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The
San Diego Padres
will send resurgent
Chan Ho Park
to the mound when they continue a three-game series against the
Seattle Mariners
at Petco Park on Saturday.
Park (5-3, 4.15 ERA) is 3-0 with a 2.84 ERA over his last four starts. He gave up three runs and five hits over 6 2-3 innings
to earn the victory in a 7-3 win over the
Los Angeles Angels
on Sunday.
The veteran right-hander is making his second start of the year against the Mariners (36-39) after he was tagged for 10 earned
runs - the most he's allowed since June 21, 1998 - over 5 1-3 innings in a 10-8 loss on May 21.
''All I could do is get more innings to save the bullpen,'' said Park, who had been 4-0 with a 1.71 ERA in his previous five
starts against Seattle.
He wasn't the only starter to have trouble for San Diego (39-34) when it was swept May 19-21 at Safeco Field. The Mariners
batted .308 with six homers and scored 23 runs.
Jake Peavy
and two relievers combined to defeat Seattle on Friday, scattering eight hits in a 2-1, 10-inning victory. Peavy recorded
nine of Seattle's 12 strikeouts and the Mariners failed to homer against the Padres for the first time this year.
San Diego's
Brian Giles
singled home
Rob Bowen
with the winning run in the 10th inning after throwing out
Richie Sexson
at the plate in the ninth.
''I'm just trying to stick my big body right on top of home plate and make sure no one scores,'' said Bowen who survived his
collision with the 6-foot-8 Sexson. ''I set up for the worse case scenario. So I'm going to make sure that I hold on to the
ball whether he runs me over or tries to slide around me or do whatever.
''I'm just getting ready. In that situation you can't think about who's running, you just have to hold on to the ball.''
Giles has hit safely in seven straight games, going 13-for-28 with six RBIs.
Mike Cameron
added a solo homer against his former team for San Diego, which improved to 15-9 in one-run games this year. The NL West-leading
Padres have won seven of their last 10 games.
Sexson was hitless in four at-bats and fell to 1-for-15 against San Diego this season. He's batting a career-low .211 this
year.
Ichiro Suzuki
and
Jose Lopez
combined to go 1-for-8 in Friday's loss for the Mariners. Suzuki and Lopez went 9-for-26 in May against the Padres.
The Mariners have lost two straight after starting 8-0 in interleague play. They've lost seven of their last nine games at
San Diego.
Seattle starter
Jamie Moyer
(4-6, 3.58) is 0-3 with a 7.00 ERA over his last three outings on the road. He's 5-5 with a 4.07 ERA in 13 career starts against
the Padres.
Moyer beat San Francisco in his last outing by giving up one run and six hits over eight innings in a 5-1 victory on Sunday.
He did not issue a walk for only the third time in 15 starts.
The 43-year-old left-hander is 15-7 with a 2.57 ERA in his career in interleague play.
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