Well, that was a little weird.
A season ago, the Padres entered their 16th game with a 8-7 record. And in that game, they went 22 innings before losing a 2-1 decision to the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park. The Padres were never the same. The 22-inning loss was the second in a four-game losing streak. A day after the loss, the Padres fell a game under .500 and never revisited break-even. The 22-inning loss was the second stop in a 1-9 run.
And Friday night, they were back at Petco Park and locked in an extra-inning game with Pittsburgh. This time, however, the Padres won 4-3 in the bottom of the 11th.
PADRES 4, PIRATES 3 (11 innings): Right-fielder Brian Giles snapped out of a 2-for-17 run with a two-out, run-scoring single in the bottom of the 11th Friday night to give the Padres a 4-3 victory over the Pirates. Pinch-hitter Chris Burke walked and stole second and scored the winning run on Giles' drive to right. At the time of his game-winning hit, Giles was hitting .152 (10-for-66).
