SAN DIEGO – After absorbing a loss to the New York Mets in his last outing, Branden Shipley, a right-hander for the Arizona Diamondbacks, said he would learn from that experience.
The learning curve maybe slight and short-lived. If Shipley wanted to repair to the drawing board and see what maladies occurred in his loss to the Mets, the education was slight. Hammered for four extra-bats which led to seven earned runs, Shipley did not survive the sixth inning, and eventually dropped a 9-1 decision to the San Diego Padres before 28,150 Sunday afternoon in Petco Park.