Opening Day for the San Francisco Giants begins shortly. They'll be playing the Padres at AT&T Park and I'll be blogging it semi-live as I listen to the broadcast via an audio stream. Think of it as Baseball Twittering.

Before I begin, I should mention that I'm giddy with dread. I can't wait for the game to begin, but at the same time, I'm afraid Barry Zito will get smacked around like Curt Schilling did yesterday. Schilling lasted all of four innings, giving up five runs on eight hits. On his personal blog, Curt cited a lack of command for his poor performance. I'm sure he'll work hard to regain it before his next start, but yesterday's game was painful to listen to. I gave up shortly after Schilling left. Kansas went on to win 7-1.

I listened to part of the Athletics and Mariners opening game and heard the sixth inning when Bobby Crosby booted a routine double play relay throw. If he had fielded it cleanly, the inning would have been over. Instead, the inning continued and the Mariners scored four times before Dan Haren could shut the door. Oakland lost 4-0.

Fortunately, yesterday wasn't a complete bust. After all, Ben Sheets and the Brewers stomped all over the Dodgers and t.

Okay, enough about yesterday. Let's get to today's action. To read this chronologically, please start at the bottom...

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4:22 PM -- And the game ends with the Padres drubbing the Giants by a score of 7-0.

• Todd Linden faces Bell... out.
• Molina vs. Bell... out.
• Feliz vs. Bell... out a single? Wow. Rally time!
• And then Winn rolls it to second to end the game! Shucks.
• SD 7, SF 0

• Bard gets his fourth hit of the day and sends Cameron to third.
• Steve Kline, who had replaced Chulk, keeps the Padres scoreless.
• Giants have three more outs to score seven runs!
• SD 7, SF 0

• Heath Bell in to pitch for San Diego.
• With one out, Vizquel singles. Bonds comes to the plate.
• Bonds sends one for a ride, but it dies at the left field wall and is caught.
• The Giants fail again to mount a rally.
• SD 7, SF 0

• Gonzalez gets on, Bard follows with a double. Men on second and third with nobody out. Khalil Greene hits a single and Gonzalez scores.
• Bochy goes to the bullpen again.
• Vinnie Chulk replaces Sanchez and promptly gets an out, but allows a run to score.
• Russell Branyan doubles and another run scores.
• Chulk walks Marcus Giles. This is getting painful. The weak Giants bullpen is living up to its reputation.
• Omar Vizquel spears a liner by Brian Giles and the inning is thankfully over.
• SD 7, SF 0

• Disappointed they didn't broadcast the 7th inning stretch. Oh well.
• Bengie Molina gets a hit off of the new Padres pitchers, Clay Meredith.
Winn gets a hit. Two men on with one out.
• The rally dies an early death with a Klesko groundball for a double play. Stinkers!
• SD 4, SF 0

• Jose Cruz, Jr. leads off with a triple.
• Bruce Bochy, Giants manager, makes a double switch.
• Jonathan Sanchez comes in for Correia and Ryan Klesko replaces Aurilia at first.
• Sanchez strikes out the first man. 1 out.
• Sanchez throws a wild pitch, way up and outside. Cruz scores. Augh!!
• SD 4, SF 0

• Durham singles, but Peavy gets Rich Aurilia to fly out and end the inning.
• Will the Giants go without scoring a run in their first game?
• SD 3, SF 0

• Kevin Correia takes the mound for the Giants.
• Bard singles, but Correa retires the side.
• SD 3, SF 0

• And who better to get something started than Pedro Feliz!
• I had trouble typing that previous sentence without laughing (and then crying).
• Feliz strikes out just to prove a point.
• Randy Winn walks.
• Lance Niekro pinch hits for Zito with one on and one out and then strikes out. Peavy has fanned six.
• Roberts flies out to end the inning.
• SD 3, SF 0

• Zito is back to work the fifth. Let's hope for a short inning.
• Okay, three up and three down with a strike out is short enough. Come on, Giants, let's get something started already!
• SD 3, SF 0

• Bonds walks, but that's about it.
• SD 3, SF 0

• Dave Fleming mentions the ballpark bunting for the fourth time. Mike Cameron scores on a single by Josh Bard.
• Padres have the bases loaded with one away.
• Zito walks in a run. Bard scores. Brad Hennessy gets up in the Giants bullpen.
• Thank goodness! A double play ball that ends the inning.
• SD 3, SF 0

• Peavy boots a Dave Roberts infield hit, but the Giants don't do anything with it.
• SD 1, SF 0

• Zito has settled down after giving up the run in the first inning.
• SD 1, SF 0

• Peavy sails through the bottom of the second.
• SD 1, SF 0

• Zito zips through the second.
• SD 1, SF 0

• Jake Peavy is pitching for San Diego. He got the first two men out and now faces Barry Bonds. Bonds behind in the count 0-2. Works it to a full count. Bonds strokes a ball to the opposite field, defeating the shift, for a base hit.
• Bonds steals second. Ray Durham bounces to short. The throw to first gets away from Gonzalez. Bonds attempts to score, but is thrown out at home and the inning ends.
• SD 1, SF 0

• The Giants are on the field. Barry Zito is on the mound. Jon Miller and Dave Fleming are in the booth. It's 1:37 PM. Play ball! Zito's first pitch is a strike.
• Brian Giles gets first Padres hit of the season. A one-out double off Zito.
• Adrian Gonzalez pokes a single over the shortstop. Giles scores the first Padres run of the season.
• Zito works out of the inning without further damage. Giants coming up.
• SD 1, SF 0

1:30 PM -- Stu Miller throws out the ceremonial first pitch.

1:23 PM -- The All-Star honoring continues. Fun fact: The Giants have more inductees in Baseball's Hall of Fame than any other franchise. HOFers present include Gaylord Perry, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal, Willie Mays.

1:16 PM -- Since San Francisco is hosting the All-Star Game this year, the Giants are honoring their past All-Stars. Jon Miller, the Giants broadcaster, is down on the field announcing. Names include Felipe Alou, Vida Blue, and Jeffrey Leonard. Now they're getting to guys I remember when I first started following the team: Atlee Hammaker, Mike Krukow, Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell, Matt Williams, and Robby Thompson.

1:11 PM -- The cast of The Jersey Boys just sang the national anthem. Maybe it's just the quality of the audio stream, but they sound screechy. On a positive note, it's a well-harmonized screechiness.

1:05 PM -- They just finished announcing the starting lineup and now they're paying tribute to members of the Giants family that passed away, including Chris Brown, Jose Uribe, and Pat Dobson.