SAN DIEGO - Xavier Nady got up at 7 a.m. Thursday with a 103-degree fever and headed to an urgent-care facility to get some antibiotics.

Nearly 16 hours later, he drew a bases-loaded walk in the 12th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in their home opener.

Nady didn't get to the ballpark until about an hour before the first pitch. He was held out of the starting lineup but the Padres figured he'd at least be well enough to pinch-hit.

"The way the game was going, it obviously changed a few things," Nady said. "You always want to be in there. From the start, I don't know if that would have been in the team's best interest the way I was feeling, if I would have been productive or not."

Nady, who started in center field in San Diego's first two games, started feeling ill Wednesday night after a win at Colorado. He came in to play center in the 10th and popped up weakly to the catcher that inning with runners on first and second.

In the 12th, he drew four straight balls from Rick White (0-1).

The Padres got a jolt when Eric Young separated his right shoulder making a catch against the center-field fence in the first.

Young appeared to jam his arm against the wall as he made a leaping catch of Jason Bay's drive for the third out. He grimaced as he stayed on the ground for a few moments, then held his shoulder as he got up.

Assistant trainer Jim Daniel helped immobilize Young's arm as they walked off the field.

Pinch-hitter Geoff Blum started the winning rally with a single off the top of shortstop Freddy Sanchez's glove and went to second on Ramon Hernandez's single. Both advanced on Khalil Greene's sacrifice bunt. Sean Burroughs was intentionally walked to load the bases.

The Pirates, who struck out 15 times, dropped to 0-3.

Pittsburgh loaded the bases with three singles against Akinori Otsuka in the 11th before Rudy Seanez (1-0) came on and struck out Chris Duffy, who was playing in his first big league game after being recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis earlier in the day when infielder Jose Castillo was put on the disabled list.

Seanez struck out three in 1

innings.

Hits were scarce on a cool, breezy evening at Petco Park.

San Diego starter Jake Peavy got a great jump on defending his major league ERA title, striking out 10 and holding the Pirates to four hits in 6

innings. Last year, the 23-year-old Peavy became the first Padres pitcher to lead the majors in ERA, at 2.27.

Left-hander Mark Redman, who grew up in nearby Escondido and was making his Pirates debut, held the Padres to four hits in six innings. He struck out three and walked one.

"You're matching up against an excellent pitcher with Jake Peavy," Pittsburgh manager Lloyd McClendon said. "If you can keep inning by inning with him, you're doing all right."

Redman had a 7.04 ERA in the spring.

"When the light comes on, those guys are ready to pitch," McClendon said.