[nysmoneyman]

u know what to do or

[ryanXL977]

im on the over
and i never do over unders , well rarely anyhow

[nysmoneyman]

i'm also on the over...pens give runs up...both these teams can score in a hurry

[ryanXL977]

hope so

[ryanXL977]

not a good srart for the over

[ryanXL977]

not good at all

[nysmoneyman]

only the 3rd...the twins/white sox game got wild after the 6th last nite...hoping for the same

[ryanXL977]

thanks backe
now 7 more

nice nymoneyman

[nysmoneyman]

now the batters have seen the pitchers once and the starters arms should start to get tired...i hope...please

[ryanXL977]

well im in trouble with florida, if laa loses im in bigger trouble
than it comes down to sf or az

[nysmoneyman]

well im in trouble with florida, if laa loses im in bigger trouble
than it comes down to sf or az

The San Diego Padres were dominant at home against the San Francisco Giants last season, but that hasn't been the case so far in 2008.

The Padres will be looking to re-establish their home-field advantage over the Giants on Friday night when the bottom two teams in the NL West open a three-game series at Petco Park.

San Diego (42-67) went 8-1 at home against San Francisco last season, winning the last seven matchups at Petco while outscoring the Giants 32-14. However, the Giants (44-63) won the only two meetings of 2008 in San Diego, holding the Padres to two runs from April 23-24.

San Francisco has won five of the eight overall meetings this season despite being outscored 27-20.

The Padres dropped two of three to NL West-leading Arizona this week, including Wednesday's 7-3 defeat. San Diego, mired in last place in the division, managed only three runs in the final two games of the set and rank second-to-last in the majors with 414 this season.

San Francisco hasn't fared much better, having managed to score only 419 runs.

The Padres' defense also fell apart, as they committed seven errors in the series. Two miscues on Wednesday helped lead to a four-run fifth inning for the Diamondbacks.

"You've got to play better defense," said catcher Josh Bard, who was charged with one of the errors. "Mistakes will bite you."

The Padres were originally scheduled to have ace Jake Peavy on the mound for the opener, but he was moved back to Saturday after throwing 127 pitches in his last start.

Instead, San Diego will hand the ball to rookie Josh Banks (3-4, 3.92 ERA), who won for the first time in nearly two months on Saturday despite allowing five runs in 5 2-3 innings in a 9-6 victory in Pittsburgh. The right-hander, who yielded two homers for the third time in four starts, had gone 0-4 with a 5.03 ERA in eight outings since his last win on May 31 in San Francisco.

Banks threw his only career complete game in that start, yielding one unearned run in a 5-1 win.

The Giants will counter with Tim Lincecum (11-3, 2.78 ERA), who owns a 1.58 ERA and a 1-1 record in five career starts against the Padres. In three starts against San Diego this season, the right-hander is 1-0 with an 0.93 ERA.

Lincecum gave up two runs and struck out a career-high 13 but didn't get a decision in the Giants' 5-3 loss to Brandon Webb and Arizona on Saturday. Lincecum leads the NL with 156 strikeouts.

"I'm more concentrating on the task at hand," he said. "I'm not out there worrying about my strikeout totals or anything while we're in a game like that - especially a close one. It's more, 'Let's get out of these innings, let's get our bats going.' That's pretty much what I was trying to do."

The Giants dropped the final two games of their three-game series at Dodger Stadium, capped by Wednesday's 4-0 defeat. San Francisco, which lost for the fifth time in six games, fell 2-0 on Tuesday.

It was the second time in a month that the Giants suffered consecutive shutouts - they failed to score in back-to-back games against the Mets from July 8-9.

"We're getting shut down too frequently," manager Bruce Bochy told the Giants' official team Web site.

[ryanXL977]

2-2 baby
i just need the halos
thats all i need

[nysmoneyman]

4 total runs in the 4th...mets doing damage with 2 outs...love it

[ryanXL977]

now we are getting somwhere

3-2

[ryanXL977]

ok
starting to feel good now!

[capperwizzard]

Backe is due to give up a HR or 2 this game.

[nysmoneyman]

we will take it 3-2

[ryanXL977]

halfway there thru only 3.5 innings
not bad

lets get to 8 by the 6th

[nysmoneyman]

the beers on the east coast are ice cold tonite...hope yours are the same

[ryanXL977]

i will find out in about 1.5 hrs
but i am confident they will be amigo

[nysmoneyman]

pedro...yessssssssssssssss

[ryanXL977]

yee haw
3-3
so we know it will have to reach 7
lets get a few more
these pitchers suck so bad

[ryanXL977]

can we get to 10 by the 5th?

[nysmoneyman]

on the corners...lets get em in...2 outs

[nysmoneyman]

on the corners...lets get em in...2 outs

[ryanXL977]

now i am a bit concerned

[nysmoneyman]

2 on no outs

[nysmoneyman]

bases loaded no outs...NO DP

[ryanXL977]

we need at least 2 here

[ryanXL977]

jesus

[nysmoneyman]

crap...bases loaded no outs 3-3...2 outs 3-3

[ryanXL977]

well we had chances
plenty of em
this game will hit 7 i guess

[ryanXL977]

**** ME!

[nysmoneyman]

backup play of the nite...cashed in big time last nite with -1.5 and -2.5 (+240) twins winning 10-6...might be the nicest playout of the year for me...twins still have value

twins 4-1 mid 8th

Date placed:
Aug 01, 2008 8:02pSingle #118109019 Baseball - MLB (Game) Moneyline
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(928) Minnesota Twins -165* Fri@8:10p
Competitor927) Cleveland Indians

[ryanXL977]

twins never get credit
i dont know why

go dbacks