August 07, 2008
Lineup Mixup
The Padres sent two pinch hitters to the plate in the top of the eighth. Bud Black wanted to put the new pitcher into the two slot, but either he made a mistake, or the ump made the mistake, and Brian Giles (who hit in the two slot) is staying in the game and the pitcher is batting ninth. Black thought it was the umpires mistake and argued the point. He and the bench coach were thrown out of the game. Bud might have assumed the rookie umpire knew what Bud wanted to do, rather than making it explicit.
The Padres trail 3-2. They loaded the bases with no one out in the top of the inning by only managed to score one run.
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After all the hoohah the Padres tied the game in the ninth, only to lose on a Wright walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth. The pen blows another win for Santana, but the Mets could pick up a game on the currently trailing Phils.
The Dodgers finished last night's game under protest after Torre used up Mark Sweeney by sending him to the plate but didn't announce him, and the ump said it counted.
Side note: what's up with Mark Sweeney and his .116 batting average?