Daily Friar 9.14.13
The Padres pulled out a 4-3 victory yesterday over the Atlanta Braves despite an impressive debut by Braves pitcher David Hale. Hale pitched five scoreless innings while striking out nine Padres batters. The Braves got on the board first with a solo home run by Justin Upton and a two-run shot by Brian McCann, both in the fourth inning off Padres starter Ian Kennedy. That would be all the Braves score however as the Padres would come back, scoring two in the seventh and two in the eighth, including a game-tying solo home run by Chase Headley and a go-ahead RBI single by Logan Forsythe. To close out the game, Huston Street recorded his 30th save of the season, his third career 30-save season.
For today’s rubber match, southpaw Robbie Erlin takes the mound for the Padres to face the Braves and their right-hander Kris Medlen. Make sure to tune-in at 4:05 PT as the Padres look to take an early series win.
This Date in Baseball History: September 14, 1990
“Mariner Ken Griffey, Sr. and his son, Ken Griffey, Jr., become the first father and son to hit homers in the same major league game. The back-to-back blasts are given up by Angel hurler Kirk McCaskill.” – Baseball-Reference
Padres News:
Padres rally vs. Braves bullpen to steal opener – Corey Brock of Padres.com
Preview of today’s game – ESPN
Padres’ Balsley the chief of staff – Dennis Lin of the UT
Padres chat: what are options in outfield? – Bill Center of the UT
Daily farm round-up: 9-13-13 – Alex Bartlett of The Friarhood
NL West Scores Yesterday:
Rockies 7, Diamondbacks 5. W: Outman (3-0) L: Harris (3-1) S: Brothers (17)
Giants 4, Dodgers 2. W: Bumgarner (12-9) L: Kershaw (14-9) S: Romo (34)
NL West Games Today:
Rockies at Diamondbacks 5:10 PT
Oswalt (0-5, 8.57) vs. Wiley (9-10, 3.73)
Giants at Dodgers 6:10 PT
Lincecum (9-13, 4.40) vs. Nolasco (13-9, 3.14)
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