Padres' offense is performing well below expectations, but the team has been able to find its way to a winning record while playing mostly winning teams
He knows more about baseball — and certainly about managing a major league team and weathering an MLB season and getting into the playoffs — than most people he is talking to.
In Xander Bogaerts’ meandering answers to two questions Sunday night could be heard the reality that all of it can be true for a team finding its way — still not getting consistent production from its supposedly dangerous offense yet winning 10 of its past 16 games.Xander Bogaerts is all smiles after catching a line drive hit by the Dodgers’ Miguel Vargas during the eighth inning of Sunday’s game.
“We have not had the most ideal schedule,” Melvin said. “But, you know, it gets you battle tested early in the season and makes you fight a little harder. Nothing has come easy for us or continues to.” They need to score more than two runs a game more often. They are 1-14 when they score zero, one or two runs. They are 17-3 when they score three or more runs.
Averaging 1.14 runs per game after the sixth inning, tied for the sixth-lowest rate, is no way to thrive. That is evidenced by the Padres’ 2-13 record when trailing after six innings and 0-1 record when tied after six.
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