In both the seventh and eighth innings, they had a runner at third base with one out and could not get him home.
“If we can perform near our capabilities, there’s not many teams that can play with us,” Arrieta said after last night’s game.
On July 17, the Padres were 15 games above .500 for the season and had over the previous 25 games gone 17-8 .
Even though Kim held onto the ball a beat trying to allow Hosmer to get to first, his throw was in time to get Brantley.
“I think it had a little bit of side spin,” Tingler said.
“I think about a lot of things,” Tingler said when asked about the possibility of Cronenworth being dropped from near the top of the order after he went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts to drop to 3-for-36 over the past nine games.
Arrieta has found his way back to his “crossfire” delivery in which he steps out with his lead leg rather than directly toward the plate.