Scoreboard watching and scoring runs, neither is working very well for the Padres recently.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 1-0, while the San Diego Padres scored just 1 run in a loss to the Chicago White Sox. As a result of the Brewers win and the Padres 3-1 defeat against the White Sox, San Diego's magic number to clinch a National League wildcard playoff spot remained at 3 games.
The problem for the Padres is this was their 3rd straight loss, and the team has scored just 3 runs in those 3 loses. With just 5 games left in the season, this is not the time for your offense to go missing.
After taking a 1-0 lead on a Josh Bell RBI single, Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish relinquished the lead in the 4th inning on an Eloy Jimenez solo home run. Darvish then gave up the go-ahead RBI single later in the inning, then another RBI single in the 6th, as Chicago took a 3-1 lead. For the game Darvish pitched 6 innings, struck out 6 batters and allowed 3 runs.
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Padre batters struck out 15 times and were just one for six with runners in scoring position.
The Padres lead in the National League wildcard is one and a half games over the Phillies and 2 games over the Brewers with 5 to play.
The Padres and White Sox continue their 3-game series Saturday night at Petco Park.
