Down 5-0, Padres illustrate ability to fight back in 5-3 loss
The Padres could afford to lose the NLDS opener Tuesday against a rested, 111-win juggernaut at thundering Dodger Stadium. They could afford to swing and miss with seemingly unflappable ironman Yu Darvish mound-bound for Game 2.
The Padres flashed the type of fight after a disastrous start to show this group thinks it truly could be capable of that when the stakes soar. Even initial outs caused necks to swivel, with Mookie Betts’ scorcher down the third-base line snared by Manny Machado and Max Muncy’s blooper that seemed destined to plate one or two more until center fielder Trent Grisham raced to glove it.
The ace is sprinkled all over pitching leaders in baseball this season with the second-best ERA , a tied for third most in wins and sixth best in opponent average and walks and hits per innings pitched . “Not taking anything away from that ballclub, but I think if we play our game, we’ll be fine,” Roberts said pregame.The Padres dipped into the bullpen before fans had a chance to fully warm seats. Clevinger threw 60 pitches and allowed four earned runs, which translated to cringy 13.50 ERA.
In the category of other encouraging signs for the Padres, recently returned reliever Pierce Johnson cut down the Dodgers 1-2-3 in the fifth and the sixth, which included Betts and Turner. In the same category for the Dodgers, counterpart Alex Vesia struck out three of the four batters he faced in the top of the seventh.
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