Padres 3, Giants 1.
Matt Cain reached two milestones tonight (h/t @SFGiantsFans): his 200th career start, and his fifth consecutive season with 200+ IP. Unfortunately, it was a typical Matt Cain start; that is, he pitched well, but due to a lack of run support, got the loss. Cain now has a career record of 68-72, making him the only starter in history (min. 1000 IP) with a losing record, and an ERA+ greater than 125. Few pitchers, if any, have been as unlucky as Cain in this respect. Whatever. Wins are awful.
Cain’s lone run of support came in the fourth inning — a solo shot from Brett Pill. Pill’s now homered in his first two-career major-league games, winning over countless Giants fans. I’m not ready to hop on that bandwagon yet though. Fun fact: Pill ranks 15th (out of 21) among qualified Pacific Coast League first basemen in wOBA. To excerpt what I wrote yesterday:
He’s 26 years old. He repeated Triple-A this year. The average PCL hitter is hitting .286/....
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