--RHP Chris Young had septum surgery Monday, the latest step in his recovery from the nasal and skull fractures he suffered May 22 when struck by a line drive. He said before the procedure that he hoped to resume throwing within a week.
--3B Kevin Kouzmanoff went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs to stretch his career-best hitting streak (and the Padres' longest of the season) to 10 straight games. During the streak, Kouzmanoff is hitting .390 (16-for-41) with four doubles, a triple, three homers and seven RBIs. --2B Edgar Gonzalez set career highs for hits (four), homers (two) and RBIs (three) in a game Monday night. His 4-for-5 game boosted his average to .325 since taking over for the injured Tadahito Iguchi.
--RF Brian Giles had the 18th four-hit game of his career Monday night. He also has four this season, which leads the major leagues.
--"I stunk pretty bad," said RHP Greg Maddux after giving up eight runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings in Colorado on Monday night. "I just never got into the flow of the game. I struggled every inning." Monday night marked the 10th straight start that failed to produce a win for Maddux since he won the 350th game of his career against the Rockies back on May 10.
--Monday night was only the fifth time in franchise history that the Padres had 22 or more hits in a game. The last was a 22-hit game at Philadelphia on Aug. 24, 2007. The club record is 25 hits set on April 19, 1992, against San Francisco.
BY THE NUMBERS: .428 -- The Padres' all-time winning percentage in interleague play (83-111), ahead of only Pittsburgh (.376) among major league teams.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "So what if they're hot... cool them off." -- Padres manager Bud Black, on the Padres running into the hot New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins in interleague play.
