Sometimes, things get a little fuzzy on your day of rest. Here’s a friendly reminder of what you may have missed while you were drinking.
The Philadelphia Phillies (45-67) completed the sweep of San Diego (52-60), 5-3, before 24,156 fans on a lovely Sunday afternoon. Jerome Williams – who entered the game with an overall ERA over 6 and a road ERA over 8 – allowed one run on five hits over 7 innings. Like yesterday’s game, the Padres trailed 1-0 after four hitters. Andrew Cashner pitched reasonably well, allowing 8 hits and striking out four over his 6 and 2/3 innings, but was victimized by a lack of offense and a leaky bullpen.
Highlights of the game included Justin Upton‘s 421’ bomb in the sixth to get San Diego on the board; Alexi Amarista‘s ‘Husband and Wife’ (volleyball term) double in the eighth; Cody Asche robbing Derek Norris of a HR in the seventh; and an excellent snare of a line drive by the LF ball girl.
The Padres have now lost six in a row, and probably seen any hope of making the playoffs extinguished.
Monday the Cincinnati Reds come to town for three games. Ian Kennedy (6-10, 4.49) will face David Holmberg (1-0, 3.27) in the opener.
Recaps
Reeling Padres swept by Phillies – Jeff Sanders (Union Tribune)
Phillies sweep Padres as Jerome Williams delivers – Jake Kaplan (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Surging Phillies complete sweep of Padres – Beth Maiman and Todd Zolecki (MLBAM)
Tweets
MAJOR props to 2B umpire Mike Estabrook, who just shook the hand of every wounded warrior on the field in SD. Well done, sir. @MLB
— PadresTrail (@PadresTrail) August 9, 2015
They are teeing off on Cashner 😥
— John (@Friar_Faithful) August 9, 2015
Jerome Williams is a horrible pitcher…so naturally the Padres will get shutout amidst their attempt to prove the doubters wrong.
— Kevin B. (@CornfedFriar) August 9, 2015
Sweeney's in the booth. Again.
— Jodes Paranal (@jodes0405) August 9, 2015
Another fine outing by Padres in push for playof .. uh, No. 1 pick: 0 runs & 3 hits in 5 innings vs. pitcher with 6.09 ERA and 1.7 WHIP.
— Jay Posner (@sdutPosner) August 9, 2015
Here's the list of active #MLB pitchers to start at Qualcomm. #Padres (cc @TeeOhEmm @RedTheTrucker, @jesseagler) pic.twitter.com/P1SxIfPZjN
— Friar Figures (@FriarFigures) August 9, 2015
2015 San Diego Padres: We make bad teams see the light.
— The Kept Faith (@thekeptfaith) August 9, 2015
Got home 30 minutes ago, still haven't turned the game on.
— Nathan Veale (@VocalMinorityNV) August 9, 2015
At least J-Up just homered. One run in six innings against Jerome Williams is disappointing.
— Craig Elsten (@619sports) August 9, 2015
It pays to have a lefty specialist in the bullpen. Who knew?
— Andrew Burer (@andrewburer) August 9, 2015
— Ghost of Ray Kroc (@GhostofRAK) August 9, 2015
Turned on the game in time for the 7th inning Amerigasm.
— VM David (@VocalMinoritySD) August 9, 2015
I must be sleep-tweeting, because I don't remember typing that last tweet. #NorcoHaze
— Ghost of Ray Kroc (@GhostofRAK) August 9, 2015
#Quack pic.twitter.com/4VYholkllr
— VM David (@VocalMinoritySD) August 9, 2015
That ball girl is different from the one last night
— Ashley Rodrigues (@sandiegogirlie) August 9, 2015
Solarte wasn't the only one flashing the leather down the third base line. Watch: http://t.co/IC3qLidlXN pic.twitter.com/gVGYp2xKCD
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) August 10, 2015
That's our problem @Mudcat55 Our best defenders are the ball girls. #Whataplay!
— Dave Palet (@DavePalet) August 9, 2015
Sometimes it's really hard to be a #Padres fan.
— Ghost of Ray Kroc (@GhostofRAK) August 9, 2015
Epilogue
Your regular correspondent should be back with you for Monday’s game. Thanks for reading.