They do have one thing in common though. Their respective teams give them very little run support. Just look at that photoshop... it says it all right there.
Matt Cain seems to always pitch well against the Padres but with little reward for the effort. No decisions and losses always mount when pitted against San Diego. I'm glad it is this way.
I recall watching Cain dominate the Padres back in August of 2007 only to be chased by a Geoff Blum single and then a Rob Makowiak double* in the 8th inning of a shutout. Leaving with a 3-0 lead and runners on 2nd and 3rd, pinch hitter Scott Hairston promptly deposited a 3 run bomb off the Western Metal Building. It was awesome. Hairston would later hit a walk-off HR in the 10th to win it for the Padres. Scott Hairston was a great pick-up in 2007 and I'll always remember him fondly. I will also remember that Matt Cain ALWAYS gets dealt a bad hand against San Diego.
But just how bad...
| I | Year | W | L | G | GF | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.500 | ||
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0.963 | |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0.829 | |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1.754 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.84 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1.579 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 1.533 | |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.143 | |
| Career Total | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.58 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 126 | 61 | 58 | 15 | 56 | 6 | 136 | 2 | 1.247 |
After dominating the Padres in 2006 with a 3-0 record and a 1.33 ERA Matt Cain has gone 2-10 against the San Diego Padres while seeing peripheral stats like K/9 decrease and WHIP increase. I'm not saying he doesn't still dominate Padre hitters but since his early conquests he misses from time to time (think this year and the season ending series in 2010).
Matt Cain always has the ability to go out and shut a team down but something just doesn't click when he plays against the Padres. This is something I can live with.
Today it's Mat Latos versus Matt Cain. It should be a legitimate pitchers duel
* Rob Makowiak is one of my favorite July 31st pickups of all time. He was no Joe Randa... but who is? Kevin Towers gave up a player you've never heard of so don't feel too bad about the deal.
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