LOS ANGELES -- One of the true beauties about the game of baseball, Padres manager Bud Black likes to say, is you never know what you're going to see from one game to the next.
On Sunday, when the Padres and Dodgers conclude their series at Dodger Stadium, Black would like nothing more than to be surprised by a boatload of runs from his team.
Those runs, often plentiful in April, have essentially disappeared during a fitful month of May -- and Saturday's 2-0 loss to the Dodgers was no different.
Los Angeles pitcher Mike Bolsinger, he of the 80-mph curveballs, tied the Padres in knots, as he allowed one hit over eight innings.