Wacha has worked 44 1/3 innings and the Padres are 6-2 when he pitches. "His command wasn't sharp, there was a lot of traffic, but he battled and gave us five innings," Cora said after Kluber's most recent start against the Cardinals last Sunday, a 9-1 loss.įor Wacha and Kluber, it's the ninth start of the season for each. Over his three starts in May, Kluber has given up 10 runs on 19 hits and seven walks in 15 1/3 innings for a 5.87 ERA. Overall, they are 11-15 at home.įor Kluber, the Padres offensive woes represent an opportunity to turn a corner. Now it's Sunday and the Padres are facing a sweep and a potential 1-5 homestand. Although the plays were ruled outs, both were reversed on appeals by Boston manager Alex Cora - and both runners scored, accounting for half the Boston runs. But Padres infielders Ha-Seong Kim and Jake Cronenworth both failed to make tags. They did have two homers Saturday as Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. They were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and are 0-9 for the two games against Boston, lowering their MLB-worst RISP average for the season to. "Joe made one bad pitch and it beat us," Padres manager Bob Melvin said Saturday night after the team's slide escalated. A three-run home run in the second inning by Enmanuel Valdez off Padres starter Joe Musgrove was all the offense Boston would need. Maybe a Wacha win Sunday would reduce some of the sting of 2010 as well as the latest loss of 2023, a 4-2 decision to the Red Sox on Saturday. Padres fans still talk about the Kluber-for-Ludwig trade. 228 with 17 homers and 90 RBIs in 160 games with the Padres. Kluber won two Cy Young Awards with Cleveland. But on July 31, 2010, the Padres sent Kluber to Cleveland in a three-way trade that brought outfielder Ryan Ludwick to San Diego. Kluber was originally a fourth-round draft pick of the Padres in 2007 and quickly became a top prospect. On Sunday, Wacha (4-1, 4.06 ERA) starts the finale of a disastrous Padres homestand against a Boston team for which he was 11-2 last season with a 3.32 ERA in 23 starts.Īnd as if to rub salt in the wounds, the Red Sox will counter with 37-year-old right-hander Corey Kluber (2-5, 6.41). And he didn't allow a hit until Kansas City's Michael Massey - the last hitter Wacha faced - opened the eighth with a line-drive single to right ending the no-hit bid. On Monday, in his most recent start, right-hander Michael Wacha allowed one hit in seven shutout innings. They have dropped eight of their past nine and 11 of their past 12. The Padres have scored a total of 10 runs in those four games, all losses. Padres starting pitchers have given up four or more runs in four straight games and six of the past seven. May 21 - Here's a combination of disturbing facts to ponder before Sunday's game against the Boston Red Sox if you are a fan of the spiraling San Diego Padres.
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