Akin to the 8th in game 160, the 6th lingered well-past welcome in 161.
The San Diego Padres scored 4 runs on 5 hits in the inning as San Francisco Giants reliever Jharel Cotton languished on the mound, unable to maintain course in a tight 1-run pitcher’s duel between Alex Cobb and Sean Manaea.
Cobb, who volunteered to pitch on short rest for the first time in his career after Carlos Rodón was scratched, carried out his final start of the season by pitching 5 innings of 1 run ball.
He worked around 7 hits with a tantalizing split that most Padres hitters couldn’t keep from waving at.