After two games and a 1-1 record, I joked that this may be the last time the padres were at .500. Then they surprised us all by winning 9 of their first 12 games. The pitching was better than expected and the bats were living up to and probably above expectations.
Then it all fell apart. The Pads just couldn't put it all together in one game. If the pitching was good (which it rarely was) they did give the run support. We also saw a lot of games where 5, 6 and even 7 runs weren't enough to win...not typical Padre baseball.
Over the last ten days, however, every pitcher on the staff has been incredible. The hitting hasn't been spectacular, but it has been enough...every single night. The Padres opponents have averaged 1.78 runs per game over the last ten days, including only 8 runs over the last 7 games. They had two wins in their last at bat, and capped it all off today with a 7-2 whooping of the Chicago Cubs.
Most of the credit should be given to the pitching staff, but you still can't win without runs, and thanks to Kevin Kouzmanoff finally coming out of a season long slump, the Padres scored just enough, and what do you know it, they are back to .500 again, on fourth of the way through the season.
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