Sometimes things get a little fuzzy during an evening at the pub. Here’s a friendly reminder of what you may have missed while you were drinking.
The Padres (2-3) scored more runs than the Colorado Rockies (2-3), 16-3, last night in the second game of their series in Coors Field.
Drew Pomeranz (1-0, 3.60) made his Padres debut, pitching five innings while surrendering two runs on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts.
Jorge De La Rosa (0-1, 12.46) pitched four innings, giving up seven run on seven hits and five walk with three walks. Matt Kemp drove in six runs with an RBI single, a solo home run, and a three-run shot. Cory Spangenberg had four RBI, including a three-run home run. Jon Jay scored twice while driving in three. Wil Myers hit a solo home run in the ninth inning. Rookie Jabari Blash hit a pinch-hit double for his first Major League hit.
Yangervis Solarte came up lame running to first base in the fourth inning with a strained right hamstring.
This afternoon the series wraps up at Coors Field with James Shields (0-1, 4.50) taking the mound against Chad Bettis (0-0, 8.44) at 1:10pm PDT.
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While You Were Drinking – 2016 Game 4 (SD at COL)
By Scott
Sometimes things get a little fuzzy during an afternoon at the pub. Here’s a friendly reminder of what you may have missed while you were drinking.
The Padres (1-3) scored more runs than the Colorado Rockies (2-2) in the first of three at Coors Field, 13-6, ending their scoreless innings streak at thirty.
Colin Rea (0-0, 12.46) had a shaky start, giving up five runs on six hit and four walks with five strikeouts in just three and a third innings. Newly called-up Robbie Erlin received credit for the win after relieving Rea and shutting the Rockies down for three and two-thirds innings. Rookie shortstop Trevor Story hit two home runs — a two-run shot off Rea in the fourth inning and a solo shot in the ninth inning off Ryan Buchter — to make it five six home runs in four games this season.
Jordan Lyles (0-1, 13.50) lasted three and a third innings, surrendering five runs on seven hits and three walk with four strikeouts. Matt Kemp went 4-for-6 with a three-run home run in the fifth inning off Justin Miller to go with an RBI single that scored Cory Spangenberg in the fourth inning. Yangervis Solarte went 3-for-5 with four RBI. Spangenberg and Melvin Upton Jr. added two RBI each, Upton Jr.’s coming on a two-run home run in the sixth inning.
Tonight, starting at 5:10pm PDT, Drew Pomeranz makes his first start of 2016 against Jorge De La Rosa (0-0, 9.64).
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Padres and Pints: The Podcast! Episode 33 Part 1 with Mark Grant
By Chris Bauer
Long-time Padres broadcaster Mark Grant joins Padres and Pints for Part 1 of this episode, recorded live at Green Flash Brewery during their Back the Brown growler release party.
Mark, Rick, and Chris meander around Padres, Baseball, and Patsy Cline references. They chat brown uniforms, batter/pitcher celebrations, and Grant’s experiences, philosophies, and dance routines as a broadcaster. Videos discussed are Mark Grant exhausting himself dancing to Jump Around and Nolan Ryan mocking Brad Lesley.
Coming soon: Part 2 with Mabelynn Capeluj and AJ Cassavell!
If you have any questions or comments, leave them down below or e-mail us.
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While You Were Drinking – 2016 Game 3 (LAD vs SD)
By Scott
Sometimes things get a little fuzzy during an evening at the pub. Here’s a friendly reminder of what you may have missed while you were drinking.
The Padres (0-3) scored fewer runs than the Los Angeles Dodgers (3-0), 7-0.
Really?
Andrew Cashner (0-1, 11.25)?
Really?
Kenta Maeda (1-0, 0.00), along with a home run in his just his second Major League at-bat?
Really?
The Padres now are the first team in MLB history to get shutout in the first three games of the season?
Really?
Ugh…
Just read the other recaps below. I’m not writing anything more about this crap.
The Padres (thankfully) have today off as they travel to Denver for three games against the Colorado Rockies (2-1). Colin Rea (0-0, 9.00) gets the start Friday afternoon versus Jordan Lyles at 1:10pm PDT.
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Ramblings: Let’s Make The Padres Feel Bad
By Oscar's Thoughts
The Padres have been really bad through two games. Like, historically bad. We literally haven’t seen a baseball team suck this bad through two games in almost a hundred fucking years. Let’s break down all the bad stuff and how much worse it’s going to get!
Quick note: If you’ve never read Ramblings (lucky bastard), I’m too lazy to write a well-constructed blog post, so I just spit out all my opinions via bullet points. If you read something you disagree with, you’re probably wrong.
It’s two games (TWO GAMES), so we shouldn’t overreact to anything, no matter how humiliatingly painful it’s been to watch. They faced the best pitcher on the planet and another really good one in Scott Kazmir. The Padres could win their next eight games (don’t laugh) and nobody would even remember the shit heap we just watched, except for those assholes who think great uniforms (more on those later!) were to blame. Let’s relax and see how they perform in a larger sample size.
Ok now that that bullshit’s out of the way, holy fucking shit this team sucks. I think the anger from the fans is justified. It feels more like a boiling point after a dormant offseason that saw the best player leave and no one was acquired to replace him. No upgrades were made to the rotation or the everyday lineup. They got a new manager who says the right things all the time, but that’s pretty much it.
And you know what? That would’ve been totally fine! At least with me. I get it, you’re gonna suck for a while, but the farm system’s gonna be great and we’re gonna zero in on Latin America and Asia like crazy. Instead ownership boasted all offseason like 16 year olds who just had their cherries popped. There’s no definitive plan in place, at least not one they want to tell us. And now after months and months of talking about how they’re going to over-perform and build and whatever the fuck else, we see the first glimpse of a team they think could surprise people get its teeth kicked in by an actual baseball team. It’s the worst possible start they could have had considering how angry fans already were, confirmation that all our concerns and criticism was justified.
Now, are they going to be this bad all season? Of course not! They’re going to eventually score some runs. Shit, they even win a few games. I’ll go as far and say they’ll get to double-digit wins; maybe this month! I hope everybody’s horribly wrong about this team and they win 90 games and make the playoffs. I just wish that wasn’t also ownership’s strategy.
Fox Sports San Diego is as insufferable as ever. Fuck whoever decided it was a good idea to have Mark Sweeney randomly pop in during the broadcast. Dick Enberg sounds bored and exhausted; I showed more interest in class the week before Spring Break. Mark Grant is just trying to survive, man; there’s only so many times you can describe a routine double-play or an infield single or oh god where’s the morphine. I look forward to Don Orsillo taking over in July.
Said this already on Twitter (follow me!), but if Jabari Blash isn’t going to start against lefties, might as well send him back to Seattle. He’s basically worthless as an extra outfielder because he brings no defensive value. Give 500 at-bats and see what happens. They literally have nothing to lose. We already know what Jon Jay and Melvin Upton are (mehhhhhhhhh).
Speaking of Jay, what the fuck. He’s looked like trash in center field, but at least he has a hit! Manuel Margot can’t get here soon enough.
Alexei Ramirez has the arm strength of an amputee.
Those brown uniforms were GORGEOUS. Perfect cap, too. I can’t wait until they go brown full-time next year, although I do hope they keep a blue/yellow/white alternant. I love this year’s home jersey.
Oh, and where are the yellow sleeves? Like 90 percent of why I was excited for the yellow was for the sleeve. God these dudes are boring. Kudos to Derek Norris for the awesome catching gear, though. He looked fantastic.
I have no opinion of Andy Green other than I hope he’s got some strong weed.
My Bonus Pool Brings All The Boys To The Yard
By Nathan Veale
As the Padres start the 2016 season with three rule 5 draftees on the opening day roster, a lower payroll than 2015, and a player who was acquired to be the backup center-fielder currently being employed as the starting left-fielder, forgive me as my thoughts wander to what will come later this summer, the June amateur draft and the beginning of the new international signing period on July 2nd. With these two events, the Padres have the ability to restock their farm system with considerable talent, talent that is greatly needed to secure the future of the franchise.
Thankfully, to fuel my desire to look forward, Major League Baseball released the official draft order, total team-by-team draft bonus pool, individual draft position bonus slot values, and the team-by-team international bonus pool figures Tuesday morning, the day after the Padres suffered the worst opening day shutout defeat in MLB history. Read More…
While You Were Drinking – 2016 Game 2 (LAD vs SD)
By Scott
Sometimes things get a little fuzzy while watching the Gwynn Opener at the pub. Here’s a friendly reminder of what you may have missed while you were drinking.
The Padres (0-2) scored fewer runs than the Los Angeles Dodgers (2-0), 3-0, in the second of three games to open the 2016 season. The Friars debuted their new brown uniforms that will be worn during Friday home games this year. And that was the extent of the Padres highlights.
James Shields (0-1, 4.50) pitched six innings with six hits, a walk, and six strikeouts, giving up all three runs in the fourth inning. Yasiel Puig scored Corey Seager and Adrian Gonzalez with a one-out triple to center field. Carl Crawford then drove in Puig from third with a single to left field.
Scott Kazmir (1-0, 0.00) pitched six innings, giving up one infield hit to Cory Spangenberg in the first inning, with no walks and five strikeouts. The Padres then went hitless until a two-out infield single by Jon Jay in the ninth inning off of
