Trotting out an outfield of Brian Giles, Scott Hairston and the immortal Justin Huber, the Padres outfield committed several defensive gaffes in the pivotal seventh inning, right after Hairston made an excellent play to throw James Loney out at home in the sixth. After the Padres’ scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth on a wild pitch by Scott Proctor, San Diego reliever Bryan Corey got a one-out fly ball from pinch-hitter Delwyn Young. However, rightfielder Giles lost the ball, allowing Young to make it to second base with a double. The very next batter, Juan Pierre, lofted a fly ball to left that landed between the stationary leftfielder Huber and the centerfielder Hairston, who was backing him up. Later, Hairston would make another mistake when, playing left field, he bobbled the transfer of a ground ball hit by Andre Ethier, allowing him to make it to second base without a play.
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