The Dodgers pitching staff held the Padres scoreless for 24 consecutive innings, making it the longest postseason drought in over three decades. However, San Diego outfielder Jurickson Profar refused to give credit where credit was due.
It’s a tough task being a villain. It’s easy to have things to say when you’re winning, but when you’ve lost, the smirks vanish and a seed of bitterness is planted.
“We did a lot of unusual things,” Profar said. “We don’t want to give credit either, you know, to their pitching. We just didn’t come through.”
October is certainly an unusual time for teams that aren’t built to endure the postseason.