The San Diego Padres experienced a slight dip in Newsweek's Major League Baseball Power Rankings following a 4-2 week against the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees and Miami Marlins.
A 4-2 week against the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, and Miami Marlins dropped the Padres one spot to No. 13. They avoided being swept by New York with a small-ball rally and a couple of errors on Sunday to seal a 5-2 victory.
Three straight sellout crowds witnessed the series between the Padres and Yankees at Petco Park, setting a three-game series record at the 20-year-old stadium with 134,081 fans total. It was also the return of former San Diego Padreswho set a new Expansion Era record of 13 straight strikeouts and counting.
With his second strikeout Tuesday, he surpassed the Phillies’ José Alvarado for the most strikeouts in a row by a pitcher since at least 1961.left them with a 30-29 record, trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers by 6.5 games for the National League West lead, in a virtual tie with the San Francisco Giants.Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008.
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