Padres lose in bottom of ninth, drop 2 out of 3 to the Giants

San Diego Padres - 0,

San Francisco Giants - 1

Is it just me or is Jim Edmonds useless in centerfield?  I’ve watched that guy blow more plays than he’s made.  I understand that the fly ball to centerfield that won the game for the Giants tonight was a difficult play.  But something tells me that if Edmonds didn’t play so damn shallow, he wouldn’t be running for his life everytime a ball is hit over his head.  To make matters worse, Edmonds dropped a ball that landed right in his glove earlier in the game and was tagged with an error for it. 

I wasn’t much of a fan of Mike Cameron at the plate, but he played a phenomenal centerfield.  I’m also aware that even if we still had Cameron he wouldn’t be playing due to his suspension.  But still…I’m frustrated.  Dropping two games to the Giants is unacceptable.

The hitters don’t get off the hook here either.  The Padres looked terrible at the plate tonight.  They gave away at-bats, took poor swings and just looked all-around uncomfortable.  Get it together, boys, it’s the number five starter here.

What’s worse is the Friars wasted a golden effort from pitcher Justin Germano.  He was fantastic on the mound, certainly something to feel good about heading into the rest of the season.  But for the second straight night, the Padres did two things they’ve seemed to do very well over the years: struggle to put players on base and leave them stranded when they do.  They also seem to be making a habit of turning back-end rotation pitchers into Cy Young award candidates.  Jeez…

The Padres get the day off tomorrow before heading into Los Angeles for a three-game stand with the Dodgers.  They better take the day to figure out how they’re going to right the ship within the division, having now lost series with the Dodgers and Giants.  It doesn’t help to keep watching and hearing these commercials with Padres players proclaiming, “In order to win the West, we have to beat the West.”  Uhhh…..yeah.  You can start by not dropping a series to the woeful Giants, who previously had won only one game.

I’m pissed off.

Talk with you soon, hopefully on better terms.  Until that time…

-Collin Elliott