With San Diego wrapping up its season series with Arizona this week, Jake Peavy went to manager Bud Black and offered to face the Diamondbacks on three days' rest.
Black took him up on it, and the right-hander will pitch Wednesday night on three days' rest for the second time in his five-year career. The first time came on Sept. 26, 2004, when he allowed one run in six innings to beat the Diamondbacks.
?I just threw it out there,? Peavy said before the Padres met Arizona on Tuesday night. ?I said, 'Listen, I feel good, and I don't think it's that big of a deal. I would love to be considered.' And obviously it worked out.?
Peavy, a leading candidate for the NL Cy Young Award, is 16-5 with a 2.10 ERA. He leads the league in ERA, victories and strikeouts (206).
Peavy is 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA against Arizona this year, with 45 strikeouts in 26 1-3 innings. He matched his career high by striking out 16 Diamondbacks on April 25. Peavy struck out nine in a row that night, falling one shy of Tom Seaver's major league record.
Black took him up on it, and the right-hander will pitch Wednesday night on three days' rest for the second time in his five-year career. The first time came on Sept. 26, 2004, when he allowed one run in six innings to beat the Diamondbacks.
?I just threw it out there,? Peavy said before the Padres met Arizona on Tuesday night. ?I said, 'Listen, I feel good, and I don't think it's that big of a deal. I would love to be considered.' And obviously it worked out.?
Peavy, a leading candidate for the NL Cy Young Award, is 16-5 with a 2.10 ERA. He leads the league in ERA, victories and strikeouts (206).
Peavy is 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA against Arizona this year, with 45 strikeouts in 26 1-3 innings. He matched his career high by striking out 16 Diamondbacks on April 25. Peavy struck out nine in a row that night, falling one shy of Tom Seaver's major league record.