One of the top contact teams in baseball somehow goes scoreless in final 24 innings of series
LOS ANGELES — Write it in permanent and lamentable ink, the needling regret that will rob the Padres of sleep during a long and contemplative offseason.
Zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero and one last fate-sealing zero. In the second inning, Kike Hernandez jumped the first pitch he saw from Yu Darvish for a no-doubt home run to left. In the seventh, the other Hernandez — Teoscar — launched another into the Los Angeles night.
Across 13 2/3 innings against baseball’s most nerve-rattling lineup, he allowed three runs on six hits with seven strikeouts and only three walks.On a winner-take-all stage, Darvish struck out Shohei Ohtani two of the three times they matched up. He kept traffic off the bases in front of him before all three of their shared at-bats.The season and Darvish’s huge performances late made the Padres’ drought, so long and toothless, all the more difficult to stomach and explain.
There’s no doubt the teams dished up must-watch theater that lived up to the sizable hype. Each won on the other’s home field when it was critical. Each blew away the other on the rugged road. “Nothing but absolute respect and admiration for our entire club,” said Shildt, hunting for a bigger and less disheartening picture. “It’s a club that from day one poured everything they had into this, every single guy.”
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