The Padres started a series with Pittsburgh last night the way you are supposed to start a series with a bad team. Wade Blank struck out eight and Ryan Ludwick hit his first two dingers as a Padre to send the Friars to a 4-1 victory.
About the only Padre who had a tough night was Miguel Tejada, who got robbed of base hits twice by excellent plays at third and second by the visiting Bucs.
Although the Pirates are now the major league team closest to my home, I can't feel bad about this. If the Pads are going to win the west, they need to dominate bad teams and that is what the Pirates are... a bad team. Certainly we can't repeat the performance against Arizona, another bad team that took two out of three from us.
I'll root for the Pirates as soon as they leave San Diego. Right now, I want them crushed. Especially if the Cubs are going to keep beating the Giants, as they did last night in topping SF ace Tim Lincecum.
Kevin Correia take the hill tonight against Pittsburgh and we need to keep this train rolling. The Dodger and Rockies are seven games back and their hopes are fading, but the Giants are right on our tails, only 2.5 out even after yesterday. I would love to see this Padre club create some breathing room for itself.
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