Game 3 Notes

Runners on second and third and no outs… And the Padres failed to score, again.

The Padres have made a season out of poor situational hitting. Now I don’t think the Padres should start bunting the ball over all, and ‘giving themselves up.’ But when the Padres have an opportunity to sac-fly a runner home, or advance the hitter (not by bunting, but by trying to get a hit and making certain to bat the ball “behind” the runner) they need to execute.

Yes, I’m nit-picking, but the Padres have already lost two games in this series. And in both games, the Padre hitters had many chances to put runs on the board and failed… The Padres went 1 for 13 with men in scoring position on Saturday and 1 for 23 overall (the only RBI-hit was Russel Branyan’s RBI triple in Saturday’s game. Blum did have an RBI sac-fly in Saturday and Giles had one in San Diego on Tuesday. Based on luck, the Padres should go 8 for 8 with men in scoring position on Sunday.

Yet, we won. And that’s what matters most.