Peavy's Season of Domination Continues

The number 19. Jake Peavy ran his scoreless inning streak to the magic Friar number with 6 strong innings in a 4-0 Padres triumph. Peavy struck out 5 and probably could have gone another inning were it not for expending more than 13% of his 104 pitches (14) on Scott Rolen in the bottom of the first. Upon finally retiring Rolen on pop up, Peavy grinned widely on his way to the dugout. Peavy's ERA now stands at 2.21 with his league-leading strikeout total expanding to 159.

Josh Bard and super-slugger Scott Hairston supplied the all the firepower the Padres needed, though it was Hairston's two run triple in the ninth, followed by his scoring on a wild pitch, that put the game firmly out of reach. Perhaps the only Padre hotter than Peavy, Geoff Blum, added 3 hits out of the two hole.

Greg Maddux will be followed by Chris Young over the next two days as the Padres hope to continue to exercise their Busch Stadium demons.