--RHP Trevor Hoffman picked up his fourth save in as many games. June 26-30 2007, marked the last time he had four saves in a four-game span. The save was the 22nd of the season in 25 opportunities for Hoffman, whose 88 percent conversion rate is just below his career average of 89.2 percent.
--SS Khalil Greene, who has yet to have a multi-hit game in July, hit his 10th homer. That gives him 84 in his career, tying him with Fred McGriff on the Padres' all-time list. He also became the eighth player in franchise history to have five or more seasons with 10 or more homers. --C Nick Hundley homered in his second consecutive start Monday night, and Josh Bard homered Sunday. The three homers for Padres catchers in three games topped the total of two homers by all Padres catchers over the season's first 104 games. Hundley is 8-for-19 in his last four starts with the two homers and five RBI to raise his batting average to .265.
--RHP Greg Maddux not only picked up his 351st win to end a career-worst 14-start winless streak, he moved past Phil Niekro into 10th on the all-time strikeout list with 3,344.
--3B Kevin Kouzmanoff was 1-for-4 with two RBI to run his hitting streak to six games. Since the All-Star break, he is hitting .320 (16-for-50) with 15 RBI in 12 games.
BY THE NUMBERS: 2 -- Homers in back-to-back games for Padres catchers Nick Hundley and Josh Bard Saturday and Sunday in Pittsburgh, matching the total for all Padres catchers over the first 104 games.
8 -- Straight series won by the Padres at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, where they are 17-8 since the ballpark opened in 2001.
14 -- Record major league seasons in which Trevor Hoffman has had at least 20 saves, breaking the mark he shared with Lee Smith.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "All closers owe him a 'thank you' for raising the awareness of what we do." -- All-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman, who lit up a cigar upon learning of the death of Jerome Holtzman, the famed Chicago baseball writer, and fellow cigar smoker, who penned the save rule.
