Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Arizona 4 San Diego 2

Really frustrating loss last night. Edinson Volquez pitched extremely well--if he can pitch 7 innings of 8 strikeout 3 walk 0 homerun baseball all season, he'll be fine. And yet, he doesn't earn a win because Arizona has like a freaking witch doctor somewhere. San Diego had 6 hits and 8 walks but scored only 2 runs. That's a sick left on base percentage of ~85%. Awesome.

This is despite the fact that San Diego had a double and triple included in those hits (although that Orlando Hudson triple was really a single). Trevor Cahill really kind of sucked last night--he was walking everyone and San Diego just couldn't push any runs across. So, the Padres fall again despite good pitching and hitting and I hate everything.

Also, can we stop doing stupid things on the basepaths Will Veneble and Jason Bartlett? Nothing infuriates me as a fan more than outs on the basepaths. Stretching singles to doubles or trying to steal second and getting thrown out frustrates me to no end. Because we went from 14 baserunners to 11 from those two plays and a double play earlier. Then it doesn't seem so ridiculous that the Padres only scored 2 runs.

Gah. Against a mediocre pitcher with control issues. 2 runs. Gah.

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