July 1, 2008

TODAY'S MATCHUP
PADRES (x-x)
at ROCKIES (x-x)
6:05 P.M., GAME 2 OF 3
TV: 4 San Diego
RADIO: 1090-AM, 105.7-FM; 860-AM (Spanish)
PROBABLE STARTERS:
RHP JOSH BANKS (2-2, 2.33 ERA)
Rockies vs. Banks
No Rockie has ever faced Banks
RHP AARON COOK (10-5, 3.64 ERA)
Padres vs. Cook
Michael Barrett: .462 (6-for-13, 3 2B, BB)
Brian Giles: .417 (15-for-36, 4 2B, BB)
Adrian Gonzalez: .400 (6-for-15, HR, 2 BB, SO)
Khalil Greene: .185 (5-for-27, 2 2B, 3B, 3 BB, 3 SO)
THE SKINNY

Cook has given the Padres trouble over the years. He is 9-3 lifetime against the Padres with a 2.60 ERA. Cook, who is 46-40 lifetime, has more wins against the Padres than any other team. He beat the Padres earlier this season at Petco Park, allowing one run on three hits over seven innings.

Cook reached 10 wins faster than any pitcher in Rockies history, No. 10 coming in the team's 69th game. In 2003, Shawn Estes got his 10th win in the Rockies' 73rd game.

Banks will be facing the Rockies for the first time in his sixth start for the Padres. He has lost his past two outings and is coming off his only start in which he allowed more than three runs (four runs on seven hits in 5-1/3 innings against Minnesota). The Padres have scored three runs or fewer in three of his starts.
– BILL CENTER
LOOKING AHEAD
TOMORROW, JULY 2
AWAY: 6:05 p.m. / TV: 4 San Diego
COLORADO ROCKIES
Padres LHP Randy Wolf (5-7, 4.13 ERA)
vs. Rockies RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (2-8, 4.71 ERA)
THURSDAY, JULY 3
OFF
FRIDAY, JULY 4
AWAY: 6:40 p.m./ TV: 4 San Diego
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

RHP Cha Seung Baek (1-3, 5.46 ERA) or RHP Jake Peavy (5-5, 2.90 ERA)
vs. RHP Dan Haren (8-4, 2.85 ERA)

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