David Pinto worked for ten years as the chief researcher for ESPN’s Baseball Tonight. Starting in 2002, David brought his research and insights to a wider audience through his blog, Baseball Musings.

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The 2-1 Padres

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June 8, 9:18 AM

by David Pinto, Baseball Examiner

I don't remember seeing anything like this. The Padres beat the Mets for the third time in a row last night, each by a score of 2-1. San Diego also defeated the Cubs in the last game of their series 2-1, giving them four 2-1 victories in a row. They also had a 2-1 win on April 1st, giving them five on the season, and a 1-0 victory on April 13th.

While the Padres do own six wins when scoring two runs or less. they also lost a ton of games in that situation:

Best records scoring two runs or less, 2008
Team	Record	Winning Pct.
Angels	6-9	.400
Rays	7-12	.368
Red Sox	4-10	.286
Rangers	3-9	.250
Padres	6-21	.222

The interesting thing is that the Padres should have been blowing out their opponents in the last four games. Look at the difference in batting stats. That's a good line for San Diego Batters:

Padres and opponents batting, 6/4/2008 through 6/7/2008
Stat	Padres	Opponents
Batting Average	.268	.188
On Base Average	.352	.225
Slugging Percentage	.417	.219

Padres batters are 5 for 39 with men in scoring position during these four games. The offense starts innings fine, but doesn't finish them well. The three home runs they hit were all solo shots. It's an amazing four game winning streak, made so by the ineptitude of the Padres offense.

Topics: Baseball , Pitchers , Offense , Greg Maddux , Cubs , Padres

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