Well, you woke up and brushed your teeth. You ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You watched the Padres lose. Then you went to bed with a horrible taste in your mouth. You did not brush. Let's review...
The Phillies arrived in San Diego to begin a three game series before a crowd of 34,233. The Padres were looking to rebound from a 11-5 loss to the D-Backs only one day before. The Padres had little need to worry. They had taken 3 of 4 from Arizona and sat in first place in the NL West with a 6 game lead over the 2nd place San Francisco Giants.
Mat Latos (7IP 5H 1R 1ER 2BB 6K) matched Roy Oswalt (8IP 5H 1R 1ER 0BB 6K) for 7 innings until Mike Adams came into the 8th and surrendered a walk to Chase Utley, a single to Ryan Howard, and a walk to Jason Werth. Joe Thatcher entered for Adams and promptly gave up an RBI single to Raul Ibanez.
The Phillies had pulled ahead 2-1 entering the bottom of the 8th.
In the bottom of the inning Will Venable, and Yorvitt Torrealba struck out before Luis Durango came to bat.
You had seen enough. You bet the entire bar shots of Cuervo that the light hitting pixie known as Luis Durango would ground out weakly like always. But the bar had also seen enough. There were no takers on this bet and after three pitches Luis Durango grounded weakly to Jimmy Rollins at shortstop. Bar patrons proceeded to purchase their own shots and the game rolled on to the 9th inning.
Luke Gregerson shut the door in the top of the 9th. Because that's what Luke Gregerson does...or at least that's what he did in 2010.
In the bottom of the 9th, trailing 2-1, the Padres managed to load the bases against Philly closer Brad Lidge with a single by Matt Stairs, an IBB to Adrian Gonzalez, and a HBP to Ryan Ludwick. Jerry Hairston Jr., pinch running for Matt Stairs, stood at third base as Chase Headley stepped to the plate with two out.
What would Chase Headley do in this.... ahhh too late.... Brad Lidge balked home Jerry Hairston with the game tying run. Headley grounded out on the next pitch and the game went to extra innings tied at 2 runs a piece.
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Heath Bell pitched a scoreless two innings (10th, 11th)
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Will Venable and Yorvitt Torrealba pulled a back-to-back-strikeout repeat in the 10th.
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In the top of the 12th Jimmy Rollins doubled off of Ernesto Frieri to lead off the inning and he quickly scored on a single by Placido Polanco. The Phillies led 3-2.
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Ryan Ludwick struck out looking to begin the 12th inning and Will Venable added his 3rd K of the night to bring the game to a close.
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Ernesto Frieri took the loss dropping his record to 0-1.
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The Padres record dropped to 76-51 after their second consecutive loss but they maintained their 6 game lead over the Giants.
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But "This Day In History" can be a confusing designation. Today is August 27th but it is Saturday whereas August 27th fell on a Friday in 2010.
So how did the Padres do on this Saturday in history, 2010?
Well they lost that one too. Joe Blanton and those same Phillies won out 3-1. The Padres had now lost 3 games in a row to fall to 76-52 but still maintained a 6 game lead over the Giants -- on account of them not being able to do anything right either. How did the Giants win the World Series?
Has "This Day In History" been clarified?
Rhetorical question. Of course not. You see the Padres are preparing to play their 133 game of the 2011 season today and we want to know how performed in game 133 of 2010.
In 2010 game 133 played-out on Friday September 3rd. It was a 4-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies, where Dennis Cook got the win and Cory Leubke took the loss.
It was the 8th loss in a row for the San Diego club who now held a slim 3 game lead over the San Francisco Giants. We all know how it played out from there.
I hope this clears up the pitfalls associated with examining the ever popular... This Day In History.
*This drama was re-created by the stellar reporting of mlb.com's Cory Brock and the incomparable Baseball-Reference.com
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