San Diego (44-72) at Colorado (53-65)

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Padres look to end Cook's dominance

Corey Brock / MLB.com
After dropping the opener of their three-tilt set vs. the division-rival Rockies on Friday, the Padres will face a tall order in Colorado's Aaron Cook, who's owned San Diego in his career.
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Padres probable pitcher

Greg Maddux

  • #30 RHP
  • (5-8) 4.17 ERA 72 SO
Padres: The 42-year-old Maddux showed he wouldn't need 14 consecutive starts between victories, as was the case recently, as win No. 352 came rather easily, when he allowed one run in six innings in a victory over the Giants on Aug. 3. Maddux even had an RBI single, his first RBI in nearly two years. Maddux had good movement on his fastball, something he said he typically gets at PETCO Park but not so much elsewhere. He didn't walk a batter and hit one batter. He worked fast and got ahead of hitters. It was, really, vintage Maddux.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 352-222 3.14 4954.2 994 3345 .250
Season 5-8 4.17 140.1 25 72 .274
August 1-0 1.50 6.0 0 1 .105
Vs. Colorado 1-0 6.75 10.2 3 2 .250

Series at a Glance

Standings - 08/09/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
San Diego Padres (NL West) 44 72 .379 15.0 25-34 19-38
Colorado Rockies (NL West) 53 65 .449 7.0 33-25 20-40
Stats - 08/09/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SD .245 435 116 418 27 906 4.33 1051.0 1064 365 798
COL .267 547 115 525 102 860 4.79 1050.1 1115 407 733
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Cook eyes rebound effort vs. Padres

Jeff Birnbaum / MLB.com
Though he was roughed up in his last outing against the Nationals, Rockies All-Star hurler Aaron Cook hasn't made a habit of stringing together bad starts this season.
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Rockies probable pitcher

Aaron Cook

  • #28 RHP
  • (14-7) 3.68 ERA 77 SO
Rockies: Cook had been practically infallible during his three-game winning streak from July 20-30, but he turned in one of his worst pitching performances of the season Monday against the Nationals. There wasn't any tilt depth to most of his pitches, and his trademark sinker stayed up in the zone. Cook, who had a two-run throwing error in the third, gave up seven runs -- four earned -- in 5 2/3 innings. It was his third-shortest outing of the season and tied his season high for runs allowed. Cook has been dominant against the Padres this season, going 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA in two games. He threw a complete-game shutout against them on July 1.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 50-42 4.32 884.2 260 351 .291
Season 14-7 3.68 166.1 36 77 .278
August 0-1 7.94 5.2 1 3 .407
Vs. San Diego 2-0 0.56 16.0 4 5 .154

Padres hitters vs Aaron Cook

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Antonelli, Matt - - - - - - - -
Blanks, Kyle - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Everth - - - - - - - -
Durango, Luis - - - - - - - -
Eckstein, David - - - - .000 4 0 0
Gonzalez, Adrian .250 4 0 0 .375 24 1 4
Gwynn, Tony - - - - - - - -
Headley, Chase .333 3 0 0 .375 8 0 2
Huffman, Chad - - - - - - - -
Hundley, Nick - - - - .200 5 0 2
Kouzmanoff, Kevin .000 6 0 0 .278 18 0 1
Salazar, Oscar - - - - - - - -
Venable, Will - - - - .333 3 0 0

Rockies hitters vs Greg Maddux

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Atkins, Garrett .500 4 0 0 .424 33 2 4
Barmes, Clint .500 2 0 0 .167 12 0 0
Fowler, Dexter - - - - .000 3 0 0
Gomez, Hector - - - - - - - -
Gonzalez, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Hawpe, Brad .250 4 1 3 .290 31 1 5
Helton, Todd .500 6 0 1 .375 32 0 5
Iannetta, Chris .333 3 0 3 .333 9 1 4
McKenry, Michael - - - - - - - -
Murton, Matt - - - - .000 3 0 0
Nelson, Chris - - - - - - - -
Smith, Seth - - - - - - - -
Spilborghs, Ryan - - - - .500 2 0 1
Stewart, Ian - - - - .333 3 0 0
Tulowitzki, Troy .333 3 0 1 .200 20 0 2
Young, Eric - - - - - - - -

Veteran's way (45-72) (53-66)

Padres 8, Rockies 3

Maddux cruises

Corey Brock / MLB.com
Greg Maddux was efficient in setting aside the Rockies over six-plus innings, tossing just 71 pitches en route to his sixth win. The lineup broke through for five runs in the sixth inning against Padres antagonist Aaron Cook, who entered with 10 career wins vs. San Diego.

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Series at a Glance

 

Cook roughed up

Thomas Harding / MLB.com
Even his favorite opponent couldn't remedy Aaron Cook's struggles, as the righty, owner of 10 career wins vs. the Padres, was well on his way to another fine start against San Diego before a five-run sixth inning sealed his fate. Chris Iannetta stroked his 13th homer in the loss.
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Padres 8, Rockies 3

San DiegoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Gerut, CF5010003.286
Rodriguez, L, SS5230011.233
Giles, RF5000014.291
Gonzalez, A, 1B5222002.276
Kouzmanoff, 3B5231011.278
Headley, LF5122011.256
Hundley, C4112022.222
Iguchi, 2B3000102.243
Maddux, P3011000.125
  Adams, P0000000.000
  Hensley, P0000000.000
  a-Hairston, PH0000100.256
  Bell, P0000000.000
  Corey, P0000000.000
  Meredith, P0000000.000
  Hoffman, P0000000.000
Totals4081382616 

a-Walked for Hensley in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Kouzmanoff (22, Cook), Headley (7, Cook), Hundley (4, Cook).
HR: Gonzalez, A (28, 9th inning off Vizcaino, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Gerut; Rodriguez, L 3; Gonzalez, A 5; Kouzmanoff 4; Headley 3; Hundley 2; Maddux.
RBI: Headley 2 (19), Kouzmanoff (58), Hundley 2 (10), Maddux (2), Gonzalez, A 2 (87).
2-out RBI: Headley; Maddux.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gonzalez, A; Iguchi; Hundley; Gerut.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: 5 (Rodriguez, L-Iguchi-Gonzalez, A 2, Maddux-Iguchi-Rodriguez, L-Gonzalez, A, Kouzmanoff-Iguchi-Gonzalez, A, Kouzmanoff).
 
ColoradoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Taveras, CF4000011.247
Barmes, 2B4000010.293
Holliday, LF4220000.346
Hawpe, RF4030010.284
Atkins, 1B4011003.302
Stewart, 3B1010300.292
Tulowitzki, SS3001125.242
Iannetta, C4111006.261
Cook, P1000000.245
  De La Rosa, P1010000.130
  a-Baker, PH1000010.269
  Vizcaino, P0000000.000
Totals313934615 

a-Struck out for De La Rosa in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Atkins (27, Meredith).
HR: Iannetta (13, 3rd inning off Maddux, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Holliday 2; Hawpe 3; Atkins 2; Stewart; Iannetta 4; De La Rosa.
RBI: Iannetta (47), Tulowitzki (23), Atkins (75).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Tulowitzki.
GIDP: Atkins; Tulowitzki; Taveras; Iannetta.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Stewart (1, 2nd base off Maddux/Hundley).
 
San DiegoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Maddux (W, 6-8)6.06221414.12
Adams 0.10002002.20
Hensley (H, 2)0.20000004.96
Bell 1.00000103.25
Corey 0.02110006.80
Meredith 0.01001004.12
Hoffman (S, 25)1.00000104.21
 
ColoradoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Cook (L, 14-8)5.210660203.87
De La Rosa 2.11002306.36
Vizcaino 1.02220115.86

Maddux pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Corey pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.
Meredith pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

Pitches-strikes: Maddux 71-48, Adams 15-6, Hensley 2-1, Bell 15-10, Corey 10-6, Meredith 7-3, Hoffman 5-4, Cook 83-51, De La Rosa 33-19, Vizcaino 20-13.
Groundouts-flyouts: Maddux 11-3, Adams 0-1, Hensley 2-0, Bell 1-1, Corey 0-0, Meredith 0-0, Hoffman 0-1, Cook 12-3, De La Rosa 1-3, Vizcaino 2-0.
Batters faced: Maddux 22, Adams 3, Hensley 1, Bell 3, Corey 2, Meredith 2, Hoffman 2, Cook 27, De La Rosa 10, Vizcaino 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Adams 2-1, Hensley 3-0, Meredith 2-1, Hoffman 3-0, De La Rosa 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Eric Cooper. 1B: Derryl Cousins. 2B: Mike Muchlinski. 3B: Angel Hernandez.
Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:48.
Att: 41,610.
August 9, 2008

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