Because the Padres didn't stand a chance and the Cards took the series. If you missed it, on Monday the Cardinals announcers joined in on the postgame show due to technical difficulties and commented that any Padres Cardinals series has a playoff feel to it. Turns out they were right, though I'm pretty sure the majority of the Padres team has no playoff experience but that didn't affect the fact that it had that "Cardinals will kick our ass" playoff feel to it.
Will started off the game correctly by hitting a leadoff HR to give the Padres the rare early lead. Chase helped out in the first with an RBI single to knock in Alonso and put the Pads up by 2. We got a third run thanks to Lynn failing to cover first as Nick hit into a fielders choice. That should have easily been a double play to end the inning, thank you Lynn. A blunder by Everth in the bottom of the first put Furcal on followed by a blunder by Cam to bring Furcal around to score the Cards first run. Freese, who we were reminded that we traded for Jim Edmonds, knocked in their second run and my faith that we might actually win this game has diminished. Motherfucker, that lead we had lasted a whole half hour because Freese came around to score on an RBI by Adams and the Padres are already warming up Palmer in the pen.... fuuuuuuuuuuck.
After my excitement was diminished, I had a little hope restored when they started talking about Cory's Tommy John surgery and what they do to replace the ligament. It was fabulous, I was picturing everything they said because I'm a weirdo like that. Apparently I missed Alonso singling again and Guzman got hit in the elbow again. Hmmm am I sensing some deja vu?? Apparently not. The Padres loaded the bases for Everth in the top of the third to which he disappointed, as was expected. Four innings into the game and Will was a triple shy of that mythical unicorn, the cycle. Beltran broke the tie in the bottom of the fifth with a 2 run HR, to give the Cards the 5-3 lead. Freese extended the Cards lead in the seventh with a solo shot to left and every Padres fan cringed at the thought that we traded him for Edmonds. Will had one more chance at the cycle in the eighth and we got nothing. We essentially gave him five innings to get the it and in true Padres fashion, he didn't. I don't think we will ever get the cycle if a player like Tony Gwynn couldn't get it unless by some freak chance we get a player that is the second coming of Mr. Padre. Like I said on twitter, I'm fairly confident we have a better chance of seeing a unicorn farting glitter than we do of seeing this mythical cycle. Padres lose 6-3 and go on to face the Mets in a four game series beginning tomorrow. Can we please beat them?? Please??
Record: 16-29
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