10/2/12 ? For the second straight month, San Diego Padres third baseman Chase Headley was named the National League Player of the Month for September. Headley continued where he left off in August and swung a hot bat the final month of the season. He batted .324 and hit nine homers and drove in a league-leading 30 RBIs. He is the first player to have back-to-back months with 30-or-more RBIs since Albert Pujols did it in 2006. He is also the first Padres player since Ken Caminiti to win the award twice in a season. The 28-year old Headley finishes the year hitting .286 with 31 home runs and 115 runs-batted-in.

Clayton Richard continued to struggle and the San DIego Padres could not recover as they dropped a 6-0 ball game to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. Richard pitched 6.1 innings, allowing five earned runs on nine hits and zero walks. He also added a strikeout over the course of his 102 pitches en route to his 12th loss of the season. Offensively for San Diego, not much was going on - the team scattered just five hits and were 0-4 with runners in scoring position. Yonder Alonso had the premiere performance, going 2-4 to raise his average to .276 on the year thus far.

Clayton Richard was phenomenal as his complete game shutout led the San Diego Padres to a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night at Petco Park. Richard allowed just five hits and two walks over his nine innings, picking up five strikeouts en route to his 9th victory of the season. The outing lowered his ERA to a respectable 3.79 for the 2012 campaign. Offensively, Will Venable and Yonder Alonso each had a run batted in, giving them 31 and 41 RBI's on the season thus far, respectively. While the team managed just six hits on the day against Cubs pitching, they did have two big ones with runners in scoring position to seal them the victory.

While Padres starter Edinson Volquez didn't have his best stuff, he kept his team in the game long enough to earn a victory as San Diego defeated the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 11-5 on Monday. Volquez lasted five innings, surrendering five earned runs on six hits and three walks. He also added five strikeouts en route to his seventh win of the year thus far. Offensively, Carlos Quentin added his 10th home run of the season in the eight off Reds reliever Jose Arredondo, while Edith Cabrera, Will Venable, Alexi Amarista and Yonder Alonso all also drove in runs in the winning effort.

Padres starter Edison Volquez pitched well, but it was not enough to earn a victory as San Diego dropped a close 3-2 ball game to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. Volquez pitched seven innings, surrendering just two earned runs on three hits and three walks. He also added eight strikeouts on the day over the course of 109 pitches. Offensively, Volquez also added a run batted in, just one of two on the day for the entire San Diego team. Overall, the team hit a paltry 2-11 with runners in scoring position in support of the pitching staff. Chris Denorfia and Will Venable each added stolen bases on the day as well.

The San Diego Padres dropped the first game of a three game series against the Milwaukee Brewers in an 8-3 loss at Petco Park in San Diego. Starter Joe Weiland went to 0-4 on the season, giving up five earned runs in five innings, including two home runs to Ryan Braun. Weiland did, however, strike out eight batters through his 100 pitch effort. Right fielder Chris Denorfia was 2-3 with a couple of walks for San Diego on the offensive side of the ball. Randy Wolf picked up the victory for the Brewers, moving to 2-2 on the young season.

After a terrible 10 game stretch where the team went 3-7, the San Diego Padres currently sit at the bottom of the National League West with a 5-14 record, already eight games behind the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. With such a poor start, there hasn't been much to get excited about in San Diego other than the solid performance of young third basemen Chase Headley, whose four home runs and 13 RBI's currently lead the team. In addition to home runs and runs batted in, Headley also leading the team in batting average (.309), runs scored (14) and OPS (.975).

The San Diego Padres have not gotten off to the strong start that they had envisioned; instead, a 2-4 record through the first six games have landed them three games behind the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. Offensively, the team has looked anemic - of the regular starters, Jason Bartlett leads the team with a paltry .222 batting average, while Chase Headley has the team lead with 5 RBI's. Clayton Richard has paced the pitching staff thus far; in his first start, Richard went 7 strong innings without giving up a run. He also struck out three batters over his 83 pitches. The team looks to rebound against the 4-1 Arizona Diamondbacks in a three game series this weekend.

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