Win #30, the Friars beat up the birds across 9 innings

Welcome back to Camden Yards, Padres. The San Diego crew coaxed the Orioles into a false-sense of security and eventually topped them for their first of the series in Baltimore. No help came from Luis Perdomo, but a weak O's bullpen ended up falling against a strong Pads bullpen, with a few actionable bats behind them.

Perdomo, who isn't quite filling in as a fill-in, was allowed to pitch for 5 innings. In that, he gave up 7 hits, 6 earned runs, 2 walks, and 2 home runs. He struck out 8, but by the 5th inning the Orioles were leading 6-3. Not a good start, but not quite lost. Kevin Quackenbush, Brad Hand, and Ryan Buchter shut the O's out for 3 innings. Within those three, the Pads scored their go-ahead run, and by the time Fernando Rodney closed things out (actually allowing a run) the O's were in the Friars' dust.

Matt Kemp had himself a night, with 4 hits in 6 at-bats. He scored 2 of the Pads' runs, with two choice RBI singles. Yangervis Solarte, Melvin Upton Jr. Christian Bethancourt, and Alexei Ramirez all had multi-hit nights as well.

Kemp plates Padres' 10th run

Wil Myers, Travis Jankowski, Ramirez, and Solarte all got some runs home tonight. Upton Jr. scored on a wild pitch, and Derek Norris stayed patient at the plate for a run-walked-in. Oh, he also popped off a solo shot that arced itself all the way into the stands. Hyun-soo Kim tried following it, but the ball beat him over the wall as the wall beat Kim.

Norris' solo homer in the 4th

All that scoring put the Padres up over the Orioles 10-7 in the 9th. Despite a rare run allowed by Rodney, there was not much done to prevent the Pads from picking up their first W on the road in Camden. Win numero dos will hopefully come tomorrow, as Erik Johnson and Ubaldo Jimenez will decide who the least-worse starter between the each other is.