The Padres look to shake off a tough extra innings loss to the Colorado Rockies yesterday as they head into AT&T Park to face off with the San Francisco Giants on Monday for their series opener against their divisional and in-state rivals.
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Whatever momentum the Giants had built in Arizona, where they scored 23 runs in three games, seemed to dissipate upon their return home.
The San Diego Padres could use a victory after losing 10 of their last 17 games. “We just couldn’t get that big hit to get us rolling”. After winning their first nine meetings with the Padres this season, the Giants have now lost the past four, with Monday’s ending their longest winning streak since the All-Star Break.
“I thought Samardzija threw the ball fairly well”, he said.
Hitting a home run against your former franchise – at the exact park where you used to play – is like the cherry on top of the sundae. “And unfortunately they scraped a few across that ended up being the difference”. He walked one and struck out six.For the second day in a row, the Padres went one time through the lineup without getting a hit. Yangervis popped off an RBI-single in the 4th inning against Samardzija, and then came back around the 5th inning to sneak in another run with a groundout. It was only the second home run allowed by Samardzija in his last seven starts “The two-run homer put a sour taste in my mouth with the way things were”, Samardzija said. It is an adjustment, heavier air, the ball moves a little bit different here.
Clemens (3-5) wasn’t able to do his normal between-starts work because of his health but showed no lingering effects while pitching five gritty innings to end San Francisco’s three-game winning streak.
Hunter Pence continued his hot hitting for the Giants, going 2 for 4. They’re coming off a sweep of the Diamondbacks in Arizona and are now 4-1 in their last five games overall.
Padres: Green said RHP Tyson Ross (right shoulder inflammation) hasn’t progressed as quickly as the team had hoped and isn’t likely to pitch again this season. Padres CF Travis Jankowski is not with the team as he returned to his home in Pennsylvania to attend to a family issue.2.
Padres: LHP Clayton Richard (2-3) pitches the middle game of the series Tuesday night in his sixth start since signing as a free agent on August 6.
The Giants will counter on the mound with Albert Suarez, who has pitched well enough as an injury-replacement starter this season to retain a rotation spot even after veterans Matt Cain and Jake Peavy have returned to the active roster.
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The 33-year-old, twice a 14-game victor earlier in his career with the Padres, has gone 2-2 with a 1.15 ERA in seven appearances, including five starts, since rejoining the club in August after a two-year stint with the Chicago Cubs.
