SAN FRANCISCO -- Over the weekend, the Padres called on their bullpen for 16 innings during a pair of extra-inning games against the Dodgers at Petco Park. More than anything else, they needed length from Drew Pomeranz Monday in San Francisco.
As he's done so frequently this season, Pomeranz delivered.
The renaissance season for the Padres' southpaw continued, as Pomeranz lowered his ERA to 1.70 with seven shutout innings in a 1-0 loss to San Francisco. Only Randy Jones and Jake Peavy -- a pair of Padres Cy Young Award winners -- have posted lower marks through their first nine starts.