“When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment ... Or the moment defines you.” – Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy
How about this for a defining moment: 7th inning, bases loaded, two outs in a 2-1 game. All you need is one out to get out of the inning and steal a little momentum back. Then a ball that rolls about 30 feet turns in to a 3-run error.
Welcome to Padres baseball, 2015.
The Friars fell to the Dodgers 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at Petco Park. That very situation played out and it did not go well for the home team. Ramona native Nick Vincent was on the mound with the bases loaded and Andre Ethier at the plate. Ethier topped a nubber up the first base line. Vincent fielded it and lobbed the ball right over the head of 6-foot, 3-inch Wil Myers at first base. By the time it was tracked down all the runners had scored, Ethier was at third base and the Dodgers had their 5-1 lead.
It’s just how things seem to go for San Diego’s professional baseball team these days. The Padres got their only run on a solo homer by Jedd Gyorko, who has gone deep three times in the last four games. The lack of anything resembling an offense once again made a loser of a starting pitcher who deserved better.
Andrew Casher allowed just two runs in 6.0 innings with five strikeouts. Of the Dodgers’ seven hits in the game only one was for extra bases (a double by Justin Turner).
Los Angeles takes three of four games in the series and is now 11-5 against the Padres this season. The teams have one more series against one another, the final three games of the season at Dodger Stadium. That should be the final series the Padres play in 2015 but the Dodgers will very likely be just setting up their starting rotation for the playoffs.
