7/22/09: Padres 5, Pirates 1 (Petco Park)

Blanton strikes out the side in the 9th to wrap up dominant complete game

  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Padres             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Dukes CF          4  0  0  0 .000     E.Renteria SS       4  1  1  0 .331  
  D.Young 1B          3  1  3  01.000     J.Ellsbury RF       2  1  1  0 .301  
  O.Cabrera SS        4  0  1  0 .250     M.Teixeira 1B       2  0  0  0 .251  
  C.Floyd DH          4  0  1  0 .250     R.Ibanez DH         4  0  1  0 .256  
  B.Francisco LF      4  0  0  0 .000     O.Hudson 2B         3  1  0  0 .269  
  J.Upton RF          3  0  0  1 .000     N.Evans LF          3  1  1  1 .235  
  M.Ellis 2B          3  0  0  0 .000     W.Venable CF        3  1  2  2 .208  
  A.Laroche* 3B       3  0  0  0 .000     J.Uribe 3B          4  0  1  2 .218  
  J.Clement C         3  0  2  0 .667     H.Quintero C        3  0  0  0 .191  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  7  1                 Totals      28  5  7  5
 
 
Pirates......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  0
Padres.......... 0 2 0  0 3 0  0 0    -  5  7  0
 
Pirates (0-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Eveland LOSS(0-1)       8       7   5   5   5  11   0 129   5.63
Totals                    8       7   5   5   5  11   0
 
Padres (31-22)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Blanton WIN(7-4)        9       7   1   1   2  10   0 130   2.89
Totals                    9       7   1   1   2  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 44,686 DATE- Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jerry Crawford, Tom Hallion, Brian O'Nora, Paul Naubert
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6  Padres: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2  Padres: 2
DOUBLES- J.Clement(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Uribe(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ellsbury
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Upton
WALKS- D.Young, M.Ellis, J.Ellsbury, M.Teixeira-2, O.Hudson, W.Venable
HIT BY PITCH- J.Ellsbury, N.Evans, H.Quintero
STRIKE OUTS- O.Cabrera, B.Francisco-3, J.Upton-3, M.Ellis-2, J.Clement,
             E.Renteria, J.Ellsbury, M.Teixeira, O.Hudson-2, N.Evans-2,
             W.Venable, J.Uribe, H.Quintero-2
GIDP- E.Dukes, O.Cabrera, M.Teixeira, J.Uribe
 
Joe Blanton struck out 10 batters at Petco Park as the San Diego Padres beat
the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 to 1.
 
Blanton(7-4) put on a good performance.  He gave up just 7 hits and 2 walks in
9 innings reducing his ERA from 3.12 to 2.89.  San Diego and Pittsburgh each
finished the night with 7 hits.  
 
Dana Eveland(0-1) absorbed the loss.  He struck out 11 batters in 8 innings
despite losing the game.  'Everything felt great' Blanton said. 'I had a good
fastball, I felt I could throw it by everybody tonight.'