Column: Padres grinning from ear to ear after series-clinching win over Mets
are headed to the NL Division Series, into the belly of the baseball beast, to a place they just might believe can be different under the bright and frequently brutal lights of Hollywood.Welcome, Uphill Climb Part Deux.Hometown pitcher Joe Musgrove threw a historic game on the road against the 101-win Mets, the bats came alive and the Padres rocketed into an NLDS meeting with the Dodgers with a“I told Noles , ‘I’m going to have the game of my life tonight.
To tick off all the win-or-else boxes and make Musgrove’s performance all the more stellar, Mets manager Buck Showalter manufactured some potential rhythm-wrecking drama by asking umpires to check him for banned substances in the sixth. “Manny made sure he came and checked on me in the tunnel and said, ‘Hey, it’s over now. Go back to work and back to focusing on getting outs,’ ” Musgrove said.The Padres moved on, in no smart part, by conducting a master class in baton passing during the second inning.
In the process, the centerfielder painted Melvin as a genius for sticking with him and spying unlocked offensive potential almost no one else saw. That’s why, fans were newly reminded, he’s paid roughly $4 million per season.“Over 162 everyone is going to have periods where they don’t swing well,” Melvin said during the series.
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