Padres SP Jake Peavy got outpitched by Diamondbacks SP Brandon Webb in a battle of the last two NL Cy Young Award winners Sunday. Peavy (3-1) gave up two runs on four hits and three walks in seven innings, losing at home for the first time in 10 starts since July. He struck out nine and walked three.

Peavy strikes out nine in loss to D'Backs ... [...]

Peavy surrenders four runs ... [...]

Padres SP Jake Peavy blew a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning of Tuesday's game against the Astros and was on the hook for the loss before San Diego tied the game at seven in the eighth. Peavy was done after six innings, which included Hunter Pence's two-run homer in the sixth. He was charged with seven hits, four runs and two walks. He struck out two and allowed two homers -- Geoff Blum hit a solo home run in the fourth inning.

Jake Peavy was able to only work roughly one-third of Thursday's game against the Rockies. The ace tossed eight scoreless innings in what turned out to be a 22-inning battle. Peavy allowed only four hits, walked three, and struck out 11.Peavy is off to another brilliant start this year and was worth whatever you paid for him in fantasy drafts and auctions.

Padres SP Jake Peavy tossed eight scoreless innings Thursday against the Rockies, but the right-hander took a no decision as Jeff Francis matched him for seven innings. The game went into extra innings deadlocked at 0-0. Peavy allowed just four hits and three walks while striking out 11. It was his first double-digit strikeout game in 2008.

Peavy fans 11 in eight scoreless innings ... [...]

Peavy denies using pine tar as pitching aid ... [...]

Jake Peavy has been accused of using pine tar during his Saturday win over the Dodgers. The LA Times reports that an image showing a dark substance on the thumb, forefinger and middle finger was taken from Fox's national broadcast on Saturday and appeared on the message board of a Dodgers fan site later that night next to one of Peavy's hands magnified."Pine tar," Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said. "Rosin's not that dark." Peavy, who threw a complete game and limited the Dodgers to two hits, denied that he cheated to get a better grip on the baseball. "It's just dirt," said Peavy as he looked at copies of the pictures. "I pick up dirt. I mean, come on. I mean, seriously. That's funny to me, seriously." Don't expect anything to come of this, except for an umpire making a trip to the mound when the Padres and Dodgers meet again.

Jake Peavy improved to 10-1 lifetime against the Dodgers as he allowed only two hits in a complete game victory on Saturday. Peavy needed 116 pitches to strike out eight batters while walking one and permitting just one walk.Can you believe that Peavy won the NL Cy Young award last season without a single complete game? In fact, Peavy didn't pitch into the ninth inning a single time last season.

Peavy throws two-hitter versus Dodgers ... [...]

Jake Peavy is in control as he threw seven scoreless innings with only three hits allowed, and four strikeouts and three walks. The Padres downed Houston 4-0 on Monday.This is why Peavy is taken in the first round in fantasy drafts.

Peavy combines on shutout of Astros ... [...]