San Diego (11-13) at LA Dodgers (17-8)

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Gaudin vying to replicate initial success

Corey Brock / MLB.com
The Padres are looking for more of the same Chad Gaudin, who tossed five scoreless innings in his first start of the season, when San Diego faces Los Angeles in Sunday's series finale.
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Padres probable pitcher

Chad Gaudin

  • #49 RHP
  • (0-0) 0.00 ERA 5 SO
In his first start in nearly a year, Gaudin held the Rockies scoreless for five innings in a game the Padres went on to win, 4-3, at Coors Field on Tuesday. Gaudin got a lot of swings and misses with a big breaking slider and held the Rockies to three hits. He gave up all four of his walks and no hits in the first three innings, but he maintained a career-best scoreless string of 7 1/3 innings at Coors Field. He threw 88 pitches and left with gas in the tank and a desire to work on pitch efficiency.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 28-25 4.40 454.0 211 331 .272
Season 0-0 0.00 5.0 4 5 .176

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/03/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
San Diego Padres (NL West) 11 13 .458 5.5 6-4 5-9
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 17 8 .680 - 9-0 8-8
Stats - 05/03/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SD .246 97 24 95 10 160 4.62 212.1 217 96 165
LAD .283 134 22 129 16 164 3.84 218.0 176 94 179
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Dodgers looking to make history in finale

Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
Having tied a club record with nine straight home wins on Saturday, Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers are looking for a victory Sunday over the Padres en route to making history with the club's first 10-0 start at home.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Chad Billingsley

  • #58 RHP
  • (4-0) 2.14 ERA 34 SO
Billingsley wasn't quite as sharp as his seven scoreless innings against Houston, but he deserved a better fate than even the no-decision he received against the Giants. One of the three runs he allowed was unearned, another scored on closer Jonathan Broxton's bases-loaded walk. Clearly, Billingsley remains the staff ace and he'll be facing the Padres, who he beat Apr. 8 while allowing two runs in six innings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 39-19 3.25 471.1 214 435 .247
Season 4-0 2.14 33.2 12 34 .195
Vs. San Diego 1-0 3.00 6.0 4 4 .111

Padres hitters vs Chad Billingsley

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Antonelli, Matt - - - - - - - -
Blanks, Kyle - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Everth .000 1 0 0 .000 6 0 0
Durango, Luis - - - - - - - -
Eckstein, David .000 2 0 1 .211 19 0 1
Gonzalez, Adrian .500 2 0 0 .265 34 0 4
Gwynn, Tony - - - - .381 21 1 3
Headley, Chase .000 2 0 0 .286 14 1 1
Huffman, Chad - - - - - - - -
Hundley, Nick - - - - .200 10 0 0
Kouzmanoff, Kevin .000 3 0 0 .231 26 1 4
Salazar, Oscar - - - - - - - -
Venable, Will - - - - .000 5 0 0

Dodgers hitters vs Chad Gaudin

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - .167 12 0 0
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake - - - - - - - -
Ellis, A.J. - - - - - - - -
Ethier, Andre - - - - .222 9 0 1
Furcal, Rafael - - - - .667 3 0 0
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - - - - -
Kemp, Matt - - - - .200 5 0 3
Loney, James - - - - .333 6 0 2
Martin, Russell - - - - .667 3 0 2
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .400 5 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - .300 10 0 1
Repko, Jason - - - - - - - -
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - - - - -

Dodgers feeling right at home (11-14) (18-8)

Dodgers 7, Padres 3

Empty in clutch

Corey Brock / MLB.com
In a moment that typified a tough series, the Padres left the bases loaded in the top of the sixth inning. In the bottom half of the inning, the Dodgers broke the game open with four runs, leaving the Friars with their fifth consecutive loss and 11th in their past 13 games.

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Series at a Glance

 

Perfect 10

Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
A four-run outburst with two outs in the sixth inning opened the floodgates for the Dodgers, who set a franchise record and tied the National League mark with 10 consecutive wins at home to open the season. Individually, starter Chad Billingsley improved to an NL-best 5-0.
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Dodgers 7, Padres 3

San Diego AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Giles, RF 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .158
Eckstein, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .273
Gerut, CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .233
Gonzalez, A, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .315
Headley, LF 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 .266
Gonzalez, Ed, 3B 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .194
Hundley, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .238
Rodriguez, L, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .232
Gaudin, P 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
  Lopez, A, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Burke, C, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .188
  Perdomo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Hairston, S, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .347
Totals 33 3 6 3 4 9 12  

a-Struck out for Lopez, A in the 7th. b-Grounded out for Perdomo in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Headley (5, Billingsley), Gonzalez, Ed (1, Billingsley).
HR: Giles (1, 7th inning off Billingsley, 0 on, 2 out), Gerut (3, 8th inning off Ohman, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Giles 4; Eckstein; Gerut 4; Gonzalez, A; Headley 2; Gonzalez, Ed 2.
RBI: Gonzalez, Ed (4), Giles (12), Gerut (7).
2-out RBI: Giles.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, L; Hundley 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Eckstein (1, 2nd base off Billingsley/Ausmus).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Giles (Loney at 2nd base).
DP: (Eckstein-Rodriguez, L-Gonzalez, A).
 
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .393
Hudson, O, 2B 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 .336
Ethier, RF 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .309
Loney, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .293
Kemp, CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .289
Loretta, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .391
  Ohman, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
  Troncoso, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ausmus, C 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .438
Castro, J, SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333
Billingsley, P 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .167
  Blake, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Totals 32 7 10 7 3 5 10  

BATTING
2B: Hudson, O 2 (8, Gaudin, Lopez, A), Ethier (7, Gaudin).
TB: Pierre 2; Hudson, O 4; Ethier 2; Loney; Ausmus; Castro, J 2; Billingsley.
RBI: Hudson, O 3 (15), Ethier (24), Loney (17), Billingsley (1), Pierre (3).
2-out RBI: Billingsley; Pierre; Hudson, O 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Billingsley; Ethier.
GIDP: Pierre.
Team RISP: 5-for-8.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ausmus (1, 2nd base off Gaudin/Hundley).
 
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Gaudin (L, 0-1) 5.2 8 6 6 3 5 0 5.06
Lopez, A 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 54.00
Perdomo 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.35
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Billingsley (W, 5-0) 7.0 4 2 2 4 8 1 2.21
Ohman 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5.19
Troncoso 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.08

Ohman pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP: Billingsley.
HBP: Loretta (by Gaudin).
Pitches-strikes: Gaudin 97-62, Lopez, A 12-6, Perdomo 21-13, Billingsley 111-65, Ohman 8-5, Troncoso 23-16.
Groundouts-flyouts: Gaudin 2-9, Lopez, A 0-1, Perdomo 3-3, Billingsley 5-8, Ohman 0-0, Troncoso 2-3.
Batters faced: Gaudin 27, Lopez, A 3, Perdomo 6, Billingsley 29, Ohman 2, Troncoso 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Lopez, A 2-2, Troncoso 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Kellogg. 1B: Mark Wegner. 2B: Rob Drake. 3B: Tim Timmons.
Weather: 73 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:47.
Att: 52,096.
May 3, 2009

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