"The Padres won for the 12th time in 15 games, overcoming a combined three-hitter by Al Leiter and John Riedling....Padres pitchers retired the last 12 batters in a row....The Marlins have scored just six runs in Leiter's four losses, and just 21 total in his seven starts....The Marlins' 2-7 record in one-run games is the worst in the NL." (Yahoo AP)
"In two games, Padres pitchers have held the Marlins to two hits in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position. Just two of the Marlins' last 20 batters reached base....Though he held the Padres to two runs on three hits, Leiter did walk five during the 106-pitch outing....He threw first-pitch strikes to just nine of 24 batters. Three of the first four he faced had 3-0 counts and two of them walked. Eleven Padres hitters worked three-ball counts, but for he most part Leiter stayed out of trouble. The Padres drew a walk in all but one of Leiter's six innings, but only one came around to score....(The San Diego Chicken) put on a better show than anyone wearing a visitors' uniform." (SunSentinel)
"(Trevor Hoffman) needed four pitches to retire the side in order for his 11th save, and second in as many nights....For the third straight game, the Marlins have failed to score more than two runs....Saturday marks the first time the Marlins have dropped a series to the Padres in San Diego since they went 1-2 in 2000...McKeon said,'Let's face it, you have to ask the hitting coach [Bill Robinson] about the hitters. I'm tired of answering it.'" (MLB)
Maverick says it's decision time on Mike Lowell. (MaverickBall)
And, needless to say, the Braves won, too. (Yahoo)
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