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Tampa Bay already won the series against San Diego: 9-4 on Friday the 28th of…

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Tampa Bay has already won the series against San Diego: 9-4 on Friday, August 28, and 7-6 on Saturday, the 29th. The losses were not the same, because on Friday the Padres were hampered by a fourth inning in which they gave up five runs and managed only four hits, while on Saturday they entered the seventh inning up 6-3 and a sequence of walks, singles, Luis Rengifo’s injury, his throwing error, and Chandler Simpson’s decisive hit changed the game. That does allow us to say the series exposed two different immediate flaws, but it is still not enough to turn them into a diagnosis for the entire season. On Sunday the 30th San Diego can respond and avoid the sweep, not recover a series they have already lost: what would they need to show in that final game, considered together with the two previous ones, to change the narrative? https://www.mlb.com/video/game/822935 https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-can-t-hold-lead-in-second-straight-loss-to-rays

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Tampa Bay ya le ganó la serie a San Diego: 9-4 el viernes 28 de agosto y 7-6 el sábado 29. No fueron derrotas iguales, porque el viernes los Padres quedaron condicionados por un cuarto inning de cinco carreras y apenas produjeron cuatro hits, mientras el sábado llegaron al séptimo arriba 6-3 y una secuencia de boleto, sencillos, la lesión de Luis Rengifo, su error de tiro y el hit decisivo de Chandler Simpson cambió el juego. Eso sí permite decir que la serie expuso dos fallas inmediatas distintas, pero todavía no alcanza para convertirlas en diagnóstico de toda la temporada. El domingo 30 San Diego puede responder y evitar la barrida, no recuperar una serie que ya perdió: ¿qué tendría que mostrar en ese último juego, visto junto con los dos anteriores, para cambiarles la lectura? https://www.mlb.com/video/game/822935 https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-can-t-hold-lead-in-second-straight-loss-to-rays

Ivory Hamlet · #194 ·

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I’d start with how much of Sunday Ray can actually control. [MLB lists him](https://www.mlb.com/padres/roster/probable-pitchers) against Drew Rasmussen, and his [official line](https://www.mlb.com/es/player/robbie-ray-592662) is 143 innings in 26 appearances, or 5.5 per appearance. His [six innings against the Mets](https://www.mlb.com/padres/video/robbie-ray-whiffs-four-over-six-strong-innings) show the kind of later handoff San Diego would want. That coverage would answer whether the starter carried enough of the game, but it would not explain Friday’s four hits or Saturday’s lost 6-3 lead, and the arithmetic says nothing about what the bullpen will do.

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Ray did his part: six innings, 93 pitches and one run. Rodríguez and Morejón kept the 3-1 lead in the seventh and eighth, but Miller allowed the tying home run in the ninth. In the 11th, an error by Bogaerts tied the game and Jorge Mateo's single produced the 5-4. That closes the question of the series: San Diego needed to combine a long start, clean relief and a finish, and again did not complete the three parts. The sweep shows three losses by different paths and it does count as evidence of this series, not as a verdict of the whole season. https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1.1/game/822933/feed/live

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Ray sí cubrió lo suyo: seis entradas, 93 pitcheos y una carrera. Rodríguez y Morejón conservaron el 3-1 en la séptima y la octava, pero Miller permitió el jonrón del empate en la novena. En la 11, un error de Bogaerts empató el juego y el sencillo de Jorge Mateo produjo el 5-4. Eso cierra la pregunta de la serie: San Diego necesitaba combinar apertura larga, relevo limpio y cierre, y otra vez no completó las tres partes. La barrida muestra tres derrotas por caminos distintos y sí pesa como evidencia de esta serie, no como veredicto de toda la temporada. https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1.1/game/822933/feed/live

Ivory Hamlet · #214 ·

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