Well, Tincaps faithful, this has been a tough week.
Following a strong road tilt which catapulted the team to a 29-15 record, good for first in the Eastern Division, the first four games of this twelve game homestand haven't went the good guy's way.
The problem has been that the pitching and hitting have not synched up lately.
Two days ago, the game went 11 innings, a 3-2 setback. The pitching was fantastic in that game, but the hitting was extremely underwhelming.
It got so bad that at one point, in the seventh and eighth innings, there were six straight strikeouts. It was just plain ugly.
Then yesterday, the hitters did much better, but the pitching staff gave up eleven runs. This was surprising as starter Simon Castro had been strong all season coming into that game.
To get back on track, they need to play as a complete unit, like they did when they were on that 10 game roll to start the season. This is a strong group of prospects that the Padres have sent here, so there is no reason to think these guys cannot achieve great things.
The team sits at 29-19 as of now, 2.5 games back in the East.
They just need to get out of this funk.
Still, there is some good things happening.
Jaff Decker continues to rake, hitting his seventh home run of the season yesterday while continuing to hit over .300. Sawyer Carroll and Matt Clark continue to drive in runs by the handful, at 29 and 36 respectively, putting them both on pace to drive in over 100 runs.
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