European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 37 padres Peavy shuts Down struggling cards re hot Pitcher strikes out 10 for fourth straight Start the associated press a matchup with Jake Peavy want exactly the antidote for a struggling Louis cardinals of Peavy became the first Pitcher in san Diego franchise history to strike out at least 10 in four straight holding the Cardi nals to three hits in seven score less innings and leading the padres to a 70 Victory Over the de fending world series champions on Friday he was filthy out said Albert who went today was the first time i saw the Ball real Well against him and i still  get it was the first time the teams met since the cardinals eliminated the padres from last years division series in four in the cardinals swept the padres out of the it turned out a lot different than the playoff series opener Here last when Pujols hit a two run Homer off Peavy to launch the cardinals to a 51 Peavy who is 02 with a Era in two career postseason starts against the was lights out Friday strik ing out 10 and walking Only Hes struck out 46 in 28 innings Over four a Span in which Hes 21 with a it was a Good Peavy we needed a Good Start from our starter and i was glad i was Able to get its just a Good team san Diego listless offence came alive on a Windy evening at Petco Russell Branyan hit a pair of two run homers and Khalil Greene drove in two including on a Solo As the padres snapped a three game losing Roundup Kip Wells 17 had another rough Start for allowing four runs and seven hits in six in he struck out eight and walked he picked up his major league leading seventh loss and tied his career High with his sixth straight in his last four the cardinals have been outscored mets Brewers 4 David Carlos Delgado and Damion Easley homered to help Host new York snap Milwaukee six game winning Jorge Sosa 20 won his Sec Ond straight Start since coming Back from the minors and beat Jeff Suppan who pitched at Shea stadium for the first time since helping the Louis Cardi nals win game 7 of last years no championship new York won for the seventh time in nine games and cooled off the hottest team in the Milwaukee came to town with a big league est 2410 record and had won 10 of Geoff Prince fielder and Hardy homered for the whose seven game Lead in the no Central was the franchises largest since divisional play began in Phillies cubs 2 Pat Burrell homered twice and drove in five runs and Cole Hamels pitched seven Strong innings for Host Phil the much maligned Burrellen tired with Only one Homer and 11 Bis in 97 but he connected twice off Rich Hill Hamels 51 allowed two runs on Solo homers by Alfonso Sori Lenny san Diego Jake Peavy reacts to one of his 10 strikeouts in the seventh inning of fridays game against it was the fourth straight Start that Peavy has struck out at least a franchise Ano and Aramis Ramirez and seven he struck out seven and walked braves pirates 1 at Pitts Andrew Jones and Jeff Francoeur homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth inning to help Atlanta end its longest Streak without a Homer in 24 the braves won their fourth straight despite the 72inning Homer the teams Long est since a 13game Streak in Kyle Davies 11 limited the pirates to one run and seven hits Over seven pirates starter Zach Duke 14 allowed four runs and nine hits in manager Bobby Cox tied Sparky Anderson for fourth place in career victories with nationals marlins o Shawn Hill threw five no hit innings be fore leaving with a sore right helping Host Washington end an eight game losing Hill 33 walked two and re tired the other 15 batters he he took the Mound to Start the but left without throwing a Hill will have an Fri exam on monday and probably will be shut Down for a week to 10 team doctor Ben Shaffer Ryan Church drove in washing tons first two runs off Scott Olsen 33 with a groundnut in the first and a double in the diamondbacks astros 1 Brandon Webb pitched his sixth career Complete game and hous ton native Chris Young homered twice to Lead visiting Arizona to the Chad Tracy added an rib Dou ble off Houston starter Chris Sampson and the Diamond backs won for the fourth time in five Webb 32 allowed five struck out 10 and walked giants Rockies 3 at Den san Francisco Tim Lincecum earned his first major league the hard throwing Lincecum 10 gave up seven hits in seven he struck out six and walked one in his second major league Colorado Josh Fogg 14 took a no hitter into the sixth inning Only to see it san Francisco teed off on the Rockies bullpen once Fogg was the giants had four hits against Fogg and seven off the Rockies dodgers reds 0 Randy Wolf struck out a season High 11 in seven innings and Host los an Geles picked up its seventh consecutive Victory Over Wolf 43 allowed four hits and walked none in winning for the first time since april 20 against reds starter Bronson Arroyo 23 gave up two runs and six hits in six walked four and struck out the right hander twice loaded the bases in the the first time Russell Martin drove in two runs the second time Adam Laroche struck out to end the Brewers current team already drawing comparisons to 1982 from Back Page could the double play combination of Hardy and Rickie weeks be the next Yount and Jim Gantner there Are a lot of fun compari Melvin but were still building this team to take a run at it for a few its not a oneyear Yost said its not appropriate to com pare who just had his 19game hitting Streak to dont think that he Hast carried us to this hot him and and you need you need Guys getting hot like Yost but to Start comparing him to Hall of Fame Guys is ridiculous right since the Brewers have not had a winning much less a play off Geoff Jenkins knows that better than any current As a Young Prospect thrown into the fire in the Ett fielder experienced most of the 820 losses by the Brewers from in the past weve had some just Hor Rible you come to the its july and youre already out of the Jenkins this is a different different different set of Guys and were just going out there and having Jenkins had a Chance to leave through free but stayed after the organization told him to be patient and wait for upcoming prospects first round picks Hardy fielder 2002 and weeks at his first Spring fielder said Jenkins told the youngsters Why he had he told you Guys Are going to be the in just going to be Here just to be the glue to keep us to fielder it was pretty and we just stuck with seven of the Brewers nine opening Day starters came up through the farm including add in a third year investment banker Mark who provided another million to help sign Hall to an Extension and add starter Jeff and the Brewers payroll is now no team that spent less than million last year had a winning former Allstar closer and current setup Man Derrick Turnbow said its about More than a measure in which Milwaukee never will compete against some of the other major league if it was strictly based on payroll and the Yankees would be winning it every that just not the Way it works every team has a Chance to win Turnbow melvins track record for trades has been he acquired Start ers Dave Bush and Claudio Vargas in of season and obtained Cordero from Texas for Carlos Yost acknowledges he loves the famous Ball and Glove Caps donned Back in and again this season on Retro but he prefers to look Forward instead of Back a Quarter Cen theres a part of me that wants to take our current logo and do some thing special with he Darren Ben sheets is the Ace of the Brewers pitching