WASHINGTON — The Padres' players and coaches have steadfastly maintained that they talk about the streak only when prompted. The occasion arose once again Sunday at Nationals Park.
Trailing by two in the eighth, Poway High graduate Alex Dickerson crushed a leadoff home run into the Nationals' bullpen in right field. The next batter, the revelation known as Ryan Schimpf, smacked a drive way over the wall in left-center. The game was tied. The Padres had extended their franchise-record streak of homering at least once to 22 games.
Despite their best efforts, after a 10-6, come-from-behind victory, they could not avoid talking about the streak.