{"id":664483,"date":"2026-05-25T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664483\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:54:08","slug":"bad-pitching-worse-base-running-contribute-to-san-diego-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664483\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad pitching, worse base running contribute to San Diego loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Diego Padres took a tough loss in the series finale against the Athletics on Sunday. After Michael King<\/a> gave up three runs in the first two innings, the Padres found themselves in a hole they couldn\u2019t get out of.<\/p>\n

They managed to accrue nine hits, but failed to score until the sixth inning after some base running gaffes took away a few high-leverage opportunities. Had those gaffes not happened, the Friars could have certainly won this game.<\/p>\n

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They\u2019ll now face a surging Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> club headed by interim manager Don Mattingly. They\u2019ve had some momentum with power hitting (slugging three homers on Friday\u2019s series opener), but they\u2019ll need to come alive against Philly\u2019s pitching.<\/p>\n

Taking the moundJes\u00fas Luzardo<\/a> (PHI) v. Randy V\u00e1squez (SD)<\/p>\n

The lefty Luzardo was given an extension with Philadelphia at the outset of 2026, cementing his place in the Phillies\u2019s rotation. That extension has not paid off the way they hoped, with Luzardo owning a 4.85 ERA.<\/p>\n

He hasn\u2019t been much better recently, with a 4.23 ERA in his last seven starts (38.1 IP). Luzardo has been inconsistent in limiting contact, with 58 hits and 66 strikeouts through his year. His last two starts have been solid, giving up just two runs across 12 innings.<\/p>\n

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V\u00e1squez has shared ace duties with King this year, authoring a career-best 2.96 ERA through 54 2\/3 innings. He\u2019s lost that a bit in his recent starts, posting a 3.89 ERA across his last 37 innings.<\/p>\n

His last start against the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> was uncharacteristic, pitching just 4 1\/3 innings and allowing three runs. If he can limit the Phillies lineup, he\u2019ll need to do much better at limiting contact from Philadelphia\u2019s sluggers.<\/p>\n

Batter up!<\/p>\n

Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/a> has finally started to break out, going 4-for-10 with two walks in the series. It\u2019s been up-and-down (mostly down) for the Padres superstar. Perhaps his elusive first homer is not too far away.<\/p>\n

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Fermin has had a tough go of things lately. Entering play on Monday, Fermin is batting .146 with zero homers this year. He\u2019s been good defensively, but hasn\u2019t done much else to prove his value.<\/p>\n

Ty France had a great outing on Sunday, going 2-for-4 with a homer and a walk. Some poor base running stopped him from scoring another run, but he was a big part of the Padres almost-comeback.<\/p>\n

Relief corps<\/p>\n

After using most of their high-leverage pieces in Saturday\u2019s win, the Friars were resting on the laurels of ace Michael King. Unfortunately, he did not deliver, only making it through 3 2\/3 innings before giving way to the \u2018pen.<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, Ron Marinaccio<\/a> pitched an efficient three innings before Wandy Peralta<\/a> took over in the seventh to record the final out. Peralta pitched a scoreless eighth and Bradgley Rodriguez came in to close the game. He gave up a run on three hits and a walk but escaped the jam by striking out Jeff McNeil<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yuki Matsui<\/a> was the only pitcher not used in the series against the A\u2019s. He\u2019ll be available tonight against Philly, but Jason Adam<\/a>, Jeremiah Estrada<\/a>, Mason Miller<\/a> and Adrian Morejon will be as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Diego Padres took a tough loss in the series finale against the Athletics on Sunday. After…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[2356,57684,4285,52759,104692,59684,38902,33986,107056,158640,2323,290501,10004,37886,107054,42229,363,5530,480,52758,208110,216702,7155,2328,99,79537,26060,216703,47416,137019],"class_list":["post-664483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-california","tag-fernando-tatis-jr","tag-fifth-inning","tag-freddy-fermin","tag-gavin-sheets","tag-jackson-merrill","tag-jason-adam","tag-jeff-mcneil","tag-jeremiah-estrada","tag-jonah-heim","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-luzardo","tag-manny-machado","tag-mason-miller","tag-michael-king","tag-miguel-andujar","tag-mlb","tag-nick-castellanos","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-ramon-laureano","tag-randy-vasquez","tag-ron-marinaccio","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports","tag-the-athletics","tag-ty-france","tag-wandy-peralta","tag-xander-bogaerts","tag-yuki-matsui"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}