8/12/09: Cubs 7, Padres 2 (Petco Park)

Thames greets former team with 2 homers and 5 RBI, roughing up starter Blanton

  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Padres             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Inglett 2B        5  0  0  0 .000     J.Ellsbury RF       4  1  1  0 .296  
  M.Thames DH         5  2  2  5 .400     A.Jones CF          4  0  3  1 .337  
  S.Drew SS           4  1  3  0 .750     M.Teixeira 1B       4  0  0  0 .253  
  G.Soto C            4  1  3  2 .750     R.Ibanez DH         3  0  2  0 .275  
  M.Joyce LF          5  0  1  0 .200     G.Anderson LF       4  0  0  0 .218  
  C.Davis 1B          5  0  0  0 .000     E.Renteria SS       3  0  0  0 .338  
  G.Jenkins RF        4  0  0  0 .000     N.Hundley C         4  0  0  0 .268  
  S.Hairston CF       2  2  2  01.000     M.Fontenot 2B       4  0  1  0 .220  
  M.Lamb 3B           4  1  1  0 .250     J.Uribe 3B          4  1  1  0 .213  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  7 12  7                 Totals      34  2  8  1
 
 
Cubs............ 0 0 3  0 0 0  4 0 0  -  7 12  0
Padres.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  2  8  0
 
Cubs (1-0)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Hill WIN(1-0)           5 2/3   4   0   0   1   4   0  88   0.00
M.Wuertz HOLD(1st)        1 1/3   3   2   2   0   3   0  25  13.50
B.Burres                  2       1   0   0   1   0   0  26   0.00
Totals                    9       8   2   2   2   7   0
 
Padres (37-26)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Blanton LOSS(7-5)       6 2/3   8   6   6   3   1   2 124   3.14
B.Backe                   1 2/3   4   1   1   0   1   1  35   4.35
D.Sanchez                 0 2/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  13   3.58
Totals                    9      12   7   7   4   2   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 44,323 DATE- Wednesday, August 12th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Doug Eddings, Lance Barksdale, Dana Demuth, Ted Barrett
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 8  Padres: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1  Padres: 1
DOUBLES- S.Drew(1st), M.Joyce(1st), S.Hairston(1st), A.Jones(7th),
         R.Ibanez(9th), M.Fontenot(8th)
HOME RUNS- M.Thames-2(2nd), G.Soto(1st)
WALKS- S.Drew, G.Soto, S.Hairston-2, R.Ibanez, E.Renteria
STRIKE OUTS- C.Davis, M.Lamb, M.Teixeira, E.Renteria-2, N.Hundley-2, M.Fontenot,
             J.Uribe
GIDP- C.Davis, M.Teixeira
 
Designated hitter Marcus Thames rocketed 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Petco
Park as the Chicago (NL) Cubs beat the San Diego Padres by the count of 7 to
2.
 
Thames had a big evening at the plate.  He smacked a three-run homer in the
3rd inning and blasted a two-run home run (his 2nd of the season) in the 7th
inning.  Chicago (NL) ended up with 12 hits for the game while San Diego had
8.  
 
The victory went to Shawn Hill(1-0) who went 5 and 2/3 innings, allowing no
runs. Joe Blanton(7-5) was tagged with the loss.  He pitched 6 and 2/3
innings giving up 8 hits and 3 walks.