Official Site of the Padres · Aug 25, 2015
Next step for Padres: Reaching elusive .500 mark
Padres score seven in 7th 1:32 8/22/15: Highlighted by Matt Kemp's two-run single and Justin Upton's two-run double, the Padres score seven runs in the 7th inning That raises the question of whether or not the Padres are still in any form of a pennant race?
I agree with my Padres Social Hour colleague Jesse Agler on this one. Agler reasons that you can't discuss being in a playoff race until you reach .500. Which means, because the Padres are 61-63, we're at least two days away from discussing a playoff run ... and possibly longer, given the Padres' recent flirtations with .500. The last time the Padres were at .500 was June 13, when they were 32-32.