Giants 9, Padres 3

October 3rd, 2009 Padres 2, Giants 0 San Francisco San Diegoab r h biab r h biVelez 2b 4 0 0 0 Gwynn cf3 1 1 0ATorrs lf 3 0 0 0 Eckstn 2b2 1 1 0PSndvl 3b 3 0 1 0 AdGnzl 1b4 0 3 1Uribe ss 4 0 0 0 Headly lf3 0 1 1Garko 1b 3 0 0 0 Venale rf4 0 0 0Rownd cf 3 0 0 0 Kzmnff 3b3 0 0 0Posey c 3 0 0 0 Hundly c4 0 0 0Schrhlt rf 3 0 0 0 ECarer ss3 0 0 0Cain p 1 0 0 0 LeBlnc p2 0 0 0JGzmn ph 1 0 1 0 Durang ph1 0 1 0Bmgrn p 0 0 0 0 MAdms p0 0 0 0FLewis ph 1 0 0 0 Macias ph1 0 0 0Joaquin p 0 0 0 0 H.Bell p0 0 0 0Totals 29 0 2 0 Totals30 2 7 2 San Francisco 000 000 000—0San Diego 101 000 00x—2LOB_San Francisco 4, San Diego 10. S_Gwynn. IP H R ER BB SOSan Francisco Cain L,14-8 5 6 2 2 1 5Bumgarner 2 1 0 0 2 1Joaquin 1 0 0 0 0 2San Diego LeBlanc W,3-1 7 2 0 0 1 8M.Adams H,15 1 0 0 0 0 2H.Bell S,42-48 1 0 0 0 1 2HBP_by Cain (Kouzmanoff), by Joaquin (E.Cabrera).

October 3rd, 2009 LeBlanc shuts down Giants in 2-0 Pads winSAN DIEGO — Left-hander Wade LeBlanc held San Francisco to two hits in seven innings and struck out a career-high eight to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-0 win over the Giants on Saturday night. The Padres improved to 37-24 since July 28, the fourth-best record in the major leagues during that span.

October 3rd, 2009 Towers: Never really told why Padres fired himSAN DIEGO — Kevin Towers says he really wasn't told why he was fired as general manager of the San Diego Padres, although he figures it's because CEO Jeff Moorad wanted his own guy in the job. "He never really told me exactly the reason why, but I've been around long enough to know why," Towers, who held the job for 14 seasons, said Saturday.

October 2nd, 2009 Source: Padres GM Towers is being firedSAN DIEGO — A person familiar with the decision says Kevin Towers, the longest-tenured general manager in the major leagues, is being fired by the San Diego Padres. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday night because the club hadn't made an announcement.

October 2nd, 2009 Giants 7, Padres 2 San Francisco San Diegoab r h biab r h biVelez 2b 5 1 0 1 ECarer ss4 0 0 0ATorrs rf-lf 5 0 1 2 Eckstn 2b4 0 0 0PSndvl 3b 4 1 1 1 AdGnzl 1b2 1 1 0Uribe ss 4 1 1 1 Headly 3b3 0 0 0Bowker lf 3 1 1 0 OSalazr lf4 0 1 1Garko ph 1 0 0 0 Venale rf4 0 0 0Romo p 0 0 0 0 HBlanc c4 1 1 1Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 Gwynn cf2 0 0 0Rownd cf 4 1 1 0 Correia p2 0 1 0Ishikaw 1b 3 1 1 1 R.Webb p0 0 0 0Posey c 4 1 1 0 EdGnzl ph1 0 0 0Zito p 2 0 0 0 Poreda p0 0 0 0Meddrs p 0 0 0 0 Frieri p0 0 0 0FLewis ph 1 0 0 0Runzler p 0 0 0 0Schrhlt rf 0 0 0 0Totals 36 7 7 6 Totals30 2 4 2 San Francisco 000 100 600—7San Diego 100 000 100—2E_E.Cabrera 2 (23). DP_San Francisco 1.

September 10th, 2009 Gonzalez leads Padres past Giants 4-2SAN FRANCISCO — Adrian Gonzalez homered and drove in three runs, helping the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 Wednesday. Wade LeBlanc (2-1) pitched a career-high seven innings to win his second straight start.

September 10th, 2009 Padres 4, Giants 2 San Diego San Franciscoab r h biab r h biECarer ss 4 2 1 0 ATorrs lf3 1 1 2Eckstn 2b 4 0 1 0 Velez ph-lf1 0 0 0AdGnzl 1b 4 1 2 3 FSnchz 2b4 0 0 0Headly 3b 5 0 2 0 Sandovl 1b3 0 1 0OSalazr lf 5 1 1 1 BMolin c4 0 2 0H.Bell p 0 0 0 0 Uribe 3b4 0 0 0Venale cf-rf 4 0 1 0 Renteri ss4 0 0 0EdGnzl rf 3 0 1 0 Rownd cf2 0 0 0Gwynn cf 1 0 0 0 Schrhlt rf2 1 1 0HBlanc c 1 0 1 0 Zito p0 0 0 0LeBlnc p 2 0 0 0 JGzmn ph1 0 0 0Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0 Joaquin p0 0 0 0Macias lf 0 0 0 0 Runzler p0 0 0 0Romo p0 0 0 0Frndsn ph1 0 0 0BrWlsn p0 0 0 0Totals 33 4 10 4 Totals29 2 5 2 San Diego 102 001 000—4San Francisco 002 000 000—2DP_San Diego 2, San Francisco 1. LOB_San Diego 10, San Francisco 4.

September 7th, 2009 Giants 9, Padres 4 San Diego San Franciscoab r h biab r h biECarer ss 4 0 0 0 Velez lf3 1 1 0Gwynn cf 4 0 0 0 FSnchz 2b4 0 2 0AdGnzl 1b 4 1 1 1 Sandovl 1b5 2 2 1Kzmnff 3b 4 0 0 0 BMolin c4 2 2 1Venale rf 4 2 2 0 Whitsd c0 0 0 0Macias lf 4 0 0 0 Uribe 3b4 3 3 5Hundly c 4 1 2 3 Renteri ss3 1 1 1LRdrgz 2b 3 0 0 0 Rownd cf4 0 1 0Richrd p 1 0 0 0 Joaquin p0 0 0 0OSalazr ph 0 0 0 0 Hinshw p0 0 0 0Russell p 0 0 0 0 MValdz p0 0 0 0Mujica p 0 0 0 0 ATorrs rf-cf4 0 1 0EdGnzl ph 1 0 0 0 Penny p3 0 0 0Gallghr p 0 0 0 0 Schrhlt rf1 0 0 0Headly ph 0 0 0 0Totals 33 4 5 4 Totals35 9 13 8 San Diego 000 011 002—4San Francisco 015 000 30x—9E_Renteria (13), F.Sanchez (4). LOB_San Diego 6, San Francisco 6.

September 7th, 2009 Uribe's 2 homers carry Giants over PadresSAN FRANCISCO — Juan Uribe homered twice, tripled and drove in five runs as Brad Penny dazzled again to win his home debut to lead the San Francisco Giants over the San Diego Padres 9-4 on Monday. The Giants remained two games back of the Rockies in the NL wild-card race after Colorado beat Cincinnati.

August 5th, 2009 Padres release Mark Prior after slow rehabSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres have released right-hander Mark Prior, whose once-promising career has been interrupted by two shoulder surgeries since April 2007. Prior had signed a minor league contract with the Padres in January.

July 18th, 2009 Padres recall Macias, option WebbSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres have recalled outfielder Drew Macias from Triple-A Portland for the fourth time this season. To make room on the roster, reliever Ryan Webb was optioned to the Beavers on Friday.

July 13th, 2009 Padres 10, Giants 4DP_San Diego 1. LOB_San Diego 6, San Francisco 6.

July 12th, 2009 Giants 2, Padres 1E_Whiteside (1). DP_San Francisco 1.

July 11th, 2009 Giants 8, Padres 0E_Gwynn (5), Uribe (5). LOB_San Diego 1, San Francisco 6.

July 8th, 2009 Padres designate RHP Silva for assignmentPHOENIX — The San Diego Padres have designated right-hander Walter Silva for assignment and called up infielder Craig Stansberry from Triple-A Portland. Silva was 0-2 with an 8.76 ERA in six starts for the Padres this season.