‘Win-loss margin -9’ San Diego, fall baseball far from 11 consecutive losses in overtime

As the Major League Baseball (MLB) San Diego Padres lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, who had the second lowest win rate in the National League, hopes for fall baseball became even smaller. The win-loss margin is -9, but their exceptionally weak appearance in overtime is holding back their ankles.

San Diego suffered a 5-6 come-from-behind loss in the 2023 Major League Baseball match held at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on the 30th (Korean time).

San Diego, which led 5-3 until the beginning of the 8th inning, allowed the score to be tied in the bottom of the 8th inning due to the bullpen, and then in the bottom of the 10th inning, closer Josh Hader got a walk-off hit by Tommy Suspension Edmon and lost.

Kim Ha-seong, who played as the leadoff, struggled with 2 hits in 3 at-bats, 1 walk, 1 RBI and 1 run, but could not prevent the team from losing.

San Diego, desperate for one win to advance to the postseason, was hit by St. Louis, and has only 1 win and 4 losses in the last 5 games. With a record of 62 wins and 71 losses, San Diego was 7.5 games away from San Francisco Giants (69 wins and 63 losses), the 3rd place wild card that could enter the fall baseball stage as the last game.

There are many reasons why San Diego’s performance has been sluggish this season despite huge investments such as long-term contracts with Darvish Yu and Manny Machido, and the signing of Xander Bogarts, but the lack of support is also great.

San Diego played a total of 11 overtime games until the game against St. Louis, but did not win even once. According to MLB.com, the odds of a particular team winning 11 straight games in overtime are only 1 in 2048.메이저놀이터

In addition, this is the second poorest overtime performance in the major leagues since the 1969 Montreal Expos (12 matches lost).

San Diego’s position could have been higher than it is now if they had performed well in overtime. But San Diego wasn’t weak in overtime because they were simply unlucky.

San Diego is going down, not being able to score many times even after taking many chances. San Diego’s overtime batting average was only 0.160, and they only hit one home run, but they were behind by four runs, so they couldn’t change the flow.

San Diego’s head coach expressed frustration at the color of a weak team in overtime. Coach Bob Melvin expressed regret, saying, “Unfortunately, we have not been able to play at the last minute in a game like this that is exceptional this season. Today was one of those cases,” and emphasized, “We have to overcome it somehow.”