First Homestand closes out at 4-3

It should have been a clean sweep, but the baseball gods were not on the Padres side on Wednesday night game. Oh I am not complaining, I like the fact the Padres took 3 out of 4 from the Astros. The first two games, Astros were completely dominated by Cy Young Jake Peavy and Chris Young. Both pitchers gave up some base on balls (BB) and should improve on that statistic, which were the only blemish on their starts. The offense showed good signs but it is way too early to say this Padres team will be better offensively. The Astros pitching staff is not one that fears the opponents.

The series against our divisional hated rivals to the north, the Los Angeles Dodgers proved one thing. The Bums to the north, did nothing to beat us ! Unfortunately, our bullpen oddly enough the strength of the Padres team had let the franchise down not once but twice in the series. In fact, if you take into consideration the Astros series, the bullpen had allowed 6 bases on balls, of which 3 had been the first batter of the inning. Padres closer Trevor Hoffman had given up 2 first batter walks in the two losses. On the offensive side, the Padres in the last game of the series had runners on 3rd base with less than 2 outs and never scored. As I had said earlier, its still too early and the dynamics of the season is yet to unfold. But one thing is for sure, games that are won now can not be taken away from you when you need them in August/September during the dog days in the stretch run for the division title. The Padres can not afford to beat themselves and let teams develop confidence. With that being said, the bullpen has time to correct their issues --Base on Balls--.