Philadelphia Phillies vs San Diego Padres mlb live streaming major league baseball online radio lineups, playoffs, roster espn 360 gamecast 23 april, 2011. Game Review: The Philadelphia Phillies' pitchers are rather comfortable at Petco Park, but their road success against the San Diego Padres predates the spacious stadium.
It has now become utter domination.
Philadelphia (13-6) has taken 22 of the last 26 in San Diego (8-12) with all but two of those wins coming at Petco, which opened in 2004.
8:35 PM ET, April 23, 2011
Petco Park, San Diego, California
The staff has been a major reason for that domination, compiling a 2.72 ERA over the last 26 road meetings. Starters have recorded a 0.98 ERA during a nine-game road winning streak.
In fact, Phillies hurlers haven't allowed a run during a 31-inning stretch at Petco since Blanton gave up one in the fifth inning of a 3-1 victory on Aug. 28. After a 3-0 win behind Roy Oswalt and three relievers Thursday, Philadelphia came away with a 2-0 victory Friday thanks to eight sharp innings from Cole Hamels against his hometown team.
Philadelphia leads the majors with five shutouts, while San Diego has already been blanked six times, twice as many as any other team.
"No matter when you face them, you are going to be in for it," Padres manager Bud Black said of the Phillies. "You have to be on your game to score runs against these guys. Runs are hard to come by."
While Blanton (0-1, 7.27) has struggled early this season, he has a 2.77 ERA while winning his past two starts at San Diego.
The right-hander allowed two runs in seven innings of Monday's 6-3 loss in 12 to Milwaukee. He had surrendered 12 runs in 10 1/3 innings over his previous two starts.
"I felt a little better," Blanton told the team's official website Monday. "I felt better from the stretch. I had a lot of innings where I had to work out of it."
Blanton will next face a Padres team that's last in the majors with a .214 average and at the bottom of the NL with 60 runs. San Diego is hitting just .185 over the last 10 home meetings with the Phillies.
Tim Stauffer (0-1, 3.27) will get the ball for the Padres, and he'll be looking for his teammates to produce at the plate.
The right-hander has received three runs of support through four starts, and zero in the last two while posting a 1.59 ERA. His best performance of the season came Monday when he tossed seven scoreless innings, but San Diego fell 1-0 in 10 to the Chicago Cubs.
"I felt much more comfortable," Stauffer told the Padres' official website. "For me, everything comes off the fastball. I felt like I got the correct release point. I felt sharper and the ball was moving like it has before."
Stauffer is 0-1 with a 16.39 ERA in two starts against the Phillies, but both came at Philadelphia. He's 2-2 with a 2.33 ERA in his past seven starts at home.
Stauffer has struggled greatly versus Ryan Howard, who is 4 for 5 with two homers off him. Howard, a .352 hitter against San Diego, had two hits with a two-run triple Friday.
It has now become utter domination.
PhilliesJoe Blanton will try to extend the Phillies' stunning stretch of 31 consecutive shutout innings over the punchless Padres and increase their winning streak in San Diego to 10 games Saturday night.
(13-6, 6-2 away)
Padres
(8-12, 3-7 home)
Philadelphia (13-6) has taken 22 of the last 26 in San Diego (8-12) with all but two of those wins coming at Petco, which opened in 2004.
8:35 PM ET, April 23, 2011
Petco Park, San Diego, California
In fact, Phillies hurlers haven't allowed a run during a 31-inning stretch at Petco since Blanton gave up one in the fifth inning of a 3-1 victory on Aug. 28. After a 3-0 win behind Roy Oswalt and three relievers Thursday, Philadelphia came away with a 2-0 victory Friday thanks to eight sharp innings from Cole Hamels against his hometown team.
Philadelphia leads the majors with five shutouts, while San Diego has already been blanked six times, twice as many as any other team.
"No matter when you face them, you are going to be in for it," Padres manager Bud Black said of the Phillies. "You have to be on your game to score runs against these guys. Runs are hard to come by."
While Blanton (0-1, 7.27) has struggled early this season, he has a 2.77 ERA while winning his past two starts at San Diego.
The right-hander allowed two runs in seven innings of Monday's 6-3 loss in 12 to Milwaukee. He had surrendered 12 runs in 10 1/3 innings over his previous two starts.
"I felt a little better," Blanton told the team's official website Monday. "I felt better from the stretch. I had a lot of innings where I had to work out of it."
Blanton will next face a Padres team that's last in the majors with a .214 average and at the bottom of the NL with 60 runs. San Diego is hitting just .185 over the last 10 home meetings with the Phillies.
Tim Stauffer (0-1, 3.27) will get the ball for the Padres, and he'll be looking for his teammates to produce at the plate.
The right-hander has received three runs of support through four starts, and zero in the last two while posting a 1.59 ERA. His best performance of the season came Monday when he tossed seven scoreless innings, but San Diego fell 1-0 in 10 to the Chicago Cubs.
"I felt much more comfortable," Stauffer told the Padres' official website. "For me, everything comes off the fastball. I felt like I got the correct release point. I felt sharper and the ball was moving like it has before."
Stauffer is 0-1 with a 16.39 ERA in two starts against the Phillies, but both came at Philadelphia. He's 2-2 with a 2.33 ERA in his past seven starts at home.
Stauffer has struggled greatly versus Ryan Howard, who is 4 for 5 with two homers off him. Howard, a .352 hitter against San Diego, had two hits with a two-run triple Friday.
