Going into Friday’s contest against the Kansas City Royals, the headline was Eric Hosmer. What would the newest member of the San Diego Padres do against his former team? That ended up not being the biggest story of the day.
In route to a 13-5 victory, the Padres collected 20 hits and three walks. Now eight games into their spring training schedule, San Diego is hitting .298 as a team. That mark is good for fifth best in Major League Baseball. They are also second in the league in OBP (.381), slugging (.556), and OPS (.