The San Diego Padres took on the the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday at Petco Park with the Padres coming out on top 6 to 1. It was a solid match that aficionados with Padres tickets won’t soon forget. Not much compares to America’s Pastime so stock up on cheap baseball tickets and see all the fun live.
Padres pitcher Clayton Richard (3.48 ERA) got the win, while Hiroki Kuroda (3.53 ERA) took the loss for the Dodgers. Clayton Richard went 6 innings for the Padres, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and one earned run with one walk and 6 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Padres was Ernesto Frieri (0.00), Joe Thatcher (1.74), Luke Gregerson (2.55), and Tim Stauffer (0.30). The Dodgers’s starter Hiroki Kuroda went 6 innings, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. George Sherrill (6.94), Jeff Weaver (4.09), Jack Taschner (6.41), and Travis Schlichting (3.00) also pitched for the Dodgers. With the win, Richard’s record goes to 8-5, while Kuroda is at 8-9.
In addition to the 6 runs, the Padres scored 8 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Padres, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Nick Hundley had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Dodgers didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Dodgers scored one run, 4 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Chris Guccione, Brian O’Nora, Jerry Crawford and Phil Cuzzi. There were 40,188 Padres ticket holders in attendance at Petco Park.
