SignOnSanDiego.com · Apr 16, 2016
Run-hungry Padres missing edge, attitude at plate
Diamondbacks at Padres- Melvin Upton Jr. is safe stealing 3rd. With late tag is Diamondback's Jake Lamb.As the sun sank over Petco Park on Friday, Padres manager Andy Green prepared to observe the bounty or bust of his latest tinkering.
He moved Wil Myers into the lineup’s No. 2 spot against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He shuffled Melvin Upton Jr. to No. 4. He searched for success. He hunted for spark.
Tweak. Reshape. Re-examine. Wash, rinse and – if a successful offensive combination emerges – repeat. The Padres returned to San Diego with seven road games on the books and zero answers about a set of bats as maddeningly inconsistent as gumbo in Glasgow.