Padres Daily: Wholly Sheets; Kolek Grinds for 6; Merrill Calms Down; Flip-Flop at Top?

Padres Daily: Wholly Sheets; Kolek grinds for 6; Merrill calms down; flip-flop at top?

Good morning from Toronto, It was something. It wasn’t enough. But in the place of victory, a team sometimes is left with progress as its prize. You can read in my game story (here) how the Padres actually showed up yesterday and could look in the mirror and see a team they recognized after falling 7-6 in 11 innings to the Blue Jays. And since most of them did take better at-bats and four of them actually hit, we can focus on something else toda…

Table of ContentsPelotazo to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. did not climb majors«Vladdy» broke his short streak of unstoppables On the night of May 22 in the middle of the meeting between San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. took a ball in his left forearm by a pitching of the right Stephen Kolek, one of the MLB news of the day. During the fourth stretch of the carreo and in his third turn of the engagement after failing in the f…

'That's what I came here to do': Sheets (2 HRs, 5 RBIs) lengthening Padres' lineup

TORONTO -- This will likely be remembered as the Gavin Sheets game. Sheets entered Thursday afternoon as one of the Padres’ most unlikely but productive complementary hitters, and he continued that trend -- albeit in a losing effort, as the club fell to the Blue Jays, 7-6, in 11 innings

Sheets belts 2nd homer of the game in 9th, to hand Hoffman a blown save

Check this out, as Padres’ Gavin Sheets takes Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman deep and gone, for his 2nd bomb of the game, a two-run shot to tie the game in the 9th inning.

Gavin Sheets blasts two-run home run to give Padres lead over Blue Jays

Gavin Sheets blasted a two-run home run to give the San Diego Padres the lead over the Toronto Blue Jays.