--The right side of the Padres' infield is hot. 1B Adrian Gonzalez has hit .339 (20-for-59) with four doubles, five homers and 15 RBIs over his last 14 games and 2B Tadahito Iguchi hit .352 (19-for-54) over 13 games with three doubles, a triple and a homer for seven RBI.
--On his fifth attempt, Greg Maddux Saturday night became the ninth pitcher in major league history to win 350 games, leaving him four wins behind No. 8 Roger Clemens. Had it not been for his own throwing error -- his first in 366 days -- Maddux would have blanked the Rockies on three hits over six innings. He needed only 68 pitches, 45 of which were strikes. --C Luke Carlin caught the historic win in his major league debut, finishing with being on the receiving end of Trevor Hoffman's 530th save. "It was a special night," said Carlin. "As Trevor was coming in, I turned to (plate umpire) Ed Hickox and said: 'Can you believe I caught two Hall of Famers in my first game.'"
--SS Khalil Greene was hitting .217 with just one RBI in his first 17 games at Petco Park this season when he hit a two-run homer in the sixth off Rockies starter Greg Reynolds. His three RBI at home now equals the pitching staff's total.
--CF Jim Edmonds, 37, a four-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner was released by the Padres Friday. The Padres will have to eat between $4.5 and $4.7 million of Edmonds' contract. Edmonds was hitting .178 (16-for-90).
--Before hitting a two-run homer Sunday, SS Khalil Greene had one RBI in his first 17 games at Petco Park this season.
--The three games against the Rockies over the weekend were the Padres only home games in a three-week span that will see them play 16 of 19 on the road.
--The Padres had 11 hits Sunday, marking the first time since the 22-inning game of April 17 -- and the first time in a nine-inning game since April 5 (11 games ago) -- that the Padres have had double-digit hits at Petco Park.
BY THE NUMBERS: 3 -- Catchers who have made their major league debuts catching Greg Maddux -- Luke Carlin (last night), Rick Wilkins (Cubs, June 6, 1991) and Fernando Lunar (Braves, May 8, 2000).
4 -- Stolen bases in a game for the Padres for the first time since last Aug. 10 in Cincinnati . . . and first time at home since May 8, 2006.
5 -- Stolen bases by the Padres over the weekend after they had swiped only eight in the season's first 36 games.
8 -- Straight series (and 18 of 22 games) lost by the Padres before they won two straight (for the first time since April 13-15) to take the series from the Rockies.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It was good to see. We think that is in there. The players think that, so does the staff. That's more how we expect to play baseball." -- Padres manager Bud Black after the back-to-back wins over the Rockies.
