Peavy Domination Tour Makes 19th Stop; Cy Young Next

Jake Peavy closed out his final scheduled start of the 2007 campaign with another masterful performance, treating Friar fans to an 11-3 spanking of the Giants for his 19th win. The probable NL Cy Young award winner and certain Pitching Triple Crown winner tossed 7 innings of 2 run ball, allowing just one walk against a single punch out. He also went 2-4 to raise his season average to .229 (26 points higher than Terrmell Sledge). Peavy hugged Barry Bonds after Bonds' final at bat in the game, a transgression that FF is willing to overlook - but just this once. With one more win, the 26 year old Peavy will tie Padre legend Eddie Lee Whitson for 3rd on the franchise's all time win list at 77 victories.

On the flip side of the ball, the Padres collected 17 hits, led by Josh Bard's 4 knock night. Scott Hairston continued to relish his role as Giant-killer with yet another home run against the club (7th out of 10 on the season). For the 20th consecutive game, Kevin Kouzmanoff reached based. He has hits in 17 of those contests.

Most importantly, the win kept the Friars on top of the also victorious Phillies and Rockies in the Wild Card race. The Diamondbacks lost to bring the Padres withing a single game in the NL West with 4 games remaining the season.