San Diego Padres defeat LA Dodgers 6-1. On this day, the Dodger pitching couldn’t mask the somnambulant offense. Coming into this game the Dodgers starters had a 0.21 ERA in their last six starts giving up only one earned run in 43 innings. Well that streak had to end at some point with starter Hiroki Kuroda (L, 8-9) giving up three runs, the first runs since Vicente Padilla gave up a homer to Puma Shoes Sale of the New York Mets on Friday night. His inexplicable inability to throw a strike in the sixth inning led to his downfall when he gave up two runs to give the Padres the 2-1 lead. After a leadoff to Scott Hairston in the seventh inning, Kuroda was lifted. Hairston eventually scored on his brother Jerry’s double off of Jeff Weaver to give the Padres the 3-1 lead and tagging Kuroda with three earned runs. Jerry Hairston would score Chris Denorfia’s single off of Weaver for the 4-1 lead.
Travis Schlichting gave up two more runs in the eighth inning. Padres starter Clayton Richard (W, 8-5) and the Padres bullpen frustrated the Dodgers hitters after Jamey Carroll hit an RBI single in the third inning retiring the last 19 batters. On a positive note for the Cheap Puma Shoes, beleaguered reliever George Sherrill got two outs on the two batters he faced in the seventh inning sandwiched between Kuroda and Weaver. This is the second game appearance where he did not yield a walk or a hit.
Boston Red Sox defeat LA Angels 7-3. Ten minutes before the game, scheduled Angels starter Joel Pineiro was pulled with a left oblique strain that will keep him out for six to eight weeks. Reliever Scot Shields was pressed to make his 15th start of his career and first Puma running Shoes since 2003. While he lasted only 1 2/3 innings, the Angels bullpen had actually kept the team in the game with a 3-3 tie into the eighth inning. Then Fernando Rodney (L, 4-1) thanks to two walks and a bunt single to load the bases eliminated all of that with one pitch to Marco Scutaro that landed in the left field seats for the grand slam and the Red Sox 7-3 lead. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett (W, 2-1) and the return of his fastball kept the Angels to only three runs for his first win since April 10 in Kansas City.