D-Backs done in by Wells, Padres
09/30/2006
PHOENIX -- For the first time in Chase Field's nine-year history, a visiting team celebrated the clinching of a playoff spot.
The Padres' 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday afternoon clinched a postseason berth for them and left Arizona needing a win in Sunday's season finale to equal its 77-85 mark from last year.
"Congrats to the Padres," D-Backs manager Bob Melvin said. "With some of the injuries and everything they've had to put up with, it's been an impressive run for them. It looked like at one point in time early in the season they were down and out, but they recovered, and our hats off to them."
The D-Backs wanted to get a couple of innings of work for Juan Cruz, who had been pitching out of the bullpen since Aug. 8, so they gave him the start Saturday. The right-hander was impressive over two perfect innings, as he fanned three.
"Cruz was unbelievable," Melvin said. "That may have been the best stuff we've seen all year."
Edgar Gonzalez, who was originally scheduled to start the game, came on in the third and added two more hitless innings.
The no-hitter was gone when Russell Branyan singled to lead off the fifth, and the shutout followed not long thereafter when the next batter, Mike Cameron, blasted a 455-foot homer to left to give San Diego a 2-0 lead.
The Padres tacked on an insurance run in the sixth when Josh Bard singled home Dave Roberts.
The D-Backs could not solve David Wells, as he kept the Arizona hitters off balance while throwing six shutout frames.
"We just didn't put too many good swings in a row on to put some pressure on them," Melvin said.
The D-Backs' lone run came in the seventh, when pinch-hitter Stephen Drew homered off reliever Cla Meredith.
Source: http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/
PHOENIX -- For the first time in Chase Field's nine-year history, a visiting team celebrated the clinching of a playoff spot.
The Padres' 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday afternoon clinched a postseason berth for them and left Arizona needing a win in Sunday's season finale to equal its 77-85 mark from last year.
"Congrats to the Padres," D-Backs manager Bob Melvin said. "With some of the injuries and everything they've had to put up with, it's been an impressive run for them. It looked like at one point in time early in the season they were down and out, but they recovered, and our hats off to them."
The D-Backs wanted to get a couple of innings of work for Juan Cruz, who had been pitching out of the bullpen since Aug. 8, so they gave him the start Saturday. The right-hander was impressive over two perfect innings, as he fanned three.
"Cruz was unbelievable," Melvin said. "That may have been the best stuff we've seen all year."
Edgar Gonzalez, who was originally scheduled to start the game, came on in the third and added two more hitless innings.
The no-hitter was gone when Russell Branyan singled to lead off the fifth, and the shutout followed not long thereafter when the next batter, Mike Cameron, blasted a 455-foot homer to left to give San Diego a 2-0 lead.
The Padres tacked on an insurance run in the sixth when Josh Bard singled home Dave Roberts.
The D-Backs could not solve David Wells, as he kept the Arizona hitters off balance while throwing six shutout frames.
"We just didn't put too many good swings in a row on to put some pressure on them," Melvin said.
The D-Backs' lone run came in the seventh, when pinch-hitter Stephen Drew homered off reliever Cla Meredith.
Source: http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/
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