Pads punch out Cubs
Jun 18, 2007
CHICAGO – This time, the big swings came at the plate.
Mike Cameron homered in his first two at-bats and the San Diego Padres knocked a season-high five in all in an 11-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
One day after a bench-clearing altercation, the Padres had no trouble connecting against the Cubs. Especially Cameron.
“I think we had the mentality that (today) was going to be baseball,” said Adrian Gonzalez. “I think both managers understood that it wasn’t intentional.”
Cameron hit a two-run shot to center in the first inning and followed Adrian Gonzalez’s two-run drive in the third with a homer off Rich Hill (5-5) that made it 5-1. Khalil Greene added a three-run homer off Sean Gallagher in the fifth, and Rob Bowen hit a solo drive against Michael Wuertz in the eighth.
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That was plenty for Greg Maddux (6-3), who allowed three runs and seven hits over six innings in his second start against the Cubs since they traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the deadline last July. He struck out one and did not walk a batter in winning his 339th game.
“It was just one of those where you’re kind of lucky that it’s your day to pitch,” Maddux said. “Sometimes it’s not how you pitch, it’s when you pitch.”
Gonzalez went 4-for-5 and scored four runs, and Cameron had three hits, drove in three runs and scored three times as the NL West leaders won for the fourth time in five games. The Padres tied a season high for runs.
Hill lasted just three innings, allowing five runs and five hits in his shortest outing this season.
On Saturday, Carlos Zambrano took a no-hitter into the eighth and then gave up a home run to Russell Branyan in the ninth as the Padres beat the Cubs 1-0. San Diego’s Chris Young also hit Derrek Lee on the wrist with a pitch in the game and Lee threw a punch at Young, igniting a bench-clearing altercation.
Lee, Young, Cubs hitting coach Gerald Perry and Padres pitcher Jake Peavy were ejected, but there was no word from the league on any punishment. Cubs manager Lou Piniella said there were no warnings from the umpires before Sunday’s game, and there were no obvious signs of lingering ill will once the teams took the field.
“We can’t get too down,” Lee said. “They just came out and swung the bats well.”



