San Diego, CA- The San Diego Padres continued their free fall saturday night as they fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1. With the loss the San Diego Padres fall to last place in the NL West and now have the worst record in the National League.
The San Diego Padres are now just two losses at (34-47) ahead of the (34-49) Tampa Bay Rays for the worst record in all of Major League baseball.
The Diamondbacks began the season with an (8-22) start and no one thought anyone in the NL West would be worse than them as the season progressed, but apparently the San Diego Padres were up to the challenge as they have been been just as awful and have now replaced the Diamondbacks in last place.
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The San Diego Padres took the early lead in the bottom of the first asChris Denorfiascored on a sacrifice fly byTommy Medicato give the San Diego Padres a 1-0 lead.
The Diamondbacks would tie the game at 1-1 in the top of the third asEnder Inciartewould score on a sacrifice fly byMartin Prado.
Miguel Monterowould give the Diamondbacks the lead in the top of the 6th on a two-run home run, his 11th of the season offEric Stultsto scorePaul Goldschmidtand give the Diamondbacks a 3-1 lead.
The San Diego Padres had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth asCameron Maybinwalked to load the bases with two outs, butRene Riverawould strikeout to end the San Diego Padres scoring threat.
Friars on Base
Addison Reedwould close out the game for the Diamondbacks in the ninth inning for his 19th save of the season as the Diamondbacks defeat the San Diego Padres 3-1.
Eric Stults despite a decent outing fell to (2-11) on the season to become the major league baseball’s leader in losses. Stults ERA rose to a National League high 5.36 ERA after allowing three runs on just three hits in 5.1 innings of work.
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