On June 5th, the Padres played the Phillies to end the three-game series. Winning only one of three games, the Padres are now 31-31 in the standings.
With Matt Strahm now on the Injured List (IL) and Brad Wieck optioned back to El Paso, the Padres pitching staff had its back against the ropes coming into today’s game. They looked to the young, Cal Quantrill to pitch in only his 5th Major League start. Quantrill has been shaky at best in his previous appearances, and after seeing what the Phillies (mainly Jay Bruce) did to the Sheriff (Chris Paddack) last night it was hard to be optimistic.