ARLINGTON -- Rangers reliever Jake Diekman admitted the one that hurt the most in the eighth inning was the leadoff walk.
"Yeah, and all the crappy pitches after that," Diekman said. "I want them all back."
It doesn't work that way, even if Diekman had been terrific coming out of the bullpen for over a month and perhaps deserved a mulligan. But in Tuesday night's 3-2 loss to the Padres, he had his clunker for the month of June.
Diekman, trying to protect a two-run lead, allowed three runs in the eighth as the Padres rallied to even the series at Globe Life Park.