‘87 Friars take 2 of 3 from ‘93 Fish

Game 1 at Florida,

Bret Barberie "Pirates" and veteran Walt Weiss were the hitting stars for the fish today.  Weiss went 3 for 3 and drove in 3 runs while Barberie collected 3 hits as well with 2 RBI.  Both teams were tied at 2 until the fourth inning when Padre starter, Mark Grant run into control issues as he walked 3 batters.  Florida plated 3 runs to take a 5-3 lead...The friars got back in the game on their next at bats when Johnny Kruk smacked his first homerun of the year, good for 3 runs to make the score 5-4 Florida. It would not be enough as the Marlins scored consistently the remainder of the game to take the first game by a score of 10-7. Pat Rapp earned his first victory of the year has Bryan Harvey nailed down his 3rd save.  Padre starter, Mark Grant took the loss as he and Mark Davis were shelled for 9 runs in 7 innings.

Game 2 at Florida,

The swinging friars hammered Hammond in the second game on 9  runs on 14 hits. 14 of the hits included 4 homeruns each hit by Mack, Martinez, Bochy, and Jefferson.  Andy Hawkins threw 6 strong innings for San Diego allowing only 3 runs on 8 hits. Lance McCullers pitched the final 3 innings in relief, striking out 4 batters while only surrendering one single. Lance McCullers earned his third save as Andy Hawkins improves to 2-0. Tony Gwynn banged out 3 hits in 5 at bats to improve his batting average to .472! Padres 9....Marlins 3.

Game 3, at San Diego,

Padre right hander, Jimmy Jones was the story of this game as he pitched 7 strong innings allowing 2 runs on 7 hits while striking out 4 batters.  Chris Brown connected for a two run homerun in the second to give the Padres a 2-0 lead. Later in that same inning, Flannery walked and went to third when Florida starter, Ryan Bowen started then stopped his delivery for a balk. This mistake proved fatal on the next pitch when Garry Templeton lined a single to plate Flannery to make the score 3-0.  The Marlins would add a couple runs but could not over come stellar Padre pitching.  Mark Davis and Goose Gossage finished the game for San Diego as the Goose earned his 5th save of the season...San Diego 3...Florida 2.

--submitted by Joey Scigliano--