The Pads couldn’t keep the fire of yesterday’s matchup against the Dodgers burning. There are only so many Eric Lauer-Dodgers matchups in a season. For the third game of the four-game home series against LA, the Padres faltered 4-2 from an ugly 3rd inning and a stagnant offense.
In terms of replicating last night’s win against the Dodgers, Joey Lucchesi went in the opposite direction. As opposed to an 8-inning outing, Lucchesi only lasted 4. Despite 4 strikeouts in his outing, the Dodgers had 6 of their 10 hits off Joey, scoring 3 earned runs (1 unearned from a rare throwing error from Freddy Galvis).