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> search for soap bombs
> is that what you mean
I believe that's a baseball term.
the bomb is a speedball with soap on it to make if fly weird
It was popularized by the Brewers
So the Phils lost and will lose again
even though the board game guy got kicked by his own coach
mk5000
Padres, Phillies Tied for NL Wild Card
San Diego Padres' Scott Hairston, right, tosses his helmet and exchanges
words
with home plate umpire Tim McClelland, left, in the eighth inning of their
baseball
game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Monday, Sept. Eric
RisbergBy
The Associated Press
From Associated Press
September 25, 2007 6:39 AM EDT
The San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies are tied for the NL
wild
card
lead with the Colorado Rockies just one game out.
San Diego lost its fourth straight game the same day they lost two
outfielders for
at least the remainder of the regular season. They also lost their
half-game
lead
in the NL wild-card race.
"We're a resilient bunch," pitcher Chris Young said. "We're
not going to quit, and hopefully we find a way to get it done."
Young was roughed up by the last-place Giants, who got a season-high four
RBIs from
Omar Vizquel to help Barry Zito end a six-start winless stretch in San
Francisco's
9-4 victory.
San Diego fell into a tie with Philadelphia atop the wild-card standings,
one game
ahead of Colorado. The Padres are three behind NL West leader Arizona,
which
has
a magic number of four to win the division.
"We still determine our own fate," manager Bud Black said. "For us
and for the Phillies and for the Rockies and for the Diamondbacks, it's a
six-game
season. It's exciting. There are a lot of teams that would trade places
with
us."
In other NL games, it was: Wa****ngton 13, New York 4; and Milwaukee 13,
St.
Louis
5.
Zito (10-13) singled in a run on the way to his first career win in seven
outings
against the Padres, trying to make the playoffs after winning the NL West
the past
two seasons.
It won't be easy.
Earlier in the day, the Padres learned they will be without left fielder
Milton
Bradley for the rest of the year because of a knee injury that requires
surgery,
and center fielder Mike Cameron for at least this week due to a partially
torn ligament
in his right thumb.
In a bizarre and costly sequence, Bradley tore the anterior cruciate
ligament in
his right knee when Black spun him to the ground while trying to keep him
from going
after umpire Mike Winters during an eighth-inning confrontation in
Sunday's
loss to Colorado.
Cameron, a three-time Gold Glove winner, was hurt Sunday when Bradley
accidentally
stepped on his hand as they pursued Garrett Atkins' inside-the-park homer.
Then Monday, the Padres lost again on the heels of a three-game sweep at
home by
the Rockies.
The commissioner's office said it is investigating whether the volatile
Bradley
was baited by Winters. The Padres said Winters directed profanities at
Bradley right
before the blowup.
"We've got to push past that and keep fighting all the way through the
end," said Brady Clark, who replaced Cameron in center. "We can't
worry about what everybody else is doing. We have to worry about what
we're
doing."
Needing a quick fix in the outfield, San Diego obtained Jason Lane from
Houston
for a player to be named or cash. Lane could help fill in this week, but
if
the
Padres reach the postseason he wouldn't be eligible to play because he was
acquired
after Aug. 31.
Tyler Walker escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth for the Giants, who
played
without injured Barry Bonds again.
Vizquel, an 11-time Gold Glove shortstop, is trying to persuade San
Francisco to
re-sign him for 2008. He had his first four-RBI game since May 16, 2006,
at
Houston.
Ryan Klesko chopped an RBI single into left to put the Giants ahead 3-2 in
the third,
when they scored five runs against Young (9-8). Klesko later scored on a
wild pitch
before Vizquel singled.
Young is 0-5 in 10 starts since beating the Phillies on July 19. His seven
runs
and seven earned runs allowed both matched a career high. Plus, his ERA
increased
from 2.83 to 3.13 after he entered ranked second in the majors.
"It's frustrating because it's a big game, it's a night we needed
to win and it didn't go our way," Young said.
Young struggled even though he didn't have to face the home run king.
The 43-year-old Bonds missed his ninth straight game while nursing a
sprained right
big toe, though manager Bruce Bochy still hoped the slugger would play at
least
one final time to say goodbye to his hometown fans in the city where he's
spent
15 of the 22 years in his career.
"We want Barry!" one man repeatedly yelled before the game.
And there were many a "Bonds 25" ****rt in the stands - soon to be a
collector's
item.
"Barry is doing better. I talked to him today," Bochy said. "He may
be able to pinch hit tomorrow."
The Giants announced Friday they would part ways with Bonds after this
season.
Zito won for the first time since Aug. 17 at Florida. He allowed four runs
and eight
hits in five innings.
Nationals 13, Mets 4
At New York, Mike Pelfrey (3-8) gave up a three-run homer to Austin
Kearns,
and
the sluggish Mets squandered a chance to increase their NL East lead.
New York's magic number to clinch the division title remained at five and
its
cu****on was cut to two games over idle Philadelphia. Ryan Langerhans added
a
three-run
shot and Ronnie Belliard also drove in three runs for Wa****ngton.
Moises Alou extended his club-record hitting streak to 28 games for the
Mets, who
had won four of five.
Brewers 13, Cardinals 5
At Milwaukee, Prince Fielder hit his league-leading 48th home run and the
Brewers
moved within three games of the first-place Cubs in the NL Central.
Chicago's
magic number remained at four.
Milwaukee manager Ned Yost was ejected for the second consecutive day.
Ryan
Braun
hit his 33rd homer for the Brewers.
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