PADRES DROP FIRST SERIES OF SEASON; LOSE TO DODGERS 7-0

By Liz Alper

Photo: the balls wait to be brought out.  From @Padres on Twitter

April 6, 2016 (San Diego) - The Padres wore their military jerseys for tonight’s game, but not even the Army could save them from the atrocious game they had.

The Dodgers got to work right away in the first inning.  Chase Utley tripled off of Andrew Cashner and Justin Turner drove him in for a 1-0 LA lead.  Carl Crawford lined into left for an RBI double with two outs and the Dodgers led 2-0.  Joc Pedersen singled up through center and drove in two more, 4-0.  You probably know where this is going after two days of this.

In the fourth, Japanese pitching phenom Kenta Maeda blasted it to left field for a solo homer and a 5-0 Dodgers lead.  With that home run, Maeda becomes the first Japanese pitcher to homer in his MLB debut.

In the eighth, who else but Yasiel Puig repeated Maeda’s earlier action and skied it to left for a solo homer to give LA one more run and make the score 6-0.



In the ninth, Turner hit a sac fly to drive in Enrique Hernandez and make the score 7-0.  That would do it; the Padres drop their first series of the season.  They have tomorrow off and will head to Denver for the Colorado Rockies’ home opener on Friday.