Dodgers 1, Padres 5: And The Slump Continues

Dodgers fall to the Padres and extend their losing streak to five consecutive games.

It seems that the Dodger bats are still asleep. Alex Wood started the game and did a great job. He pitched seven complete innings, allowed five hits, struck out nine and allowed only one run. In comparison to the last few starts Wood has had, this was a great outing for him. His WHIP in this game was only 0.86. It was nice to see Wood finally be comfortable out on the mound and hit his locations.

In the top of the fourth Wood gave up a double to Matt Kemp and Melvin Upton Jr. came up right after with a single to center. All of a sudden the Dodgers were losing by a score of 1-0. Luckily, Wood got out of the inning after the Padres scored their first run and he did not allow anymore.

Everything seemed to have settled down until the bottom of the sixth when Yasmani Grandal came up and hit a solo home run in order to tie the game.

Sadly, things went downhill after that. In the top of the eighth inning Chris Hatcher replaced Wood and had some control issues. Perhaps the most frustrating part was the fact that an unlucky ball hit him in the leg and went into left. Had the ball not have hit Hatcher, it was likely a double play ball. It all went really bad when Hatcher threw a meatball down the middle of the plate and Kemp hit a three run home run to left.

Padres would score one more time in the top of the ninth when Kenley Jansen allowed a lead off double. This game had seven great innings and then just fell apart at the end.

The Dodger bats need to wake up and fast! The only thing that went in their favor today was the fact that both the San Francisco Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks lost so the boys in blue still remain tied in first place of the NL West.

The Dodgers look to find some offense and break their losing streak tomorrow at 6:10 PM when they face the Padres for game two.