Padres 19, Cubs 5

You read that correctly, it was the friars by two touchdowns. 19 runs, 21 hits. Our goal is achieved. We've won the series and will go for the sweep this afternoon with Musgrove taking the mound. We are 16 games above .500 and looking good.

Our guys are just abusing their bullpen. And for a change, we actually touched up their starter, Caleb Kilian, who, you guessed it, entered the game with a five plus ERA. This was his second career start, so I guess we were due. 

Before the game, I read that Ryan Weathers was being called up to start against the Cubs, with Clevinger on the COVID list. I have no idea what we see in this kid. Last year, he would start every fifth game, give us four innings and leave the rest of the game to the bullpen. He has a seven plus ERA in El Paso, and somehow that was good enough for a callup to the Majors. If he is the best we can get from our minor league teams, then our farm is in serious trouble. Weathers didn't show us anything last night. 3 2/3, six hits, four runs, four walks. And somehow we ended up with a blowout. Usually, with this offense, giving up four runs is a death sentence. Throughout the game, I was only thinking Let's just get to their bullpen and see what happens. I don't know what the Cubs' bullpen's ERA is for this series, but they might want to consider their own farm system, because these guys flat out suck. The Cubs are in a bad place right now. I still can't believe we lost a series in San Diego against them.

With Weathers starting last night's game, it all but confirms what we knew all along, that we have a six man rotation. I don't think any of the Compadres care if it's a ten man rotation as long as we have that depth, which we do, as it so happens. Guess what, so do the Dodgers. So Buehler Walker goes down? Dustin May? Trevor Bauer still can't pitch? Here comes Tony Gonsolin, who is undefeated. Tyler Anderson lost a no-hitter last night in the ninth against the Angels. Think the Dodgers couldn't have a six man rotation? We simply can't match their bats, our previous barrages aside here. Betts followed by Freeman followed by Trea Turner? Chris Taylor is batting eighth, Gavin Lux ninth with a .286 average. 

One thing our guys got to do was pad their stats. Cron is up to .245, Alfaro at .284. Grish got two hits from the ninth spot and is at .189. In the midst of all this, Manny got career hit number 1,500, to go along with three hits, three runs, and four RBI's. 

Looking ahead, we need to play the Rockies this weekend, and I hope we're ready for them this time around.