Padres Pummeled at Petco

Friars give up 10 runs in lopsided loss to the Nationals

Padres pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne was amazing in his first few appearances of the year. He filled in wonderfully when Ian Kennedy was on the disabled list, allowing just three earned runs in 18.1 innings.

However, his second stint as a fill-in starter did not get off to as good a start. Despaigne allowed four runs in the first inning alone on Friday night against the Washington Nationals, who got him for seven runs in 3.0 innings on their way to a 10-0 shutout at Petco Park.

Despaigne threw a whopping 88 pitches in those three innings of work. He was relieved by Shawn Kelley, who threw 2.0 innings and only allowed one run on a long solo home run by National League HR leader Bryce Harper.

Harper's 13th dinger of the year flew over the Jack Daniel's Deck in right field. Washington tacked on two more against Frank Garces, who ate up 3.0 innings to help this game mercifully come to an end.

The Padres offense managed seven hits, all of them singles, and left seven runners on base. It seems when things go south for this year's Padres, everything goes really far south at the same time.

Saturday evening Andrew Cashner takes the mound against Max Scherzer.

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