If you have been paying attention, you have noticed he has said after several of his starts that he didn’t feel all that good.
“When you think about it,” Darvish said through interpreter Shingo Horie, “I think every pitcher in the league, they’re not feeling their best when they take the mound.
“You go into a rubber game like this and you’ve got a big ace on the mound, it gives you a lot of confidence,” Jayce Tingler said.
Even the weekend crowds, which on Friday and Sunday were smaller and generally less engaged, got raucous at most of the right moments.
I still like the way we’re pitching it and playing defense, but I like that we’re getting a little more quality at-bats up and down the lineup.
Entering the homestand, the players batting in the 5-8 spots were hitting .187 with a .547 OPS this season.
“When guys have gotten their pitches to hit, we’ve hit them,” Jake Cronenworth said.
It’s crazy to remember the Padres were coming off a 1-5 road trip and the Reds had won six in a row.
Even in a hot stretch that has lasted more than a month, Tommy Pham has lamented his lack of power.
Louis,” said Pham, who was primarily a No.2 hitter with the Cardinals and Rays from 2017 to ’19.