The Padres just can’t seem to catch a break in series openers. They fell today against a brutally effective Aníbal Sánchez, who tossed seven shutout innings for the Braves. Tyson Ross had a solid night, holding Atlanta to three runs over six frames. And one of those runs reached base on an extremely questionable call, so he basically put up a quality start. The biggest problem was that the Padres just couldn’t produce with runners in scoring position. At one point, they left a leadoff double stranded on third.
The Friars fell behind in the third.