Final
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Padres aim to sweep hapless Nationals

Sep 21, 2008 - 6:26 AM San Diego (60-95) at Washington (58-97), 1:35 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- The San Diego Padres look to complete a sweep when they meet the Washington Nationals on Sunday.

The teams shared the worst record in the National League on Friday but the Nationals now claim the dubious honor after dropping the first two games of the series.

Cha Seung Baek (5-10, 5.06 ERA) will be on the mound for San Diego, which has swept an opponent three times this season.

The righthander is coming off an outing in which he lasted two innings before leaving with tightness in his right triceps on September 14.

Washington will counter Odalis Perez (7-10, 4.26), who is coming off his best outing of the season.

The veteran lefthander threw 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits in the Nationals' 1-0 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SAN DIEGO 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 8 1
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SDG - CHA SEUNG BAEK, HEATH BELL (8TH), CLA MEREDITH (9TH) AND NICK
    HUNDLEY
    WAS - ODALIS PEREZ, GARRETT MOCK (7TH), SAUL RIVERA
    (8TH), JESUS COLOME (9TH) AND WIL N

    Sep 21 4:18 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN ZIMMERMAN SCORED RYAN LANGERHANS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R ZIMMERMAN ON FIRST, W HARRIS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 6
    WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: L MILLEDGE (.267, 1-FOR-3)

    Padres 6, Nationals 2  Bot 8, 0 OutsSep 21 3:59 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY NICK HUNDLEY SCORED KEVIN KOUZMANOFF.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, C HEADLEY ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 6
    WASHINGTON 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: S KAZMAR (.211, 1-FOR-3)

    Padres 6, Nationals 1  Top 8, 0 OutsSep 21 3:47 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CHASE HEADLEY SCORED ADRIAN GONZALEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C HEADLEY ON FIRST, K KOUZMANOFF ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 5
    WASHINGTON 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: C AMBRES (.139, 0-FOR-3)

    Padres 5, Nationals 1  Top 8, 0 OutsSep 21 3:43 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KEVIN KOUZMANOFF SCORED EDGAR GONZALEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K KOUZMANOFF ON SECOND, A GONZALEZ ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 4
    WASHINGTON 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: C HEADLEY (.266, 0-FOR-3)

    Padres 4, Nationals 1  Top 8, 0 OutsSep 21 3:41 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN ZIMMERMAN (13) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 6TH OFF CHA SEUNG BAEK.
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 3, WASHINGTON 1
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: L MILLEDGE (.268, 1-FOR-2)

    Padres 3, Nationals 1  Bot 6, 0 OutsSep 21 3:15 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ADRIAN GONZALEZ (35) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 6TH OFF ODALIS PEREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 3, WASHINGTON 0
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: K KOUZMANOFF (.268, 1-FOR-2, 2 RBI)

    Padres 3, Nationals 0  Top 6, 0 OutsSep 21 3:04 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SAN DIEGO 2 2 3 0
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SDG - CHA SEUNG BAEK
    WAS - ODALIS PEREZ

    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A HERNANDEZ (.306, 0 HR, 13 RBI)
    W HARRIS (.249, 13 HR, 43 RBI)
    R ZIMMERMAN (.278, 12 HR,

    Padres 2, Nationals 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsSep 21 1:48 PM