2007 San Diego Padres season

The 2007 San Diego Padres season was the 39th season in franchise history. It began with the Padres' attempt to win a third consecutive National League West title. After finishing the regular season with 89 wins and 73 losses, they were in a tie with the Colorado Rockies for both the NL wild card and second place in the NL West, they were defeated in a tie-breaker which placed them third overall in the division and out of playoff competition.

2007 San Diego Padres
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Petco Park
City	San Diego, California
Record	89–74 (.546)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	John Moores
General managers	Kevin Towers
Managers	Bud Black
Television	4SD Matt Vasgersian, Mark Grant, Tony Gwynn Cablemas (Spanish)
Radio	XX Sports Radio Ted Leitner, Jerry Coleman, Andy Masur XEMO-AM (Spanish)
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Terry B. Kraft, commanding officer of USS Ronald Reagan, throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a 2007 game honoring the ship.

Offseason

• November 8, 2006: Kevin Kouzmanoff was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Andrew Brown to the San Diego Padres for Josh Barfield.^[1]
• December 20, 2006: Marcus Giles was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[2]
• January 3, 2007: Pete LaForest was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	90	72	.556	—	50‍–‍31	40‍–‍41
Colorado Rockies	90	73	.552	½	51‍–‍31	39‍–‍42
San Diego Padres	89	74	.546	1½	47‍–‍34	42‍–‍40
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	80	.506	8	43‍–‍38	39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants	71	91	.438	19	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2007
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	AL
Arizona	—	4–2	4–2	2–4	8–10	6–1	5–2	8–10	2–5	3–4	5–1	5–4	10–8	10–8	4–3	6–1	8–7
Atlanta	2–4	—	5–4	1–6	4–2	10–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	9–9	9–9	5–1	5–2	4–3	3–4	11–7	4–11
Chicago	2–4	4–5	—	9–9	5–2	0–6	8–7	2–5	9–6	2–5	3–4	8–7	3–5	5–2	11–5	6–1	8–4
Cincinnati	4–2	6–1	9–9	—	2–4	4–3	4–11	2–4	8–7	2–5	2–4	9–7	2–4	4–3	6–9	1–6	7-11
Colorado	10–8	2–4	2–5	4–2	—	3–3	3–4	12–6	4–2	4–2	4–3	4–3	11–8	10–8	3–4	4–3	10–8
Florida	1–6	8–10	6–0	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	4–3	2–5	7–11	9–9	3–4	3–4	1–6	2–4	8–10	9–9
Houston	2–5	3–3	7–8	11–4	4–3	3-2	—	4–3	5–13	2–5	3–3	5–10	4–3	2–4	7–9	2–5	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	3–4	5–2	4–2	6–12	3–4	3–4	—	3–3	5–5	4–2	5–2	8–10	10–8	3–3	5–1	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	2–5	6–9	7–8	2–4	5–2	13–5	3–3	—	2–4	3–4	10–6	2–5	4–5	7–8	4–2	8–7
New York	4–3	9–9	5–2	5–2	2–4	11–7	5–2	5–5	4–2	—	6–12	4–2	2–4	4–2	5–2	9–9	8–7
Philadelphia	1-5	9–9	4–3	4–2	3–4	9–9	3–3	2–4	4–3	12–6	—	4–2	4–3	4–4	6–3	12–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	4–5	1–5	7–8	7–9	3–4	4–3	10–5	2–5	6–10	2–4	2–4	—	1–6	4–2	6–12	4–2	5–10
San Diego	8–10	2–5	5–3	4–2	8–11	4–3	3–4	10–8	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	14–4	3–4	4–2	6–9
San Francisco	8–10	3–4	2–5	3–4	8–10	6–1	4–2	8–10	5–4	2–4	4–4	2–4	4–14	—	4–1	3–4	5–10
St. Louis	3–4	4–3	5–11	9–6	4–3	4-2	9–7	3–3	8–7	2–5	3–6	12–6	4–3	1–4	—	1–5	6–9
Washington	1–6	7–11	1–6	6–1	3–4	10-8	5–2	1–5	2–4	9–9	6–12	2–4	2–4	4–3	5–1	—	9–9

Roster

2007 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 21,42 Heath Bell 26 Doug Brocail 41 Kevin Cameron 40 Jack Cassel 57 Justin Germano 45 Justin Hampson 52 Clay Hensley 51 Trevor Hoffman 49 Wilfredo Ledezma 38 Scott Linebrink 30 Greg Maddux 43 Cla Meredith 44 Jake Peavy 57,77 Aaron Rakers 40 Royce Ring 54 Tim Stauffer 50 Joe Thatcher 39 Mike Thompson 33 Brett Tomko 33 David Wells 32 Chris Young		Catchers 28 Josh Bard  4 Michael Barrett 14 Rob Bowen 53 Pete Laforest Infielders 27 Geoff Blum 34 Russell Branyan  2 Morgan Ensberg 22 Marcus Giles 23 Adrián González  3 Khalil Greene 16 Chase Headley  5 Kevin Kouzmanoff 13 Óscar Robles 11 Craig Stansberry		Outfielders  7 Hiram Bocachica 15 Milton Bradley 25,42 Mike Cameron 12 Brady Clark  9 José Cruz Jr. 24 Brian Giles 14 Scott Hairston  7 Jason Lane 10 Rob Mackowiak 18 Paul McAnulty  8 Terrmel Sledge Other batters  1 Drew Macias 26 Colt Morton  9 Brian Myrow		Manager 20 Bud Black Coaches 48 Darrel Akerfelds (bullpen) 36 Darren Balsley (pitching) 16 Craig Colbert (bench) 47 Glenn Hoffman (third base) 29 Wally Joyner (hitting) 17 Bobby Meacham (first base) 11 Merv Rettenmund (hitting)

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders are in bold.

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Josh Bard	118	389	111	.285	5	51
1B	Adrián González	161	646	182	.282	30	100
2B	Marcus Giles	116	420	96	.229	4	39
SS	Khalil Greene	153	611	155	.254	27	97
3B	Kevin Kouzmanoff	145	484	133	.275	18	74
LF	Termel Sledge	100	200	42	.210	7	23
CF	Mike Cameron	151	571	138	.242	21	78
RF	Brian Giles	121	483	131	.271	13	51

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Geoff Blum	122	330	83	.252	5	33
José Cruz Jr.	91	256	60	.234	6	21
Milton Bradley	42	144	45	.313	11	30
Michael Barrett	44	133	30	.226	0	12
Russell Branyan	61	122	24	.197	7	19
Scott Hairston	31	87	25	.287	8	20
Rob Bowen	30	82	22	.268	2	11
Hiram Bocachica	27	63	15	.238	1	2
Morgan Ensberg	30	58	13	.224	4	8
Rob Mackowiak	28	56	11	.196	0	2
Brady Clark	21	49	15	.306	0	6
Paul McAnulty	20	40	8	.200	1	5
Oscar Robles	24	26	6	.231	0	2
Pete LaForest	10	25	9	.360	1	3
Chase Headley	8	18	4	.222	0	0
Brian Myrow	12	10	1	.100	0	1
Craig Stansberry	11	7	2	.286	0	1
Jason Lane	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Colt Morton	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Drew Macias	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jake Peavy	34	223.1	19	6	2.54	240
Greg Maddux	34	198.0	14	11	4.14	104
Chris Young	30	173.0	9	8	3.12	167
Justin Germano	26	133.1	7	10	4.46	78
David Wells	22	118.2	5	8	5.54	63
Tim Stauffer	2	7.2	0	1	21.13	6

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Clay Hensley	13	50.0	2	3	6.84	30
Brett Tomko	7	27.1	2	1	4.61	26
Jack Cassel	6	22.2	1	1	3.97	11

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Trevor Hoffman	61	4	5	42	2.98	44
Heath Bell	81	6	4	2	2.02	102
Cla Meredith	80	5	6	0	3.50	59
Doug Brocail	67	5	1	0	3.05	43
Kevin Cameron	48	2	0	0	2.79	50
Scott Linebrink	44	3	3	1	3.80	25
Justin Hampson	39	2	3	0	2.70	34
Joe Thatcher	22	2	2	0	1.29	16
Royce Ring	15	1	0	0	3.60	17
Wil Ledezma	9	0	0	0	6.28	16
Mike Thompson	7	0	1	0	6.89	5
Aaron Rakers	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Wild Card tie-breaker

The Padres ended tied with the Colorado Rockies for both second place in the NL West as well as the National League Wild Card. A tie-breaker was played on October 1, 2007 in Denver to determine which team would continue on to post-season play. The game lasted 13 innings through four hours and 40 minutes. The Rockies won the Wild Card spot with a final score of 9 to 8, and the Padres' season was over.

Transactions

September 4, 2007: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the San Diego Padres.^[3]

Game log

2007 Game Log April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @ Giants 7–0 Peavy (1-0) Zito (0-1) 42,773 1-0 2 April 4 @ Giants 5–3 Meredith (1-0) Hennessey (0-1) Hoffman (1) 39,938 2-0 3 April 5 @ Giants 5–3 Morris (1-0) Hensley (0-1) Benítez (1) 37,914 2-1 4 April 6 Rockies 4–3 Hirsh (1-0) Maddux (0-1) Fuentes (1) 44,267 2-2 5 April 7 Rockies 3–2 Hoffman (1-0) Corpas (0-1) 40,504 3-2 6 April 8 Rockies 2–1 (10) Linebrink (1-0) Hawkins (0-2) 27,086 4-2 7 April 9 Giants 1–0 Young (1-0) Cain (0-1) Hoffman (2) 31,388 5-2 8 April 10 Giants 6–5 Morris (2-0) Hensley (0-2) Benítez (2) 28,878 5-3 9 April 11 Giants 4–0 Maddux (1-1) Lowry (0-2) 31,568 6-3 10 April 13 @ Dodgers 9–1 Lowe (2-1) Wells (0-1) 49,090 6-4 11 April 14 @ Dodgers 7–2 Peavy (2-0) Schmidt (1-2) 55,942 7-4 12 April 15 @ Dodgers 9–3 Wolf (2-1) Young (1-1) 55,298 7-5 13 April 16 @ Cubs 12–4 Marquis (1-1) Hensley (0-3) 32,126 7-6 14 April 17 @ Cubs 4–3 (14) Brocail (1-0) Ohman (0-1) Hoffman (3) 36,021 8-6 15 April 18 D-backs 5–2 (12) Peña (1-1) Thompson (0-1) Valverde (7) 26,872 8-7 16 April 19 D-backs 11–6 Peavy (3-0) Hernández (1-1) 32,224 9-7 17 April 20 @ Rockies 11–1 Young (2-1) Fogg (0-1) 22,338 10-7 18 April 21 @ Rockies 7–3 Hensley (1-3) Francis (1-2) 22,795 11-7 19 April 22 @ Rockies 4–2 Hirsh (2-1) Maddux (1-2) Fuentes (4) 25,746 11-8 20 April 24 @ D-backs 10–5 Wells (1-1) Johnson (0-1) Hoffman (4) 19,508 12-8 21 April 25 @ D-backs 3–2 Peña (2-1) Hoffman (1-1) 18,307 12-9 22 April 26 @ D-backs 7–4 Hernández (2-1) Young (2-2) Valverde (8) 16,792 12-10 23 April 27 Dodgers 6–5 Seánez (1-0) Hoffman (1-2) Saito (7) 44,035 12-11 24 April 28 Dodgers 3–2 Maddux (2-2) Tomko (0-2) Hoffman (5) 42,385 13-11 25 April 29 Dodgers 5–4 (17) Billingsley (1-0) Hampson (0-1) 44,028 13-12 26 April 30 Nationals 3–2 Patterson (1-4) Peavy (3-1) Cordero (4) 19,769 13-13 May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 Nationals 3–0 Young (3-2) Hill (2-3) Hoffman (6) 19,438 14-13 28 May 2 Nationals 7–3 Brocail (2-0) Chico (2-3) 22,153 15-13 29 May 4 @ Marlins 5–4 Tankersley (1-0) Linebrink (1-1) Owens (4) 24,691 15-14 30 May 5 @ Marlins 7–6 (12) Hampson (1-1) Gardner (0-2) Hoffman (7) 21,381 16-14 31 May 6 @ Marlins 3–1 Peavy (4-1) Olsen (3-2) Hoffman (8) 15,310 17-14 32 May 7 @ Braves 4–2 Young (4-2) James (3-3) Hoffman (9) 19,189 18-14 33 May 8 @ Braves 3–2 González (2-0) Bell (0-1) Soriano (3) 21,748 18-15 34 May 9 @ Braves 3–2 Smoltz (5-1) Meredith (1-1) Soriano (4) 36,523 18-16 35 May 10 @ Braves 5–3 Hudson (4-1) Wells (1-2) Soriano (5) 28,799 18-17 36 May 11 Cardinals 7–0 Peavy (5-1) Wells (1-7) 38,901 19-17 37 May 12 Cardinals 5–0 Looper (5-2) Young (4-3) 44,082 19-18 38 May 13 Cardinals 3–0 Germano (1-0) Reyes (0-6) Hoffman (10) 36,616 20-18 39 May 14 Reds 7–1 Maddux (3-2) Belisle (3-3) 20,262 21-18 40 May 15 Reds 2–1 (12) Weathers (1-2) Bell (0-2) 26,694 21-19 41 May 16 Reds 3–2 Hoffman (2-2) Arroyo (2-4) 23,856 22-19 42 May 18 @ Mariners 8–1 Young (5-3) Batista (3-4) 39,531 23-19 43 May 19 @ Mariners 7–4 Ramírez (4-2) Maddux (3-3) Putz (10) 34,287 23-20 44 May 20 @ Mariners 2–1 Germano (2-0) Hernández (2-2) Hoffman (11) 38,844 24-20 45 May 22 Cubs 5–1 Peavy (6-1) Hill (4-4) Hoffman (12) 26,192 25-20 46 May 23 Cubs 2–1 Wells (2-2) Marshall (0-1) Hoffman (13) 27,535 26-20 47 May 24 Cubs 3–1 Howry (2-3) Meredith (1-2) Dempster (10) 32,258 26-21 48 May 25 Brewers 8–6 Maddux (4-3) Bush (3-5) Linebrink (1) 32,130 27-21 49 May 26 Brewers 6–3 Germano (3-0) Vargas (3-1) Hoffman (14) 35,975 28-21 50 May 27 Brewers 3–0 Peavy (7-1) Suppan (6-5) Hoffman (15) 41,246 29-21 51 May 29 @ Pirates 4–1 Gorzelanny (6-3) Wells (2-3) Torres (12) 15,794 29-22 52 May 30 @ Pirates 9–0 Young (6-3) Maholm (2-7) 12,734 30-22 53 May 31 @ Pirates 4–2 (11) Meredith (3-2) Sharpless (0-1) Hoffman (16) 14,966 31-22 June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 @ Nationals 4–3 (10) Rauch (3-1) Meredith (2-3) 22,354 31-23 55 June 2 @ Nationals 11–3 Germano (4-0) Speigner (1-2) 21,635 32-23 56 June 3 @ Nationals 7–3 Wells (3-3) Simontacchi (2-4) 26,967 33-23 57 June 5 Dodgers 1–0 Linebrink (2-1) Seánez (2-1) Hoffman (17) 31,703 34-23 58 June 6 Dodgers 5–2 Maddux (5-3) Wolf (7-4) Hoffman (18) 31,541 35-23 59 June 7 Dodgers 6–5 Hampson (2-1) Broxton (2-2) 40,631 36-23 60 June 8 Mariners 6–5 (11) O'Flaherty (2-0) Meredith (2-4) Putz (16) 44,325 36-24 61 June 9 Mariners 6–5 Green (1-1) Brocail (2-1) Putz (17) 37,178 36-25 62 June 10 Mariners 4–3 Batista (7-4) Hoffman (2-3) Putz (18) 35,950 36-26 63 June 12 @ Devil Rays 11–4 Fossum (4-6) Meredith (2-5) 12,870 36-27 64 June 13 @ Devil Rays 9–0 Peavy (8-1) Jackson (0-8) 12,020 37-27 65 June 14 @ Devil Rays 7–1 Germano (5-0) Howell (1-1) 19,270 38-27 66 June 15 @ Cubs 4–1 Lilly (5-4) Wells (3-4) Dempster (15) 40,479 38-28 67 June 16 @ Cubs 1–0 Bell (1-2) Zambrano (7-6) Hoffman (19) 41,632 39-28 68 June 17 @ Cubs 11–3 Maddux (6-4) Hill (5-5) 40,964 40-28 69 June 19 Orioles 12–6 Peavy (9-1) Trachsel (5-5) 38,181 41-28 70 June 20 Orioles 7–1 Guthrie (4-1) Germano (5-1) 26,931 41-29 71 June 21 Orioles 6–3 Bédard (5-4) Wells (3-5) 40,680 41-30 72 June 22 Red Sox 2–1 Matsuzaka (9-5) Maddux (6-4) Papelbon (17) 44,405 41-31 73 June 23 Red Sox 6–1 Young (7-3) Wakefield (7-8) 44,457 42-31 74 June 24 Red Sox 4–2 Beckett (11-1) Peavy (9-2) Papelbon (18) 44,449 42-32 75 June 25 @ Giants 4–3 (11) Chulk (3-2) Hampson (2-2) 41,140 42-33 76 June 26 @ Giants 3–2 (10) Meredith (3-5) Messenger (1-2) Hoffman (20) 41,329 43-33 77 June 27 @ Giants 4–2 Maddux (7-4) Cain (2-9) Hoffman (21) 42,527 44-33 78 June 29 @ Dodgers 7–6 Young (8-3) Kuo (1-4) Hoffman (22) 52,050 45-33 79 June 30 @ Dodgers 3–1 (12) Ring (1-0) Tomko (1-6) Hoffman (23) 53,769 46-33 July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 @ Dodgers 5–0 Billingsley (5-0) Germano (5-2) 48,632 46-34 81 July 2 Marlins 3–1 Wells (4-5) Mitre (2-4) Hoffman (24) 25,857 47-34 82 July 3 Marlins 6–4 Miller (3-0) Maddux (7-5) Gregg (16) 34,488 47-35 83 July 4 Marlins 1–0 Bell (2-2) Lindstrom (1-3) 27,491 48-35 84 July 5 Marlins 3–2 Kim (4-4) Peavy (9-3) Gregg (17) 32,496 48-36 85 July 6 Braves 7–4 Carlyle (3-2) Germano (5-3) 37,526 48-37 86 July 7 Braves 8–5 Bell (3-2) Yates (2-1) Hoffman (25) 41,419 49-37 87 July 8 Braves 5–4 Davies (4-7) Maddux (7-6) 41,026 49-38 88 July 13 @ D-backs 8–3 Davis (6-10) Maddux (7-7) 30,981 49-39 89 July 14 @ D-backs 5–4 Lyon (6-3) Linebrink (2-2) Valverde (27) 36,833 49-40 90 July 15 @ D-backs 4–0 Germano (6-3) Webb (8-7) 30,343 50-40 91 July 16 Mets 5–1 Wells (5-5) Sosa (7-4) 35,802 51-40 92 July 17 Mets 7–0 Hernández (6-4) Peavy (9-4) 31,660 51-41 93 July 18 Mets 5–4 Linebrink (3-2) Smith (2-1) Hoffman (26) 32,524 52-41 94 July 19 Phillies 1–0 Young (9-3) Hamels (11-5) Hoffman (27) 30,885 53-41 95 July 20 Phillies 7–3 Eaton (9-6) Germano (6-4) Alfonseca (7) 36,113 53-42 96 July 21 Phillies 12–4 Moyer (8-8) Wells (5-6) 40,917 53-43 97 July 22 Phillies 9–0 Durbin (2-2) Peavy (9-5) 37,986 53-44 98 July 23 @ Rockies 7–5 Buchholz (5-3) Linebrink (3-3) Corpas (5) 31,047 53-45 99 July 24 @ Rockies 5–3 Bell (4-2) Ramírez (2-2) Hoffman (28) 37,127 54-45 100 July 25 @ Rockies 10–2 Cook (7-6) Germano (6-5) 28,162 54-46 101 July 26 @ Astros 7–1 Rodríguez (7-9) Wells (5-7) 33,718 54-47 102 July 27 @ Astros 9–4 Peavy (10-5) Williams (5-12) 39,996 55-47 103 July 28 @ Astros 3–1 Oswalt (10-6) Maddux (7-8) Lidge (6) 42,651 55-48 104 July 29 @ Astros 18–11 Brocail (3-1) Jennings (2-7) 39,350 56-48 105 July 31 D-backs 4–0 Webb (10-8) Germano (6-6) 32,086 56-49 August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 D-backs 9–5 (11) Valverde (1-3) Bell (4-3) 30,416 56-50 107 August 2 D-backs 11–0 Peavy (11-5) Petit (2-3) 37,119 57-50 108 August 3 Giants 4–3 (10) Bell (5-3) Taschner (2-1) 43,523 58-50 109 August 4 Giants 3–2 (12) Meredith (4-5) Messenger (1-4) 42,497 59-50 110 August 5 Giants 5–4 Brocail (4-1) Chulk (4-3) Hoffman (29) 42,438 60-50 111 August 6 @ Cardinals 10–5 Looper (9-9) Wells (5-8) 42,743 60-51 112 August 7 @ Cardinals 4–0 Peavy (12-5) Reyes (1-11) 42,846 61-51 113 August 8 @ Cardinals 2–1 Wells (5-13) Maddux (7-9) Isringhausen (22) 42,138 61-52 114 August 9 @ Cardinals 5–0 Piñeiro (2-2) Young (9-4) 42,848 61-53 115 August 10 @ Reds 12–7 (11) Cameron (1-0) Weathers (2-4) 21,594 62-53 116 August 11 @ Reds 8–3 Livingston (3-2) Hampson (2-3) 27,381 62-54 117 August 12 @ Reds 10–4 Peavy (13-5) Arroyo (5-13) 31,297 63-54 118 August 14 Rockies 8–0 Maddux (8-9) Francis (13-6) 32,049 64-54 119 August 15 Rockies 3–0 Jiménez (2-2) Meredith (4-6) Corpas (10) 36,864 64-55 120 August 16 Rockies 11–9 Hensley (2-3) Affeldt (4-3) Hoffman (30) 28,198 65-55 121 August 17 Astros 3–1 Williams (7-12) Bell (5-4) Lidge (10) 32,063 65-56 122 August 18 Astros 3–2 Borkowski (3-3) Germano (6-7) Lidge (11) 44,272 65-57 123 August 19 Astros 5–3 Maddux (9-9) Albers (3-6) Hoffman (31) 37,628 66-57 124 August 21 @ Mets 7–6 Wagner (2-1) Hoffman (2-4) 48,592 66-58 125 August 22 @ Mets 7–5 Peavy (14-5) Lawrence (1-1) Hoffman (32) 50,060 67-58 126 August 23 @ Mets 9–8 (10) Hoffman (3-4) Heilman (7-6) Bell (1) 50,078 68-58 127 August 24 @ Phillies 14–3 Maddux (10-9) Moyer (11-10) 39,023 69-58 128 August 25 @ Phillies 4–3 Bell (6-4) Myers (2-5) Hoffman (33) 37,957 70-58 129 August 26 @ Phillies 14–2 Kendrick (7-3) Stauffer (0-1) Ennis (1) 39,362 70-59 130 August 27 D-backs 3–1 Peavy (15-5) Hernández (9-9) Hoffman (34) 25,763 71-59 131 August 28 D-backs 6–4 Germano (7-7) Webb (14-9) Hoffman (35) 23,006 72-59 132 August 29 D-backs 3–1 Cameron (2-0) Slaten (3-2) Bell (2) 29,021 73-59 133 August 30 D-backs 8–7 Davis (12-11) Young (9-5) Valverde (41) 28,554 73-60 134 August 31 Dodgers 6–4 Brocail (5-1) Seánez (6-3) Hoffman (36) 44,324 74-60 September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 Dodgers 7–0 Peavy (16-5) Lowe (11-12) 42,605 75-60 136 September 2 Dodgers 5–0 Billingsley (10-4) Germano (7-8) 40,776 75-61 137 September 3 @ D-backs 10–2 Maddux (11-9) Owings (6-8) 30,531 76-61 138 September 4 @ D-backs 9–1 Davis (13-11) Young (9-6) 26,063 76-62 139 September 5 @ D-backs 9–6 Hernández (10-9) Peavy (16-6) Valverde (42) 28,065 76-63 140 September 7 @ Rockies 10–4 Herges (4-0) Germano (7-9) 27,247 76-64 141 September 8 @ Rockies 3–1 Maddux (12-9) Francis (15-7) Hoffman (37) 30,429 77-64 142 September 9 @ Rockies 4–2 Fogg (9-9) Young (9-7) Corpas (14) 20,260 77-65 143 September 11 @ Dodgers 9–4 Peavy (17-6) Loaiza (2-1) 51,620 78-65 144 September 12 @ Dodgers 6–1 Billingsley (11-4) Germano (7-10) 43,699 78-66 145 September 13 @ Dodgers 6–3 Wells (8-8) Maddux (12-10) Saito (38) 44,496 78-67 146 September 14 Giants 5–4 (10) Hoffman (4-4) Giese (0-1) 32,053 79-67 147 September 15 Giants 6–0 Tomko (3-11) Cain (7-15) 41,554 80-67 148 September 16 Giants 5–1 Peavy (18-6) Lincecum (7-5) 34,000 81-67 149 September 17 Pirates 3–0 Cassel (1-0) Van Benschoten (0-6) Hoffman (38) 33,557 82-67 150 September 18 Pirates 5–3 Maddux (13-10) Gorzelanny (14-8) Hoffman (39) 30,629 83-67 151 September 19 Pirates 5–3 Meredith (5-6) Capps (4-7) 26,354 84-67 152 September 20 Pirates 6–3 Tomko (4-11) Morris (9-11) Hoffman (40) 27,020 85-67 153 September 21 Rockies 2–1 (14) Herges (5-1) Thatcher (0-1) 31,288 85-68 154 September 22 Rockies 6–2 Speier (2-1) Cassel (1-1) 35,020 85-69 155 September 23 Rockies 7–3 Francis (17-8) Maddux (13-11) 37,984 85-70 156 September 24 @ Giants 9–4 Zito (10-13) Young (9-8) 35,650 85-71 157 September 25 @ Giants 6–4 Thatcher (1-1) Wilson (1-2) Hoffman (41) 35,524 86-71 158 September 26 @ Giants 11–3 Peavy (19-6) Misch (0-4) 42,926 87-71 159 September 27 @ Brewers 9–5 Thatcher (2-1) Gallardo (9-5) 34,918 88-71 160 September 28 @ Brewers 6–3 Maddux (14-11) Vargas (11-6) Hoffman (42) 38,135 89-71 161 September 29 @ Brewers 4–3 (11) Stetter (1-0) Thatcher (2-2) 40,946 89-72 162 September 30 @ Brewers 11–6 Suppan (12-12) Tomko (4-12) 42,415 89-73 October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 163 October 1 @ Rockies 9–8 (13) Ortiz (5-4) Hoffman (4-5) 48,404 89-74

March 21 spring training game against the Milwaukee Brewers at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona. Chris Young pitching against the Cubs at Wrigley Field on June 16; he was working on a no-hitter but was later ejected from the game after he and Derrek Lee got into a fight that turned into a bench-clearing altercation. Doug Brocail of the Padres throws a pitch to Jeff Francoeur of the Braves on July 7 at Petco Park. Milton Bradley on August 28, after striking out and deliberately breaking his bat. Khalil Greene on September 16, in a game against the Giants.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Rick Renteria
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Randy Ready
A	Lake Elsinore Storm	California League	Carlos Lezcano
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Doug Dascenzo
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Greg Riddoch
Rookie	AZL Padres	Arizona League	Tony Muser

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio