The three Padres pitchers performed well in the All-Star Game this evening, even though Chris Young took the loss.
Jake Peavy started the contest with a scoreless inning and only had difficulties with Bruce Froemming's postage stamp-sized strike zone. The home plate ump bothered Young, as well, who should have gotten out of the fifth inning without damage but for strikes that were called balls and a dropped throw from second base by Milwaukee first baseman Prince Fielder. Ichiro Suzuki then struck an inside the park home run that was not played well by Cincinnati's Ken Griffey. The hit came off what appeared to be a good pitch, too.
Trevor Hoffman then threw a scoreless eighth, allowing a double to Jorge Posada of the Yankees.
On to the second half of the regular season now, a section of the season in which I think the Padres will have to put up a record about five wins better than the first in order to make the playoffs.
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