Padres Offense Reappears in Arizona

San Diego Cranks out 10 Runs vs D'Backs

 The Padres built a 5-0 lead before James Shields even took the mound at Chase Field. Wil Myers led off the game with a home run and the Friars never looked back after that one swing.

If only it was that easy every night.

The Padres scraped together a couple more runs before Cory Spangenberg did a Little League throwback by taking off for 2nd base with runners on the corners. An errant pickoff throw by Jeremy Hellickson bounced into centerfield allowing Justin Upton to scoot home and Spangenberg to cruise over to 3rd.

Derek Norris then plated Spangenberg with an RBI single and the rout was on.

The offense took the pressure off Shields who earned his 12th victory of the year.

Shields struck out 6 Diamondbacks in 7 full innings of work. He only allowed 1 earned run on 4 hits and improved to 12-8.

It’s hard to digest how the Friars only managed 4 runs in their entire 3-game series against the Giants and then somehow burst out of the dugout for 5 runs right away in Arizona.

These two squads look destined to battle for 3rd place in the NL West as the Dodgers won again Monday night and are running away with the division.

Tyson Ross opposes Jhoulys Chacin Tuesday evening at 6:40pm PT.

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