On May 25th, the San Diego Padres demolished the Toronto Blue Jays by the impressive score of 19-4, in part thanks to a strong performance by Cal Quantrill. He had pitched six strong innings, in which he struck out nine and gave up only two hits.
In the process, Quantrill had helped bring San Diego’s run differential down to zero—they weren’t giving up any more runs than they were scoring.
What was the end result of that strong performance? The Padres sent Quantrill down to Triple-A El Paso, so they could make room on the roster for reliever Luis Perdomo.