Giants vs. Padres - Box Score - April 24, 2008

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Young Strong, Hitters Not
Published 4/25/2008 by ryan at Friar Forum
Chris Young bounced back from recent outings with a very strong 7 inning, 121 pitch performance at Petco Park Thursday night. He fanned 10 while allowing a pair of hits, including a home run, the only blotch on his excellent line. Unfortunately, that single run represented more than the popless Friars could muster, tagging Young with a 1-0 loss. This despite the Padres finishing with 5 hits and 6 walks versus the Giants 3 and 3, respectively. Paul McAnulty once again started for ...

TDIB 25 April 2008
Published 4/25/2008 by Anders at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
... Finally the Giants took a 1-0 squeaker against the Padres today on a Rich Aurilia home run. Chris Young and Tim Lincecum combined for 19 k's. More hilariously, the Giants have now scored 71 runs in 23 games (3 fewer than the Padres who are second worst in the Majors.) 3.09 runs a game puts them on pace to score exactly 500 runs, which would be a historically terrible figure - I did some cursory checking, and no other team has been within 50 runs of that since at least 1989. Yes, it is early you say, but the Giants also batted Ray Durham cleanup today. Mind you this was only ...

4/24/08: Splendid
Published 4/25/2008 by E.L.M. at El Lefty Malo
... Giants 1, Padres 0: Tim Lincecum and the bullpen shut down the Pods. Rich Aurilia hits a home run. Brian Sabean leans back, rubs his hands together, and murmurs, "My plan is working to perfection!" ...