The San Diego Padres opened a seven run lead in the second game of their series with Pittsburgh, only to be forced to hang on for an 8-5 victory at Petco Park.
Kevin Correia cruised through six innings then saw the wheels come off in the seventh. Luckily, his teammates had given him plenty of cushion and he gained a W despite giving up four of the five Pirate tallies.
Jerry Hairston Jr. hit his tenth home run, Adrian Gonzalez had four hits and Heath Bell contributed his 33rd save, tied for the league lead. San Diego also continued putting pressure on opposing defenses with the running game, with a double steal and a contact play late in the game giving an insurance run after the Bucs had closed to within two scores.
Chase Headley came up big with the glove in the eighth, snaring two line drives. The second came to end the inning after a Ryan Ludwick misplay in right had led to an unearned run. Ludwick seemed to turn his head before closing his glove as he raced towards the foul line, perhaps showing awareness of the walkway past the bullpen that saw several nasty tumbles early in Petco's history, though it has been safer since they added extra fencing.
Bell looked dominant in the ninth, especially against Ryan Doumit. Mike Adams pitched the eighth, with so much movement on his pitches that even his catcher Yorvit Torrealba had trouble handling him.
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