The San Diego Padres staked starter Randy Vasquez to a 6-0 lead after the first two innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he quickly allowed four runs and was followed by Wandy Peralta who also allowed four runs as the Padres suffered their sixth consecutive loss with a 12-7 defeat at the hands of the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night.
The San Diego rotation has been atrocious recently and that appears to now be affecting the bullpen. Vasquez had another poor outing, lasting just
three innings while allowing four runs on seven hits with a walk and no strikeouts. He allowed one home run, which started the scoring for Los Angeles when Dalton Rushing hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the second inning. Vasquez allowed two more runs in the bottom of the third inning before he gave way to Wandy Peralta in the fourth.
Peralta had a terrible night on the mound, allowing four runs on six hits with two strikeouts in just one inning. The Padres watched what was a 6-0 lead heading into the bottom of the second inning become an 8-6 Dodgers lead by the end of the fourth inning. The following San Diego pitchers were not spared by Los Angeles hitters. Yuki Matsui allowed two runs on two hits with two walks and a strikeout in one inning and German Marquez allowed two runs on two hits with three walks in his three innings of work.
Throughout the six-game losing streak, Padres pitchers have allowed 66 runs. The San Diego offense has scored 24 runs over that same span for an average of 4.0 runs per game. Three to four runs a game will not ensure wins, but it should mean they are in most games. That is not the case when the pitchers are allowing an average of 11 runs per game.
The Padres jumped all over Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki. Manny Machado hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning and was followed by a Jackson Merrill solo home run and a Jake Cronenworth three-run home run in the top of the second inning, which gave them their six-run lead.
San Diego will have a tall task trying to rebound against Los Angeles and starter Shohei Ohtani, but will need to do so if the Padres want to end their current losing streak today at 7:10 p.m.
Padres News:
- The MLB owners and the MLBPA continue to trade proposals with the latest exchange coming Wednesday.
- Jason Adam landed on the IL with a shoulder strain and will miss time. German Marquez was called up from Triple-A and will work out of the bullpen.
- Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune says the starting pitching is a major concern for the Padres as they enter July.
- Samad Taylor sat down with Annie Heilbrunn of the San Diego Union-Tribune to talk about how he made his way onto the Padres’ roster.
- Catcher Freddy Fermin took another foul ball off his mask and left the game early against the Dodgers.
Baseball News:
- The Cleveland Guardians walked off the Chicago White Sox on a Brayan Rocchio home run.
- The St. Louis Cardinals used a seven-run seventh inning rally to get an 11-5 win over the Atlanta Braves.
- Junior Caminero did not homer, but the Tampa Bay Rays still won to sweep the Kansas City Royals.
- Milwakuee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski proves he is human in 7-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
- Cade Cavalli of the Washington Nationals and Willson Contreras of the Boston Red Sox were each suspended seven games for their parts in a benches clearing brawl last week.
