Padres 6, Mariners 4

Coverage of the Padres' crisp victory Friday night at Seattle is at padres.com, written by the undoubtedly caffeinated Corey Brock.

Trevor Hoffman sure is looking good, isn't he? The doom and gloom of April was silly.

By the way, the Padres moved out of last place with the victory, a half-game ahead of Colorado. Baby steps, but at least they are baby steps in the right direction.