Last night withstanding, we've usually trusted the Padres at Petco Park, where they're 16-6 this season, and reminded how they could bounce back from a stinging loss at home earlier this week when beating the Angels in the last two of their midweek set. Nick Pivetta has also experienced a lot more success on the mound at Petco, where he's 4-0 with a 1.42 ERA this season, and should get more support than Stephen Kolek last night, when the Padres didn't score until the ninth inning. They should do better tonight vs. Seattle's Emerson Hancock, off of a difficult outing vs. the Yankees on Monday when he allowed three homers in just 5 IP of an eventual 11-5 loss. Play Padres on Run Line

Definitely lost on the Padres on Friday, but this just makes me like them better on Saturday. Yeah, one game in theory should not influence the next, but I think it depends. It was a bad loss and the bullpen got reset for SD. Punt game. I honestly had forgotten this is the "Vedder Cup" series. Dunno, I don't like coffee or flannel. But I do like Pearl Jam (who doesn't?): "I'll ride the wave where it takes me." I try to live my life that way ...