European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 12 2007 stars and stripes Page 29 one hit is enough for Well armed padres the associated press the Way the san Diego padres Are pitch ing they dont need much offence to win in fact two hits Are enough Chris Young out pitched san Francisco Matt Cain who allowed just one hit in seven innings but lost 10 to the padres on Pinch hitter Geoff Blums sacrifice Fly Mon Day night the padres won their third straight and handed former manager Bruce Bochy another loss while the padres had Only two hits their pitching continued to be lights out As Young Cla Meredith and Trevor Hoffman combined on a five hitter san Diego bullpen extended its season opening scoreless Streak to innings weve got great character in Here and i dont think were going to panic or worry especially in close Young said the Way Pur bullpen is we feel like if we can keep it close our bullpen is going to hold it for us then Well push across a few runs and win Young 10 allowed four hits in seven innings with five strikeouts and two walks you look at the history of Petco Park weve played a lot of these games Over the last three right fielder Brian Giles said after the padres played their fourth straight one run game at Home this season you really dont expect that to the giants lost their fourth straight and dropped to 16 their Only win was in the third game of a season opening series against the padres in san Francisco it was the third time since the giants moved to san Francisco in 1958 that they lost six of Lenny san Diego padres closer Trevor Hoffman is congratulated by Catcher Josh Bard after the padres 10 Victory Over the san Francisco giants in san Diego on monday the padres managed Only one hit in the game and their pitching staff ensured a third straight win their first seven games the other two times were 1967 and 1980 Bochy returned to Petco Park for the first time since jumping from san Diego where he managed for 12 seasons to the my West rival giants Cain 01 held the padres witless until Khalil Greene hit a Lead off double Down the Loftfield line in the seventh inning Russell Branyan walked and Jose Cruz or hit a sacrifice bunt before Blum hitting for Young hit a sacrifice Fly Down the Brightfield line to score Greene giants slugger Barry Bonds went ofor2 with two walks and remains 21 homers shy of breaking Hank Aarons record of 755 Hoffman pitched the ninth for his Sec Ond save in As Many chances and extended his career record to 484 Rockies g dodgers 3 Jeff Francis Al Lowed two runs in innings to help Colo Rado snap los Angeles fou game winning Streak and spoil the dodgers Home opener Garrett Atkins homered and drove in his first three runs of the season for Colorado Jason Schmidt making his second Start for los Angeles after signing a three year million contract in Decem ber left in the fifth with tightness in his right hamstring he said he just got a Little cramp in it marlins 5 Brewers 3 Miguel Cabrera hit his third Homer and drove in three runs and Host Florida beat Milwaukee for the ninth straight time Anibal Sanchez 10 allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings for the mar Lins and Rookie Henry Owens got the last three outs for his first career save diamondbacks 3 reds 2 Orlando Hud son hit a tie breaking Home run in the eighth inning and Host Arizona won its fifth straight game with two outs Hudson hit a 21 pitch from Kirk Saarloos 01 into the Loftfield bleachers to break a 22 tie Brandon Lyon 10 pitched a scoreless eighth inning retiring Alex Gonzalez on a liner to Center Field to leave the bases loaded and Jose Valverde got three outs for his fourth save in five opportunities Brandon Phillips flew out to the warning track in left with a runner on first for the final out of the game Yankees Pavano earns first Victory since 2005 the associated press Carl Pavano needed just 79 pitches to get a Victory he waited almost two years for Pavano threw seven efficient innings Alex Rodriguez homered for the third straight game and the new York Yankees beat the Minne Sota twins 82 monday night Pavano 10 gave up six hits and two runs for his first Victory since May some Days it feels like yester Day sometimes a said Pavano who signed a fou year Deal Worth just under million after the 2004 season Only to watch his opportunities Cut Short by shoulder Elbow and Back prob lems before pitching last week on opening Day Vavanos previous appearance was on june 27 2005 in excited to take this win and get he said some ones got to go out and do it in glad i was the according to the Elias sports Bureau Rodriguez became the first player in team history to hit five homers in the first six games he leads the majors in both homers and Bis with 13 Bobby Abreu went 3for5 with a Home run and four Bis for new York the Yankees lost three times last week setting a franchise record when each starter failed to reach the sixth inning during a Chilly Home stand that included one postponement for the first time we had a temperature the Guys could stay Loose said manager Joe Torre who raved about Vavanos Outing at the metronome he was great All game i was very proud of the Job he White sox 4 athletics 1 Scott Podsednik broke a tie with his fifth inning Solo Homer and Jim Thome also homered to help the White sox spoil Oakland Home opener Jose Contreras 11 bounced Back from an awful Outing on opening Day to pitch six effective innings As Chicago snapped a fou game losing Streak at Mcafee coliseum with Only its fifth win in 28 tries at Oakland since 2001 Blue jays 9 royals 1 Bur Nett and three relievers combined on a four hitter and Vernon Wells homered to help Toronto win its Home opener Lyle Overbay hit a three run double for the Al East leading Blue jays who have averaged seven runs a game in the first six games rangers 8 Devil rays 4 Ian Kinsler went 4for4 and drove Home the tie breaking run in the big inning for Host Texas Kinsler rib single in the sixth put the rangers ahead 32 and started a six run outburst with two outs he was the first of six straight batters that reached against two Tampa Bay relievers who didst record an out orioles 6 tigers 2 Daniel Cabrera allowed two runs in innings and Kevin Millar homered in a four run third inning for Host Baltimore Melvin Mora had two hits scored a run and drove in one for the orioles who have won three of four after an 03 Start Brian Roberts who came in batting 136 went 2for4 and scored twice Slarski stripes your Hometown newspaper Wanna learn video game design or get Cool games and swag i video game design training package from learn the hand stuff at tales from Trie crib