Padres win 13-6, Adrian gets 6 hits, Clayton continues his charmed life
We got scolded by SB Nation for not putting up regular game recaps. I was a little defensive like, "Do you know who we are!? We don't do game recaps! We don't even watch the games!" But then I realized that would be a weird thing to admit to, so I didn't say anything at all.
So here's a game recap.
The Padres went to Milwaukee and got 22 hits. That's the most they've gotten all year. Only 5 other teams prior to today had 22 hits this season in a single game and Houston is the only other NL team to have done it and they did it in Colorado. (The other four were Oakland, Cleveland, Boston and the White Sox).
Interestingly, this will make three out of the last three years that the Padres managed a 22 hit game. Last year they did it in Philadelphia and the year before they did it in Colorado. The Padres like to go to other parks to do amazing things. It's because they hate us.
The Padres have only done better than 22 hits twice in their history. Once, they got 24 hits against Atlanta in '03 (another bad season) and they got 24 against the Giants in 1982. That's just before they got mad as hell.
Adrian Gonzalez recorded 6 hits in the game. Three other Padres have done that before. Tony Gwynn who recently had stomach surgery, Gene Richards in '77 and Joe Lefebvre in 1982. I don't know if Joe is related to Jim. When Richards and Lefebvre got their 6 hits in a game, it happened during losses, so they probably didn't go out and drink to celebrate, much in the same way that Adrian won't go out to drink to celebrate, but rather smile contentedly and quietly to himself while silently saying a prayer of thanks that nobody got hurt during the game.
Clayton Richard "the Lionheart" got the win and improved to 2-0. He's so much more legit than Jake Peaver or whatever that redneck's name was. If you don't know, you better ask somebody.
Today, Elliott pee-peed in his potty for the first time.
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I'm pretty sure Adrian's was the only one in a 9 inning game.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." - Earl Weaver
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 11, 2009 10:05 PM PDT reply actions
It's your fault!
The complete lack of game recaps is why this team can’t put together a winning season.
I warned jbox this would happen.
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
Hmmm
Guess you just pulled game recap duty for the preseason games!
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." - Earl Weaver
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 12, 2009 4:37 AM PDT up reply actions
24 games
Even if I recap all preseason games and the Chargers make it to the Super Bowl, I’ll only have to recap 24 games. That seems easy enough.
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John Gennaro on Aug 12, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
what I'm curious about
is where this game ranks compared with all the other games we’ve played this season… or are we not doing that any more?
that would've been awesome
We need to do that regular. Maybe we’ll do a Best Week Ever type thig during the offseason. That seems easier than game by game.
Yay Elliot!
Did you get him one of those cool electronic potties that plays music when you tinkle? If so, I hope it plays Wigwam.
"And now for something completely different"
by Boilermaker19 on Aug 12, 2009 5:47 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Did they also scold you
because Tec’s Minor League Report only lasted about a week?
Drama is an a-hole.
by Winfield's Ghost on Aug 12, 2009 7:33 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
"If you don't know, you better ask somebody."
Door flies open

Boo
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John Gennaro on Aug 12, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
22 more hits and...
we won’t be last in the hitting standings. Going into today’s game the pads are batting .239 and the Reds a respectable .240.

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