Brown Replaces Ramon Martinez

Petco Park is not supposed to be a hitter's park but Chase Utley and Ryan Howard's back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning would have you think otherwise. The power shots helped the Phillies build a 4-1 lead on the host San Diego Padres and the team held on for a 5-3 road win.The best road team in baseball got a solid outing from Joe Blanton, who pitched seven innings...

JA Happ should have been the fifth starter from the beginning. Or so it would seem as the Phillies completed a three game sweep of the San Diego Padres, winning last night by a score of 5-1.Happ pitched seven brilliant innings, allowed zero runs to score, walked only two batters and struck out four. Defensively the Phillies were outstanding last night as well. Everybody was chipping...

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- San Diego, CA - The San Diego Padres announced today that right-handed pitcher Mat Latos and outfielder Mike Baxter have been named the club's minor league pitcher and player of the month for May ...

PADRES REPORT: Chase Headley has become an expert on May Gray around San Diego. "This has been a horrible month," the left fielder says. – On Deck: Young vs. Happ

PADRES REPORT: For Will Venable, the timing of the call couldn't have been better.

The Phillies jump on ailing Padres ace Jake Peavy, who comes out after one inning in a 10-5 pounding at Petco Park. – Box score | Photo gallery | MLB video

The Phillies go for their fourth road sweep of the season in the series finale against the San Diego Padres. The bullpen will have an extra arm to rely on as J.C. Romero is available for the first time in the 2009 season, having paid his suspension time in full.Romero is a welcome addition to the bullpen. the bullpen has pitched well over all lately but during Romero's suspension...

Philadelphia Phillies (29-20) at San Diego Padres (25-26) Antonio Bastardo vs. Jake Peavy (5-5, 3.67 ERA) Time: 10:05 p.m. at PETCO Park, San Diego, Calif. Weather: Partly sunny, 66 TV: Comcast SportsNet Twitter: Phillies Nation In a crazy but appropriate storyline, Antonio Bastardo makes his major league debut tonight, against Jake Peavy and the Padres. Think about this: It’...

For those of us who thought Javier Valentin should be called up to replace Ramon Martinez, we can scratch him from the list. Valentin played third base, for the second straight game but left after three at-bats with shoulder soreness. While he wouldn't have been an ideal move because of positional redundancy ( C, 1B, 3B) but he was the best available bat, hitting .333.The question...

Mets.com reports that Mets backup shortstop, Ramon Martinez was removed from the Mets’ 3-1 loss to the Pirates on Tuesday night at PNC Park after the fifth inning, when he suffered a dislocated left pinky on an awkward, but successful slide into the plate. Martinez’s scored on a sacrifice fly by Luis Castillo. His slide was [...]