--1B Adrian Gonzalez hit his second homer in as many nights in Philadelphia. And it was the second time in as many nights that Gonzalez gave the Padres a quick 2-0 lead with a two-run shot in the first. Five of Gonzalez's six homers have come away from Petco Park.
--2B Tadahito Iguchi was another Padre who seemed to find his stroke in Philadelphia. He followed Wednesday night's four-hit game with two hits Thursday, raising his average 36 points in two days to .252. --Are things about to turn around for the Padres? May is their month. Over the past three seasons, the Padres have gone 59-25 in May, including 18-9 last May and 22-6 (the best month in Padres history) in 2005. The next-best team in the majors in May over the past three seasons is Boston (53-29).
--RF Brian Giles is hitting only .260, but he has reached base in all but one of his 25 starts.
--LHP Randy Wolf got no decision on his return to Philadelphia despite allowing only two runs on six hits in six innings. In four of his six starts, Wolf has allowed two runs or fewer. He has won only one of those games.
BY THE NUMBERS: 93 -- Consecutive innings at Petco Park without a Padres homer between Giles' solo homer in the sixth off the Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda on April 4 and his fourth-inning solo shot April 26 off Arizona's Micah Owings.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It's been sort of the same story the last 10 days. We couldn't get a big hit. We've got some guys not swinging the bat. We've got some veteran players who have been through this, but this has taken longer." -- Padres manager Bud Black, on the Padres' continuing hitting woes.
