Padres can't find hits in series finale
DETROIT -- The San Diego Padres' bats have been cold and now, they're officially frigid.
In a 3-1 loss to the Tigers at Comerica Park, Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman scattered four hits against the Padres, who never really threatened to avoid the three-game sweep Thursday afternoon.
Padres pitcher Woody Williams pitched well -- in seven innings, he allowed only three runs on six hits. But again, it wasn't enough for the slumping Padres.
"I can control (hitting) in a National League ballpark," Williams said. "Bonderman pitched a good ballgame and he had some good defense behind him; they had three double plays.
"Balls just aren't falling in, like the ball that Ryan (Klesko) hit in the eighth that (Tigers left fielder) Rondell White made a great play on; it was a scorcher."
The Padres, who'll travel next to Minneapolis to play the American League Central's Minnesota Twins, hit into three double plays.
Center fielder Dave Roberts' leadoff home run gave the Padres a 1-0 lead -- following the theme of the first two games of the Interleague series against the Tigers -- but they couldn't hold on.
"You'd like to be feeling pretty good about it," Padres manager Bruce Bochy said, of Roberts' homer. "We had nothing much after that, which has been happening far too much for us, especially in this series."
Trailing, 2-1, in the seventh, the Padres missed a chance in their half of the inning to become slumpbusters -- and conversely, the Tigers took advantage in the bottom half.
First baseman Mark Sweeney reached on a single and advanced to second on Tigers right fielder Craig Monroe's bobble, which was scored an error. Sweeney moved to third on a sacrifice. Second baseman Geoff Blum walked and the Padres had runners at the corners for shortstop Khalil Greene, the team's hottest hitter in the series through the first two games.
Well, maybe he caught the chill -- Greene bounced into a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat. In the Tigers' half of the seventh, Chris Shelton smacked a homer off Williams that cleared the fence in left-center and increased the Padres' deficit to 3-1.
All week, Bochy has complained about the team's lack of offensive punch.
"Our hitting woes continued and it's borderline ridiculous, to be honest with you," Bochy said. "To be shut down this long, it's disappointing and it's frustrating."
There was a time on Thursday when the Padres made Bonderman look unbeatable. From the second and into the fifth inning, Bonderman retired eight straight Padres hitters. In the fifth, third baseman Sean Burroughs -- the Padres' last hitter in the batting order -- had reached on a single but the next hitter, Roberts, bounced into a routine 4-6-3 double play to end any chance of a threat.
The Tigers took the lead in the third, 2-1, when Roberts' throw to the plate hit the pitcher's mound. It allowed the Tigers' Brandon Inge to score without a play at the plate.
The Tigers tied the game at 1 when catcher Ivan Rodriguez doubled and scored on Monroe's RBI single.
Source: http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/
In a 3-1 loss to the Tigers at Comerica Park, Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman scattered four hits against the Padres, who never really threatened to avoid the three-game sweep Thursday afternoon.
Padres pitcher Woody Williams pitched well -- in seven innings, he allowed only three runs on six hits. But again, it wasn't enough for the slumping Padres.
"I can control (hitting) in a National League ballpark," Williams said. "Bonderman pitched a good ballgame and he had some good defense behind him; they had three double plays.
"Balls just aren't falling in, like the ball that Ryan (Klesko) hit in the eighth that (Tigers left fielder) Rondell White made a great play on; it was a scorcher."
The Padres, who'll travel next to Minneapolis to play the American League Central's Minnesota Twins, hit into three double plays.
Center fielder Dave Roberts' leadoff home run gave the Padres a 1-0 lead -- following the theme of the first two games of the Interleague series against the Tigers -- but they couldn't hold on.
"You'd like to be feeling pretty good about it," Padres manager Bruce Bochy said, of Roberts' homer. "We had nothing much after that, which has been happening far too much for us, especially in this series."
Trailing, 2-1, in the seventh, the Padres missed a chance in their half of the inning to become slumpbusters -- and conversely, the Tigers took advantage in the bottom half.
First baseman Mark Sweeney reached on a single and advanced to second on Tigers right fielder Craig Monroe's bobble, which was scored an error. Sweeney moved to third on a sacrifice. Second baseman Geoff Blum walked and the Padres had runners at the corners for shortstop Khalil Greene, the team's hottest hitter in the series through the first two games.
Well, maybe he caught the chill -- Greene bounced into a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat. In the Tigers' half of the seventh, Chris Shelton smacked a homer off Williams that cleared the fence in left-center and increased the Padres' deficit to 3-1.
All week, Bochy has complained about the team's lack of offensive punch.
"Our hitting woes continued and it's borderline ridiculous, to be honest with you," Bochy said. "To be shut down this long, it's disappointing and it's frustrating."
There was a time on Thursday when the Padres made Bonderman look unbeatable. From the second and into the fifth inning, Bonderman retired eight straight Padres hitters. In the fifth, third baseman Sean Burroughs -- the Padres' last hitter in the batting order -- had reached on a single but the next hitter, Roberts, bounced into a routine 4-6-3 double play to end any chance of a threat.
The Tigers took the lead in the third, 2-1, when Roberts' throw to the plate hit the pitcher's mound. It allowed the Tigers' Brandon Inge to score without a play at the plate.
The Tigers tied the game at 1 when catcher Ivan Rodriguez doubled and scored on Monroe's RBI single.
Source: http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/
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