San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants (10:15 pm ET, CSN)
San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants would love to take the lead in the series on Tuesday (10:15 pm ET, CSN), at AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA. Padres have 19-12 home, 8-7 away record and Giants have 18-12 away, 10-5 home record.
Into first place in the NL West, the San Diego Padres vaulted past the Giants, with a home sweep of San Francisco three weeks ago.
San Francisco hopes to reclaim the top spot as revenge, when the teams open a three-game set Tuesday night at AT&T Park. At Petco Park on April 19, The Giants (18-12) tied for the NL’s best record, two games ahead of the Padres. San Francisco departed in second place, after three straight losses and went 1 for 23 with runners in scoring position.
Zito is a big reason why, the Giants are in position to reclaim the top position on Tuesday although San Diego (19-12) still holds the top spot. He (5-0, 1.49 ERA) has won five straight decisions and is off to the best start of his career. Zito did allowed one run in 7 1/3 innings of a 2-1 loss to Los Angeles. To a .182 average, the left-hander has limited opponents and it is second-lowest in the league. With a 3-2 win over Florida, he yielded one run in seven innings.
San Diego’s Wade LeBlanc (2-0, 1.16) has had a great start to 2010. He came to replace Chris Young and has been one of the top pitchers. Last Tuesday, he gave up two runs in six innings of a 3-2 victory over Colorado. In 13 starts, LeBlanc entered this season with four wins where half of the victories came against the Giants. In those two wins, he posted a 1.29 ERA.
On Sunday, the Padres lost 4-3 to Houston in 11 innings. Adrian Gonzalez, in his last 10 games had one RBI and 5 for 33 with no extra-base hits. In a 6-5 win over New York on Sunday, Aaron Rowand hit a go-ahead, two-run homer. In the last six games, the center fielder batted .357 with three homers and 11 RBIs. Rowand, with a fractured cheekbone missed the San Diego series last month.
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