**Astros opening day updates at Padres**

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1-0 Padres in the 5th.

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Padres dump Astros on opening day

SAN DIEGO — They dramatically remade their roster in the off-season with hopes of avoiding days like this, days in which it seemed as if they could play forever and still not score any runs.

Meet the new Astros. Same as the old Astros, at least for one day.

Jake Peavy, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, pitched seven scoreless innings and drove in a pair of runs to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-0 opening-day win over the Astros.

Peavy outdueled friend Roy Oswalt, the ace of the Astros’ pitching staff, before a celebratory crowd of 44,965 on Monday night, the second-largest crowd in the history of Petco Park.

It was the fifth time the Astros have been shut out in their 47 season-openers and first time since being blanked by Tom Glavine of the Atlanta Braves in 1992. The Astros fell to 23-24 on opening day.

The Astros managed just four hits against Padres pitching – singles by Michael Bourn and Mark Loretta and a double and single by Miguel Tejada, who was the key offseason addition to an offense that was among the worst in the NL last year. Bourn, acquired in a five-player deal that sent Brad Lidge to Philadelphia in November, was one of the few bright spots for the Astros.

He went 1-for-3 with a walk, two steals and a terrific running catch in the outfield to save three runs. Oswalt couldn’t escape the sixth inning in his sixth consecutive opening day start. He gave up 11 hits and three runs and struck out six batters in 5 1/3 innings, failing to retire the Padres in order once.

Much of the damage San Diego did against Oswalt came at the tail end of its batting order, where catcher Josh Bard, left fielder Paul McAnulty and Peavy went a combined 5-for-8 against Oswalt with two runs scored, two RBIs and a walk.

Bourn showed a glimpse of what’s capable of doing when he led off the game with a single up the middle and stole second. Although Lance Berkman walked one out later, Bourn never made it past second base.

The Padres managed consecutive one-out hits in the first against Oswalt, who struck out Adrian Gonzalez and Scott Hairston to end the inning. Oswalt threw 25 pitches in the first. San Diego managed two straight one-out hits again in the second, but this time took advantage.

After Josh Bard doubled and Paul McAnulty singled, Peavy sent a long fly ball to left field that Carlos Lee caught at the warning track. Bard scored easily on the sacrifice fly to make it 1-0. Peavy, who called Oswalt days earlier to brag about a homer he hit in a spring training game, came within a few feet of hitting a home run off his close friend.

Bard and McAnulty hurt Oswalt again in the fourth, each singling with one out. Peavy ripped a line drive single into left center, scoring Bard from second base to put the Padres ahead 2-0.

San Diego took a 3-0 lead in the fifth when Tadahito Iguchi led off with a double, went to third on a grounder and scored on Adrian Gonzalez’s single up the middle. Oswalt was pulled after walking Peavy with one out in the sixth, and the Padres proceeded to load bases against Dave Borkowski.

With two outs, Gonzalez hit a rocket that appeared headed for the gap in right center, but Bourn ran it down at the track to save three runs. San Diego went ahead 4-0 in the seventh on a pinch-hit single by Tony Clark off Brian Moehler.

Wesley Wright came into the game after the hit and got Brian Giles to ground out in his major league debut.