The top of the Padres order provided all the firepower Jake Peavy needed to win 7-2 over the Marlins. The 1-5 hitters combined for ten hits, five runs and four RBI’s. All starters had hits except for Peavy.
Peavy allowed the Marlins just two runs off five hits in 5.2 innings. He K’d 10 Marlins hitter in the game too. His opposition, Ricky Nolasco, lasted just 4.2 innings giving up 10 hits and six runs. Adrian Gonzalez had a huge game against the Marlins pitching. He hit his seventh homer of the year among his three hits. Tad Iguchi, Kevin Kouzmanhoff, and Jim Edmonds all had two hits each.
Jeremy Hermida had another three hit game for the Marlins, his second of the series. Mike Jacobs hit his eighth homer of the year in the first inning, providing the only two runs off Peavy.