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Maddux faces former club as Padres take on Dodgers

Apr 28, 2007 - 3:40 PM LA Dodgers (14-9) at San Diego (12-11) 10:05 pm EDT

SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - The San Diego Padres' veteran closer couldn't shut the door Friday. They will turn an experienced starter to get back on track Saturday.

Greg Maddux will take the hill against his former team as the Padres try to snap a season-high three-game skid when they face the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.

San Diego has lost three in a row, including Friday's 6-4 loss to the Dodgers in which closer Trevor Hoffman - the all-time saves leader - was undone by defensive lapses by his teammates and failed to hold a two-run lead in the ninth inning.

Looking to pick up his club, Maddux (1-2, 4.24 ERA) will face the Dodgers for the first time since signing a one-year, $10 million contract with the Padres in the offseason. But the 41-year-old righthander did not spend much time in Los Angeles.

After being acquired at the July 31 trade deadline from the Chicago Cubs, Maddux posted a 6-3 mark with a 3.30 ERA in 12 starts for the Dodgers over the final two months of the 2006 season.

The four-time Cy Young Award winner has had success against Los Angeles in his career, posting a 13-7 record with a 2.76 ERA in 31 starts - including wins in three of his last four outings.

Maddux lost his last start, allowing four runs and seven hits Sunday in seven innings of a 4-2 setback to Colorado.

He will be opposed by former Padre Brett Tomko (0-1, 2.65), who is 4-6 with a 4.13 ERA in 19 career appearances vs. San Diego. In his last start, Tomko yielded five runs - three earned - and eight hits in six innings of a 7-5 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Los Angeles snapped a four-game losing streak with Friday's victory.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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    LA DODGERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
    SAN DIEGO 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x 3 6 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: LOS - BRETT TOMKO, CHIN-HUI TSAO (7TH) AND RUSSELL MARTIN
    SDG - GREG MADDUX, SCOTT LINEBRINK (8TH), TREVOR
    HOFFMAN (9TH) AND ROB BOWEN

    HOME RUNS: LOS - NONE
    SDG -

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    Dodgers vs. PadresApr 29 12:02 AM


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    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE CAMERON SCORED KHALIL GREENE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M CAMERON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 2
    SAN DIEGO 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: K KOUZMANOFF (.115, 0-FOR-1)

    Dodgers vs. PadresApr 28 11:13 PM


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    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KHALIL GREENE SCORED BRIAN GILES AND ADRIAN
    GONZALEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GREENE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 2
    SAN DIEGO 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: M CAMERON (.187, 0-FOR-1)

    Dodgers vs. PadresApr 28 11:10 PM


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    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JEFF KENT SCORED JUAN PIERRE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KENT ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 2
    SAN DIEGO 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: L GONZALEZ (.282, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Dodgers vs. PadresApr 28 10:41 PM


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    LA DODGERS 1 1 2 0
    SAN DIEGO 0 0 1 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: LOS - BRETT TOMKO
    SDG - GREG MADDUX

    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: M GILES (.322, 2 HR, 13 RBI)
    T SLEDGE (.244, 2 HR, 3 RBI)
    B GILES (.309, 1 HR, 8 RBI)

    Dodgers vs. PadresApr 28 10:16 PM

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