The Padres arrived in Seattle to face their natural rivals in the first three games of the 16th annual Vedder Cup. The took to the challenge, sweeping their first series of the year against the hated Mariners to grab a commanding three game to none lead in Vedder Cup competition.
They will face each other again a week from Friday at Petco Park after the Padres travel to Oakland on Friday for three games before heading home to face the Rangers for three games on Monday.
No team has ever come back from being down 3-0 to take the coveted Vedder Cup. The Padres will need just one more win to bring it back home where it belongs.
Belo is a game by game recap of the Padres domination over the Mariners at Safeco.
Tuesday June 13th, 2012
Padres 5, Mariners 4
WP Clayton Richard (3-7) 7IP 8H 1R 1ER 1BB 3K 0HR
LP Felix Hernandez (4-5) 6IP 9H 5R 5ER 3BB 3K 0HR
S Huston Street (6) 0.2 2H 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 0HR
Clayton Richard out-dueled Felix Hernandez as the Padres bullpen held on for dear life to beat the Mariners, 5-4 in game one of the Vedder Cup in Seattle on Tuesday night.
The Padres scrapped out the first run of the game when Everth Cabrera stole second after drawing a leadoff walk in the third. Chase Headley then singled on a soft fly ball to left, scoring Cabrera.
The Mariners answered back in the bottom of the fourth starting with back to back singles by Ichiro and Dustin Ackley. Ichiro advanced to third on a fly out by Jesus Montero and then scored on a soft grounder to second by Kyle Seager, tying the game at 1-1.
The Padres broke the game open in the top of the sixth beginning with Carlos Quentin’s leadoff walk followed by a single by Yonder Alonso. Quentin was forced out at third on a grounder hit by Chris Denorfia for the first out. Cameron Maybin then hit a single to centerfield scoring Alonso from second easily because of a wide throw to home by Michael Saunders. Nick Hundley then hit a grounder to right field to score Denorfia and send Maybin to third.
With Everth Cabrera up, Hernandez then threw a wild pitch, scoring Maybin. Everth then tripled to right center to give the Padres a whopping 5-1 lead. Catcher Miguel Olivo picked off Cabrera and then Will Venable struck out to end the rally.
Luke Gregerson replaced Richard and pitched a scoreless eighth inning. He also retired Miguel Olivo for the first out of the ninth. Bud Black chose to bring in Joe Thatcher who promptly surrendered a solo homer to Michael Saunders, cutting the lead to three. Thatcher gave up a ground-rule double to Chone Figgins prompting Black to bring in his closer, Huston Street for the save opportunity.
Munenori Kawasaki hit a line drive single to right, scoring Figgins. A single by Ichiro put runners at the corners with one out. Dustin Ackley then struck out swinging, but a wild pitch on strike three allowed the run to score and Ichiro to move into scoring position with Jesus Montero coming to the plate as the winning run. But Street got Montero to groundout to second to end the game with a 5-4 Padres win.
June 13th, 2012
Padres 1, Mariners 0
WP Jason Marquis (3-5) 6.1IP 6H 0R 0ER 4BB 4K 0HR
LP Hector Noesi (2-7) 7IP 5H 1R 1ER 3BB 5K 1HR
S Huston Street (7) 1IP 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 1K 0HR
After several balls died at the warning track in the Seattle nights air, Yonder Alonso was able to clear the fence for the game’s only run, giving the Padres a 1-0 victory on Wednesday night. Alonso deposited Hector Noesi’s first pitch in the seventh into the stands in left center for his second homer of the year.
Jason Marquis got his first Padres win after six and a third innings of six hit ball, striking out four while walking just as many. Marquis retired Michael Saunders on strikes for the first bout of the seventh before walking John Jaso and then giving up a single to Casper Wells. Munenori Kawasaki then grounded to Alexi Amarista who threw to first for the easy out, but Alonso dropped the ball to load the bases.
Bud Black then brought in Joe Thatcher and he induced a groundball to Chase Headley who forced out the lead runner at home for the second out. Thatcher then struck out Justin Ackley looking to end the threat with nobody scoring.
The next inning Thatcher got a lineout to short by Kyle Seager before Black brought in Luke Gregerson. Jesus Montero singled to right and then was removed for pinch-runner Chone Figgins. Justin Smoak then flew out to center for the second out. Saunders then singled to put the tying run on third. But Gregerson struck out Jaso swinging to end another Seattle threat.
The Padres loaded the bases with no outs to start the ninth with Cam Maybin up to bat. Maybin struck out and then Nick Hundley grounded into a 5-2-3 double-play to end the inning with no runs scored.
Huston Street came in and pitched a far less eventful ninth, retiring three straight batters for his seventh save in as many tries. The win won the series for the Padres with one game left and put them just two wins away from the coveted Vedder Cup.
June 14th, 2012
Padres 6, Mariners 2
WP Edinson Volquez (3-6) 4H 1R 1ER 4BB 6K 0HR
LP Erasmo Ramirez (0-1) 8H 5R 4ER 1BB 3K 0HR
Both teams managed just one hit until Chris Denorfia managed an infield single up the middle to start the fifth. Jesus Guzman then hit an opposite-field bloop single to right. John Baker then bunted it to the third base side where nobody fielded it, loading the bases.
Alexi Amarista smoked a line drive that was snared out of the air by Munenori Kawasaki at the apex of his leap for an amazing run-saving catch. But Will Venable hit a line drive to right on the first pitch he saw to give the Padres a 1-0 lead. Everth Cabrera then hit a sharp grounder to third-baseman Kyle Seager who threw to second baseman Dustin Ackley to attempt an inning-ending double-play. However, due to Will Venable’s excellent take-out slide, Ackley’s relay throw was wild and went past SJustin Smoak allowing both Denorfia and Baker to score and give the Padres a 3-0 lead.
The Padres kept it rolling by starting the sixth with six straight hits. Carlos Quentin and Yonder Alonso each singled before Denorfia double in Quentin. Alonso then scored on a Guzman single. Guzman was picked off for the first out but then Baker singled to score Denorfia. Amarista then singled before Venable and Cabrera struck out to end the inning.
The Mariners broke a 16 inning scoreless streak by the Padres pitching staff when Dustin Ackley hit a two out single off of Volquez with two on and two out in the seventh. Alex Hinshaw then came in and struck out Kyle Seager to strand both base runners to end the inning.
Dale Thayer came on in the eighth and walked two batters in walked two batters, threw a wild pitch and gave up a single to Franklin Gutierrez to cut the lead to four. After going 3-0 to Kawasaki, Thayer induced a popup to escape the inning with the Friars up 6-2.
Joe Thatcher pitched a perfect ninth to close out the game, leaving the Friars 3-0 lead in the Vedder Cup.
The Padres arrived in Seattle to face their natural rivals in the first three games of the 16th annual Vedder Cup. The took to the challenge, sweeping their first series of the year against the hated Mariners to grab a commanding three game to none lead in Vedder Cup competition.
They will face each other again a week from Friday at Petco Park after the Padres travel to Oakland on Friday for three games before heading home to face the Rangers for three games on Monday.
No team has ever come back from being down 3-0 to take the coveted Vedder Cup. The Padres will need just one more win to bring it back home where it belongs.
Belo is a game by game recap of the Padres domination over the Mariners at Safeco.
Tuesday June 13th, 2012
Padres 5, Mariners 4
WP Clayton Richard (3-7) 7IP 8H 1R 1ER 1BB 3K 0HR
LP Felix Hernandez (4-5) 6IP 9H 5R 5ER 3BB 3K 0HR
S Huston Street (6) 0.2 2H 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 0HR
Clayton Richard out-dueled Felix Hernandez as the Padres bullpen held on for dear life to beat the Mariners, 5-4 in game one of the Vedder Cup in Seattle on Tuesday night.
The Padres scrapped out the first run of the game when Everth Cabrera stole second after drawing a leadoff walk in the third. Chase Headley then singled on a soft fly ball to left, scoring Cabrera.
The Mariners answered back in the bottom of the fourth starting with back to back singles by Ichiro and Dustin Ackley. Ichiro advanced to third on a fly out by Jesus Montero and then scored on a soft grounder to second by Kyle Seager, tying the game at 1-1.
The Padres broke the game open in the top of the sixth beginning with Carlos Quentin’s leadoff walk followed by a single by Yonder Alonso. Quentin was forced out at third on a grounder hit by Chris Denorfia for the first out. Cameron Maybin then hit a single to centerfield scoring Alonso from second easily because of a wide throw to home by Michael Saunders. Nick Hundley then hit a grounder to right field to score Denorfia and send Maybin to third.
With Everth Cabrera up, Hernandez then threw a wild pitch, scoring Maybin. Everth then tripled to right center to give the Padres a whopping 5-1 lead. Catcher Miguel Olivo picked off Cabrera and then Will Venable struck out to end the rally.
Luke Gregerson replaced Richard and pitched a scoreless eighth inning. He also retired Miguel Olivo for the first out of the ninth. Bud Black chose to bring in Joe Thatcher who promptly surrendered a solo homer to Michael Saunders, cutting the lead to three. Thatcher gave up a ground-rule double to Chone Figgins prompting Black to bring in his closer, Huston Street for the save opportunity.
Munenori Kawasaki hit a line drive single to right, scoring Figgins. A single by Ichiro put runners at the corners with one out. Dustin Ackley then struck out swinging, but a wild pitch on strike three allowed the run to score and Ichiro to move into scoring position with Jesus Montero coming to the plate as the winning run. But Street got Montero to groundout to second to end the game with a 5-4 Padres win.
June 13th, 2012
Padres 1, Mariners 0
WP Jason Marquis (3-5) 6.1IP 6H 0R 0ER 4BB 4K 0HR
LP Hector Noesi (2-7) 7IP 5H 1R 1ER 3BB 5K 1HR
S Huston Street (7) 1IP 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 1K 0HR
After several balls died at the warning track in the Seattle nights air, Yonder Alonso was able to clear the fence for the game’s only run, giving the Padres a 1-0 victory on Wednesday night. Alonso deposited Hector Noesi’s first pitch in the seventh into the stands in left center for his second homer of the year.
Jason Marquis got his first Padres win after six and a third innings of six hit ball, striking out four while walking just as many. Marquis retired Michael Saunders on strikes for the first bout of the seventh before walking John Jaso and then giving up a single to Casper Wells. Munenori Kawasaki then grounded to Alexi Amarista who threw to first for the easy out, but Alonso dropped the ball to load the bases.
Bud Black then brought in Joe Thatcher and he induced a groundball to Chase Headley who forced out the lead runner at home for the second out. Thatcher then struck out Justin Ackley looking to end the threat with nobody scoring.
The next inning Thatcher got a lineout to short by Kyle Seager before Black brought in Luke Gregerson. Jesus Montero singled to right and then was removed for pinch-runner Chone Figgins. Justin Smoak then flew out to center for the second out. Saunders then singled to put the tying run on third. But Gregerson struck out Jaso swinging to end another Seattle threat.
The Padres loaded the bases with no outs to start the ninth with Cam Maybin up to bat. Maybin struck out and then Nick Hundley grounded into a 5-2-3 double-play to end the inning with no runs scored.
Huston Street came in and pitched a far less eventful ninth, retiring three straight batters for his seventh save in as many tries. The win won the series for the Padres with one game left and put them just two wins away from the coveted Vedder Cup.
June 14th, 2012
Padres 6, Mariners 2
WP Edinson Volquez (3-6) 4H 1R 1ER 4BB 6K 0HR
LP Erasmo Ramirez (0-1) 8H 5R 4ER 1BB 3K 0HR
Both teams managed just one hit until Chris Denorfia managed an infield single up the middle to start the fifth. Jesus Guzman then hit an opposite-field bloop single to right. John Baker then bunted it to the third base side where nobody fielded it, loading the bases.
Alexi Amarista smoked a line drive that was snared out of the air by Munenori Kawasaki at the apex of his leap for an amazing run-saving catch. But Will Venable hit a line drive to right on the first pitch he saw to give the Padres a 1-0 lead. Everth Cabrera then hit a sharp grounder to third-baseman Kyle Seager who threw to second baseman Dustin Ackley to attempt an inning-ending double-play. However, due to Will Venable’s excellent take-out slide, Ackley’s relay throw was wild and went past SJustin Smoak allowing both Denorfia and Baker to score and give the Padres a 3-0 lead.
The Padres kept it rolling by starting the sixth with six straight hits. Carlos Quentin and Yonder Alonso each singled before Denorfia double in Quentin. Alonso then scored on a Guzman single. Guzman was picked off for the first out but then Baker singled to score Denorfia. Amarista then singled before Venable and Cabrera struck out to end the inning.
The Mariners broke a 16 inning scoreless streak by the Padres pitching staff when Dustin Ackley hit a two out single off of Volquez with two on and two out in the seventh. Alex Hinshaw then came in and struck out Kyle Seager to strand both base runners to end the inning.
Dale Thayer came on in the eighth and walked two batters in walked two batters, threw a wild pitch and gave up a single to Franklin Gutierrez to cut the lead to four. After going 3-0 to Kawasaki, Thayer induced a popup to escape the inning with the Friars up 6-2.
Joe Thatcher pitched a perfect ninth to close out the game, leaving the Friars 3-0 lead in the Vedder Cup.
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