SAN DIEGO —
The night started with frustration at the home plate umpire.
It ended with the Dodgers being frustrated with themselves.
The team’s 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Friday might not have been decided until the bottom of the ninth inning, when Luis Arráez hit a walk-off single to thrill the Padres portion of a split 43,338-person crowd.
Really, though, it was the Dodgers’ own inability at the plate that doomed them at Petco Park.
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They were upset early with the large strike zone of home plate umpire Mike Estabrook (who, in fairness, granted some generous calls to Dodgers pitchers, as well).