Diego Castillo helped Joey Lucchesi go longer in a game Monday night.
But not the kind of longer that actually helps the Padres. (Or that is good for baseball.)
Castillo, the right-hander who started the game for the Tampa Bay Rays, throws fast but works slowly. He took upwards of 40 seconds between many of the 13 pitches he threw in the first inning. Lucchesi is not quite as plodding, but he walked two batters and gave up a towering home run en route to throwing 27 pitches in a first inning that took a half-hour.
That began a game that got sad and then silly and could arguably be considered a low point to a second half that has seen the Padres fall off a cliff.