FRIARS LOSE FIFTH IN ROW
It looked like they had tied game in seventh but the call was overturned upon review
Even after scoring in just two of the 27 innings they played in Los Angeles over the weekend, the Padres believed a turnaround was close.
“It starts with one guy getting a big hit, starting a rally,” Josh Bell said Sunday night. “And things will continue from there.”
They thought they had the big hit Monday.
Almost anyone who was watching had to believe Ha-Seong Kim’s double had driven in Brandon Drury to tie the game in seventh inning. Or at least that it was too close to have home plate umpire Sean Barber’s safe call overturned But a replay review requested by the Giants resulted in Drury being called out and the Padres still trailing 1-0, the score by which they lost their fifth straight game.
The Padres have scored in just four of 45 innings since their 9-1 victory on the first night the three trade-deadline acquisitions (Juan Soto, Bell and Drury) made their Padres debut. They have not scored in the past 23 innings.
Before Kim reached third base on the throw home in the seventh, it had been 16 innings since the Padres had a runner in scoring position.
Drury’s single was the fourth time Monday they had a man on first with one out. Kim followed with a double to the left-field corner. Left fielder Luis Gonzalez had just grabbed the ball near the wall as Drury approached third, and coach Matt Williams waved Drury home. A spot-on relay from shortstop Brandon Crawford and quick tag by catcher Joey Bart still did not seem to be enough to get Drury before he reached his hand in to touch the plate.
After the overturned call was announced, thunderous boos rained down and the game was delayed for a minute to clear debris from the field.
Padres starter Blake Snell allowed one run in 52⁄3 innings.