DirtyKash]

Peavy + Young + Chan Ho = disgustingly disgusting

can he get some freakin run support? 9 innings of 2-hit ball ... still a 0-0 ballgame