Extended Box
MONTREAL (0) VS SAN DIEGO (3) - FINAL
MONTREAL ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Chavez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150
O Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .271
J Vidro 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .254
B Wilkerson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .197
T Batista 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .229
M Cepicky lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217
R Calloway rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .063
B Schneider c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .241
J Patterson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125
S Kim p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Sledge ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .103
C Bentz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 0 4 0 0 2 7
a-singled to left for S Kim in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - T Batista (2, I Valdez); B Schneider (2, I Valdez). Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - R Calloway 1, J Patterson 1. Team LOB - 4.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (O Cabrera-J Vidro-B Wilkerson).
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Burroughs 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .321
M Loretta 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 .365
B Giles rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .189
P Nevin 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .310
R Klesko lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .277
K Robinson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
J Payton cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .250
M Ojeda c 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .316
K Greene ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .275
I Valdez p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 3 8 3 3 8 12
BATTING: 2B - M Loretta (6, S Kim). HR - M Loretta (4, 1st inning off
J Patterson 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Loretta 2 (14), M Ojeda (4). 2-out RBI -
M Ojeda. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Nevin 1, K Greene 3. GIDP -
P Nevin. Team LOB - 7.
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MONTREAL - 000 000 000 -- 0
SAN DIEGO - 200 100 00x -- 3
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MONTREAL ip h r er bb so hr era
J Patterson (L, 1-2) 5 2/3 7 3 3 1 8 1 3.57
S Kim 1 1/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.56
C Bentz 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.43
C Cordero 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
I Valdez (W, 3-0) 8 4 0 0 0 2 0 2.42
T Hoffman (S, 4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.57
IBB - B Giles (by S Kim). Pitches-strikes: J Patterson 115-76; S Kim 23-11;
C Bentz 4-3; C Cordero 7-4; I Valdez 112-76; T Hoffman 12-8. Ground balls-fly
balls: J Patterson 5-4; S Kim 1-3; C Bentz 0-1; C Cordero 0-2; I Valdez 9-13;
T Hoffman 1-2. Batters faced: J Patterson 24; S Kim 7; C Bentz 1; C Cordero 2;
I Valdez 28; T Hoffman 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Jeff Nelson. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Joe Brinkman.
T--2:31. Att--25,473.
Weather: 69 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, out to right.
How They Scored
SAN DIEGO 1ST: S Burroughs singled to center. M Loretta homered to left,
S Burroughs scored. B Giles flied out to right. P Nevin struck out looking.
R Klesko flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 0, SAN DIEGO 2.
SAN DIEGO 4TH: B Giles singled to center. P Nevin grounded into double
play, shortstop to second to first, B Giles out at second. R Klesko singled to
center. J Payton walked, R Klesko to second. M Ojeda singled to right center,
R Klesko scored, J Payton to third. K Greene struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) MONTREAL 0, SAN DIEGO 3.
Game Story
SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Ismael Valdez is pitching like a changed
man.
Valdez scattered four hits over eight brilliant innings and Mark
Loretta hit a two-run homer to lift the San Diego Padres to a
3-0 victory over the Montreal Expos.
Without a winning record since going 11-10 in 1998 for the Los
Angeles Dodgers, Valdez changed the spelling of his last name
from Valdes in the offseason.
The new Valdez (3-0) certainly looks different as he won his
third straight start. He limited baseball's most anemic offense
to two singles and a pair of doubles, striking out two without a
walk.
"That was very impressive," Padres manager Bruce Bochy said. "He
had all of his stuff working and great command. He's done a
great job since he's been in the rotation. He located his
fastball very well, had a very good changeup and a good breaking
ball. He just mixed it up and did a great job of pitching."
Valdez changed roles too this season, starting out the year in
the bullpen before getting a spot in the rotation when Sterling
Hitchcock went down with a ribcage injury.
"I'm very happy to help the team any way I can, out of the pen
or from the starting rotation, Valdez said. "There's no doubt
in my mind that Sterling Hitchcock would do the same thing. I
think tonight pretty much everything was working well for me."
Trevor Hoffman worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
"It's hard to judge an opposing pitcher the way we're going,
Expos manager Frank Robinson said. "Everybody who goes out there
against us looks good."
Loretta gave Valdez all the offense he needed in the bottom of
the first with his fourth homer of the season. He has hit
safely in 19 of 21 games this season.
"I was battling there 2-2, and he threw an inside fastball for a
strike and I was able to get the barrel on it," Loretta said.
Expos starter John Patterson (1-2) gave up three runs and seven
hits before leaving with two outs in the sixth with a strained
right groin. He walked one and matched a career high with eight
strikeouts.
Patterson settled down after Loretta's homer, retiring the next
nine batters.
"What more can you ask your pitchers to do?" lamented Robinson.
"There is nothing more they can do.(Patterson) just made one
mistake tonight on the pitch to Loretta. We're asking our
pitchers to be perfect, but they're not going to be perfect.
Montreal was shut out for the sixth time this season and has
scored just 36 runs in 21 games.
"I'll take anybody that can hit anything," Robinson said.
"It's still a big-league team," Valdez said. "They've got
experience, and unfortunately they're going through a hard time
right now, but I think they're gonna get better. Hopefully not
against us."
