Padres beat Giants as Peavy wins 18th
SAN DIEGO -- Jake Peavy is putting together an impressive Cy Young Award resume.
Peavy lowered his major league-leading earned-run average to 2.39, struck out 10 to take over the big league lead and pitched the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.
Kevin Kouzmanoff had three hits and drove in a run for the Padres, who maintained their 1 1/2 -game lead in the National League wild-card race.
Peavy’s 18 wins are the most in the NL and a personal best. He gave up four hits in 7 1/3 innings and won for the ninth time in 10 decisions.
Throwing his usual assortment of fastballs and sliders, Peavy (18-6) struck out at least 10 for the ninth time this season -- a big league high -- and the 24th time in his career. His 225 strikeouts are a personal best, topping the 216 he had in 2005, when he led the NL.
Peavy walked pinch-hitter Eugenio Velez with one out in the eighth inning. Velez stole second and scored on pinch-hitter Ray Durham’s single to left.
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