Padres take big loss against Giants

Jake Roth-USA TODAY SportsOn July 1st, the Padres took on the San Francisco Giants in the first of a three-game series. The Padres were one game over .500 coming into tonight’s game, and they have been making a serious surge to get back into wild card contention, leading up to the All-Star break. Tonight, was a step backward as the Giants ran away with the game dropping the Padres back to .500 on the season.

With the San Diego pitching staff settling in a bit, Andy Green gave Logan Allen the start. Hopefully it is only two steps forward, and one step back type of situation, but tonight felt like a giant leap backward for those watching the game. In his third major league start Logan Allen…