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May 18, 2009 - 5:49 PM By MATT BEARDMORE STATS WriterSan Francisco (19-18) at San Diego (16-22), 10:05 p.m. EDT
The San Diego Padres seek their fourth straight win overall and their fifth in a row at home Tuesday night as they open a three-game series against the NL West rival San Francisco Giants.
The home team has won the first five meetings between these teams this season - a pattern reflective of the Padres' overall performance. San Diego (16-22) has dropped its last 11 road games to fall to a major-league worst 5-16 away from home. Following a winless six-game road trip, the Padres opened their current nine-game homestand with a three-game sweep of Cincinnati to improve to 11-6 at Petco Park.
It was the first sweep for San Diego since taking three games against the visiting Giants from April 10-12.
Kevin Kouzmanoff matched a season high with three hits and hit his second homer of the season Sunday as the Padres finished off their sweep of the Reds with a 3-1 win. Jake Peavy pitched a complete game to give the bullpen some much-needed rest after Saturday night, when San Diego won 6-5 in 16 innings.
"They needed it," Peavy said. "You always want to finish what you start. I appreciate (manager Bud Black) giving me the opportunity. The boys are beat up."
Chris Young (2-2, 5.56 ERA) will try to follow up Peavy's effort and bounce back from a 6-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, when he gave up six runs and a career-high four homers in four innings.
Young has thrived at Petco this season, going 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA in three starts. The right-hander has not given up an earned run in two seven-inning outings against the Giants in 2009. The last time he faced the Giants - April 22 in San Francisco - Young yielded two hits and four walks over seven scoreless innings, but the Padres fell 1-0 in 10 innings.
Tuesday's Giants starter, Barry Zito (1-3, 3.89), was perhaps even better in that matchup. The left-hander also pitched seven innings while scattering six hits. He let just one runner past second base and did not walk a batter.
Zito gave up 10 runs while losing his first two starts - including a 7-3 loss to the Padres on April 10 - but has a 2.20 ERA over his last five. He has only one win to show for it, though, as the Giants (19-18) are giving him a major-league worst 1.94 average runs of support.
"It keeps me locked in," Zito said after Wednesday's 6-3 loss to Washington, in which he yielded four runs in 6 1-3 innings. "Of course, it would be great to come out and get five every time, but that's not realistic in this game."
Zito is 3-3 with a 3.57 ERA in 12 career appearances - 11 starts - versus the Padres.
San Francisco snapped a four-game skid Sunday with a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets to conclude a 3-4 homestand. Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval each had a pair of hits for the Giants, who improved to 15-0 when they score first. They are 4-18 when allowing the first run of the game.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0
SAN DIEGO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 5 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: SFO - BARRY ZITO AND BENGIE MOLINA
SDG - CHRIS YOUNG, GREG BURKE (7TH), EDWARD MUJICA
(8TH), HEATH BELL (9TH) AND NICK HUNDLEY
HOME RUNS: SFO - NONE
SDG - SCOTT HA
May 20 12:41 AM - NL
AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY EMMANUEL BURRISS SCORED FRED LEWIS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E BURRISS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 1
SAN DIEGO 2 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B ZITO (.077, 0-FOR-2)
Giants 1, Padres 2 Top 6, 0 OutsMay 19 11:47 PM - NL
AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY NICK HUNDLEY (3) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF BARRY ZITO.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 0, SAN DIEGO 2
DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: C BURKE (.216, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
Giants 0, Padres 2 Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 19 10:36 PM - NL
AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY SCOTT HAIRSTON (5) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 1ST OFF BARRY ZITO.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 0, SAN DIEGO 1
DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: A GONZALEZ (.294, 15 HR, 29 RBI)
Giants 0, Padres 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 19 10:20 PM
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