Padres Break Out the Brooms

Following Kevin Towers comments that the team had been "embarassing" over the 24 game stratch where the team went 4-20; the San Diego Padres completed a 3 game sweep of the visiting Cincinnati Reds Sunday. Jakre Peavy threw a complete game, allowing just one run on four hits, striking out eight and walking zero. Only rookie Chris Dickerson was able to put the bat on the ball well against Peavy, going 2-4 with a double and a solo homerun in the 6th. The Padres brought in just over 79,100 fans for the series. They open a 3 game home series with Giants on Tuesday with Chris Young oppossing Barry Zito. Hopefully the Padres can get a couple wins in this series and carry some momentum into the weekend hosting the Chicago Cubs. That will be an important home series as far as attendance goes for the Padres, as that may be the determining factor in whether or not stars are dealt.