Game Summary for Padres VS Bluejays
Sunday August 3rd. 2008 at Montgomery High School
 A
week after a tough loss to the
Twins, the Pads looked to rebound against a struggling 5-8-1
Blue Jays team. Things got off to a good start in the bottom of
the first as the Friars scored two quick runs and still had the
bases loaded with no outs. Unfortunately that would be all, as Jays
starter Mike Abbadessa would strike out the side to end the threat.
In the second, the run production would continue, as Mike
Baldwin led off the inning with a base hit, moved to second
on Andy "Wags" Wagoner's bunt
and scored on JMash's single to right
center. So, after two innings, the Pads were up 3-0 and things were
looking good. Unfortunately, things would take an abrupt turn for
the worst in the top of the third, as the Jays scored three, getting
the offense kick started with a couple successful bunts into a swampy
area half way down the third base line. This wasn't even the worst
of it, while fielding one of the bunts, starting pitcher Kevin
"K2" Kennedy severely sprained his thumb as he slipped
and fell awkwardly into "the Montgomery swamp", which
seems to mysteriously move around the infield from game to game.
The loss of their All-star pitcher seemed to deal a psychological
blow to the Friar ballclub. All of a sudden the Pad's bats fell
silent as they failed to score over the next five innings. Meanwhile
the Jays came alive, scoring at least a run in all of the remaining
7 innings. The Padres managed to mount a threat in the eighth, scoring
two and cutting the lead to five, however, they couldn't maintain
the score differential, as they allowed two more in the
top of the ninth and ended up on the losing end, 12-5.
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