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The Padres keep rolling, taking two of three from Cleveland and extending their streak to seven straight series without a loss. The Pads haven’t dropped a series since they were in Atlanta from July 21–23. Up next, it’s the Mets, Twins & Pirates, seemingly setting up the schedule nicely for a team that’s finding its stride and is 39-22 against sub .500 teams.
Some specific topics from the weekend include Luis Rengifo’s immediate impact since arriving in San Diego, Luis Campusano finally making the most of his opportunities, Craig Stammen not managing like it’s game seven and wondering why the organization won’t trust Randy Vazquez after consecutive good starts.
We also took a stroll down memory lane, talking about former Padres manager Andy Green - now with the Mets - including those truly unfortunate blue Padres uniforms. Plus, a great story about Craig Stammen reaching out to Green after he was fired from the Padres.
And San Diego FC kicked off “Revenge Week” in style, knocking off LAFC in a huge Saturday night victory at BMO. SDFC allowed a goal in the 14th minute of stoppage time last time the two Southern California rivals played so turnabout was fair play in Los Angeles when Anders Dreyer scored in the 89th minute to take all three points on the road.
Up next: San Diego FC travels to Providence Park to face the Portland Timers, the return match of an April meeting when SDFC allowed the game winning goal in the 6th minute of injury time. Following that, the Colorado Rapids come to Snapdragon Stadium in a rematch of a game SDFC lost in the 5th minute of stoppage time at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 22nd. Sensing a theme?
