Final
Peavy takes mound on short rest to face division rival
Sep 5, 2007 - 3:37 PM San Diego (76-62) at Arizona (77-63) 9:40 pm EDTPHOENIX (Ticker) - Jake Peavy takes the hill on three days' rest as the San Diego Padres face the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final time this season on Wednesday.
Peavy (16-5, 2.10 ERA) asked to start on Wednesday knowing how important this series is, and will look to help the Padres move out of a virtual tie for first place in the National League West.
The hard-throwing righthander is 7-0 with a 1.17 ERA over his last eight starts, greatly helping his chances of winning the NL Cy Young Award. Peavy leads the majors in ERA while also pacing the NL in wins and strikeouts (206).
Peavy has been especially dominant against the Diamondbacks this season, posting a 3-0 record with a 1.71 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings.
Arizona moved just percentage points behind San Diego with Tuesday's 9-1 rout. Tony Clark and Eric Byrnes homered, while Doug Davis threw seven effective innings.
The Diamondbacks also remained three games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies (73-65) in the wild card.
Livan Hernandez (9-9, 4.67) was on the wrong end of a pitchers' duel the last time he faced Peavy. Hernandez, who is winless in his last three starts, allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings of a 3-1 setback to the Padres on August 27.
Overall, the righthander has had great success against San Diego, going 10-4 with a 3.80 ERA in 21 starts.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SAN DIEGO 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 10 1
ARIZONA 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 x 9 9 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: SDG - JAKE PEAVY, DOUG BROCAIL (5TH), BRETT TOMKO (7TH), HEATH BELL
(8TH) AND JOSH BARD
ARI - LIVAN HERNANDEZ, JUAN CRUZ (6TH), TONY PENA
(6TH), BRANDON LYON (8TH)
Sep 6 12:46 AM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY KHALIL GREENE (20) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 8TH OFF BRANDON LYON.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 6, ARIZONA 9
DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: K KOUZMANOFF (.249, 1-FOR-3, RBI)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 6 12:16 AM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MIGUEL MONTERO (10) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 7TH OFF BRETT TOMKO.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 5, ARIZONA 9
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.237, 2-FOR-3, 3 RBI)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 6 12:09 AM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CHRIS YOUNG SCORED ORLANDO HUDSON, ERIC BYRNES
AND CONOR JACKSON.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, C YOUNG ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 5
ARIZONA 8 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: J SALAZAR (.302, 1-FOR-2, RBI)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 11:26 PM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY ORLANDO HUDSON SCORED STEPHEN DREW.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, O HUDSON ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 5
ARIZONA 5 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: E BYRNES (.294, 1-FOR-2)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 11:12 PM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ADRIAN GONZALEZ (26) TO RIGHT WITH 2
OUT IN THE 5TH OFF LIVAN HERNANDEZ SCORED BRIAN GILES.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 5, ARIZONA 4
DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: K GREENE (.250, 1-FOR-2)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 11:01 PM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
MILTON BRADLEY HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING JAKE PEAVY.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B GILES ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 3
ARIZONA 4 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: A GONZALEZ (.281, 0-FOR-2)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 10:58 PM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JEFF SALAZAR SCORED CHRIS YOUNG.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J SALAZAR ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 2
ARIZONA 4 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: J CIRILLO (.174, 0-FOR-1)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 10:47 PM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MIGUEL MONTERO (9) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF JAKE PEAVY.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 2, ARIZONA 3
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.234, 0-FOR-1)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 10:43 PM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JOSH BARD SCORED KEVIN KOUZMANOFF.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BARD ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 2
ARIZONA 2 TOP, 2ND
DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: G BLUM (.253, 4 HR, 26 RBI)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 10:04 PM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY KEVIN KOUZMANOFF SCORED KHALIL GREENE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K KOUZMANOFF ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
ARIZONA 2 TOP, 2ND
DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: J BARD (.267, 3 HR, 42 RBI)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 10:03 PM - NL
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CONOR JACKSON (12) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 1ST OFF JAKE PEAVY SCORED ERIC BYRNES.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 2
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M MONTERO (.221, 8 HR, 33 RBI)
Padres vs. DiamondbacksSep 5 9:57 PM
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