Gotta sweep birthday11/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Three of Faedo’s walks were to the first batter in an inning, but the Padres grounded into a double play in all three of those innings. They finished 1-for-4 with runners in scoring position and had just three runners get as far as second base. It was arguably their only real threat until the ninth inning. Their only run Sunday came in the seventh inning when Bogaerts hit a one-out double and scored on Gary Sánchez’s two-out single against reliever Beau Briskie. Of the 24 times this season they have scored at least seven runs, they have now scored one or zero runs in their next game nine times. He perhaps had the good fortune of facing the Padres on this particular day. The loss was Musgrove’s first since May 20, a span of 11 starts in which he has a 2.00 ERA.įaedo (2-5, 5.80) yielded only Jake Cronenworth’s two-out double in the second inning and four walks. ![]() The Tigers added on in the third on a pair of singles around a walk. Musgrove (9-3, 3.25) paid for most of the mistakes he made.Ī slider hung in the first inning was hit by Spencer Torkelson hit into the seats beyond left field, and a cutter near the heart of the strike zone was hit by Andy Ibáñez even farther into those seats in the third inning. It was lost despite another quality start, as Padres starter Joe Musgrove wasn’t quite as effective as he had been for two straight months and the offense could not pick him up the way they did rookie Jackson Wolf the night before. “We’re way past trips and series,” Melvin said. It is in this context that it was difficult to feel good about a 5-5 trip, which would otherwise not be considered all that bad a result after losing three of the first four games. Those two teams have the second-worst records in their respective leagues. The other two are the Royals, whose longest win streak is two games, and Nationals, who have not won more than three in a row. The Padres are one of three teams to have not put together a winning streak of at least four games. A victory would have put them in position to win a fourth straight game for the first time this season. Sunday was an opportunity to win a third straight game for the seventh time this season. They gained two games just by going 4-2 this past week.īut moving up significantly in the standings, they know, will almost certainly require them putting together at least one sustained winning streak. The 62 games remaining afford the Padres ample time to make up the necessary ground. ![]() With the passing of their 100th game of the season, the Padres (48-52) will begin a homestand Monday six games back in the race for the National League’s final wild-card spot. said, “stuff like this cannot be happening.” “If we want to get where we want to get,” Fernando Tatis Jr. We gotta put more pressure on the starter, in my opinion.”īut it is late enough in the season that there is not only the little picture on which to focus. He somehow got us out, nothing against him. “I think it was more about today, to tell you the truth, and it’s a pretty disappointing effort, at least off the starter,” Melvin said. In the moment, the poor performance by the Padres offense may have overshadowed the bigger picture of the blown opportunity. So it’s definitely one that is tougher than when you face guys like that.” ![]() He didn’t have anything, like, (Justin) Verlander-esque or Sandy Alcantra or something like that. But I felt like our hitters were also comfortable in the box, but maybe we just didn’t execute the way we wanted to and maybe lock down. “It was a very comfortable six innings for him. “Six shutout innings and I didn’t think he was like a (Max) Scherzer-type,” shortstop Xander Bogaerts said. Melvin’s exasperation owed primarily to the Padres having been shut out on one hit over six innings by Alex Faedo, who was called up from Triple-A on Sunday and had never in his previous 18 big-league starts turned in a scoreless outing or allowed fewer than three hits. But I just felt like we should have done a little more damage.” Now, look, when you don’t hit, it doesn’t look great. “This is a key game today, to go out with a little bit more fire. “We’ve seen this game before, and these are key games,” manager Bob Melvin said afterward. ![]()
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