--PH Cliff Floyd is receiving new medication resulting from an MRI of his right knee Thursday. The knee had been drained twice in as many weeks. "The doctors are concerned about some parts of the knee," said Padres manager Bud Black. Floyd's return is undetermined.
--RHP Edwin Moreno, who had suffered the loss in his past two appearances on walk-off hits, worked two scoreless innings Friday night to pick up the first win of his major league career. Last Sunday in Philadelphia, Moreno gave up a two-run homer to Raul Ibanez while protecting a one-run Padres lead in a save situation. Wednesday in San Francisco, Moreno gave up a 10th-inning double to Bengie Molina that ended a scoreless game. --The Padres will play a road game at Philadelphia on May 23 to make up the game lost to rain on Monday. The game will be played on a regularly scheduled open date for both the Padres and the Phillies. The date falls in front of a scheduled seven-game road trip to Washington and Cincinnati. It is also just eight days after the All-Star break.
BY THE NUMBERS: 9-3 -- The Padres' fastest start after 12 games since the 1998 team went 9-3 en route to the National League pennant.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I think this year, the team is more together and doing the little things. There is more energy on the bench." -- SS Luis Rodriguez talking about the Padres' 9-4 start. Part of the reason for the early-season success: Rodriguez had hit three sacrifice files and drawn nine walks in 38 plate appearances.
