Padres Rolling, Giants 32 Games Back | JUS MLB Blog 9/21
The Padres are 87-69 after winning 13 of 14, while the Giants sit 32 games behind the Dodgers. JUS is back for playoff baseball in San Diego.
The Padres are 87-69 after winning 13 of 14, while the Giants sit 32 games behind the Dodgers. JUS is back for playoff baseball in San Diego.
Football is back! For a brief moment yesterday — well, actually for an entire quarter — I thought it was going to be another one of those years for the 49ers.
WHO’S HURT, WHO’S COMING BACK & WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS NL WEST INJURY BOARD PADRES NICK PIVETTA — RHP Right elbow inflammation. Pivetta’s rehab assignment was stopped earlier this month after he left an outing after only 14 pitches. He’s continued throwing, but there’s still no firm return date.
The Padres won again. The Dodgers won again. Arizona won again. As of today, the Padres are 71-60, they’ve won three straight, and they’re nine games behind the Dodgers in the NL West.
The Padres won. Is it because of me? Possibly, we’ll get to that. San Diego beat Minnesota 6-2 Friday night, and this was exactly the kind of game I wanted to see after calling out the offense earlier this week.
The Padres offense has a problem. And at this point, it’s time to start calling some guys out. The Padres lost again Wednesday, and once again the offense simply didn’t do enough.
Okay, Dodgers. You hear that? Those footsteps getting louder? That’s Fernando Tatis Jr. And he’s coming. Tatis put on an absolute show at Citi Field Tuesday night. Two home runs. Three RBIs. And apparently hitting two bombs wasn’t enough, because he also went to the wall and robbed Francisco Lindor of a grand slam .
Yesterday I said the Padres needed to take care of business against the Mets. Apparently I should have been more specific. Score more than one run. The Mets scored two. Two.
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