Jake Peavy

Roy Oswalt dominated the San Diego Padres again, pitching a two-hitter and retiring his final 18 batters in the Houston Astros' 3-1 victory Monday night. Ivan Rodriguez homered and Oswalt (4-4) helped himself with two hits at the plate. The right-hander improved to 10-2 with a 2.68 ERA against the Padres in 15 career appearances, including 13 starts. His .833 winning percentage is the highest among active pitchers with at least 10 decisions against San Diego. It was Oswalt's 17th career complete game and second this season. His batterymate, Rodriguez, hit his seventh home run, a solo shot to center field off starter Josh ... Read Full Story

Jake Peavy's injured right ankle was re-examined Tuesday, and the San Diego Padres ace could get his protective boot off in about two weeks. Peavy, the 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner, has been on the disabled list since June 13 with a strained tendon. He was injured running the bases against the Chicago Cubs in late May. Manager Bud Black said if Peavy continues to heal at the same rate he should get the boot off in about two weeks and began a rehabilitation program. Also, right-hander Shawn Hill underwent elbow ligament replacement surgery. Hill was operated on by Dr. James Andrews in ... Read Full Story

David Murphy and Hank Blalock homered to pace a suddenly resurgent Texas Rangers offense and Kevin Millwood won his fifth straight decision at home in a 12-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night. Murphy's three-run homer, a towering 404-foot shot into the second deck in right field, put Texas up 6-1 against Walter Silva (0-1), who gave up nine runs in 2 1-3 innings. It was Murphy's third homer in eight games. Before winning 9-8 in 12 innings at Arizona on Thursday night, when Murphy's solo homer was the difference, the AL West-leading Rangers had scored two runs or less in ... Read Full Story

Just kidding. Kinda. Jake Peavy , who doesn't much care for pitching in a San Diego uni, will be out of commission for at least a month now after hurting his ankle. This means we might not see any action from the Padres ace until after the All-Star break. After an MRI showed a torn tendon in his right ankle, Peavy (6-6, 3.97 ERA, 92 K) was scratched from Saturday’s start against the Los Angeles Angels . Now the 2007 NL Cy Young winner is stuck lugging around a walking boot and will continue to do so for approximately the next four weeks. He'll ... Read Full Story

The San Diego Padres are going to be without Jake Peavy for at least a month due to his injured ankle, according to the Associated Press . Peavy initially injured the ankle while running the bases in his start after rejecting a trade that would have sent him to the White Sox . Although he pitched with it taped since then, the extent of the injury is worse than originally thought. " I was getting treatment and we were getting by ," said Peavy. "Up until yesterday, I thought it was manageable. It could have gotten ugly if we didn't take the action that ... Read Full Story