SAN DIEGO -- On Friday, Jacob Nix was brilliant. The rookie right-hander worked six scoreless innings and became only the seventh Padre in history to work that deep in his debut without allowing a run.
It was the type of start that lent perfectly to overreaction.
On Thursday, in his encore performance, Nix was poor. He didn't make it out of the first inning, in the Padres' 5-1 series-opening loss to the D-backs. He allowed five runs and exited with the bases loaded.
It, too, lent perfectly to overreaction.