Padres cruise into fifth before NL leaders turn it on in 11-2 rout
entered the series decider confident that the north end of their starting rotation, a rising bullpen and sleepy offense stacked with potential might finally come together when the Dodgers seemed just a tad bit vulnerable.They walked onto the field with shoulders confident and squared, hoping to win their first series against the Dodgers since June … of 2021.
“You’ve got to move on, as tough as that was,” said manager Bob Melvin, of getting battered 11-0 in the final five innings on the day the franchise set the season record for sellouts at Petco. “This is one we really wanted to take today. Did not work out the way we wanted it to at all.”A sharp lap or two through the Dodgers lineup raised hopes for the starting rotation — Mike Clevinger on Friday, Blake Snell on Saturday and Musgrove on Sunday — until second and third laps unraveled.
Because of that situational hitting gulf, the disturbing run differential between the teams this season ballooned to 59.“At this point, not a mental challenge,” Melvin said of simply winning a series against the Dodgers. “We just want to start playing consistent baseball. We do it for a period of time and other times, not so much. So it’s more about us than anything else. But you have to hand it to them, they’ve beat us every series.”On Friday, five Padres relievers cruised.
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