Seemingly, the only chance the Padres had to upset the heavily favored Cardinals in their opening-round playoff series was to ride a monster performance from staff ace Jake Peavy to a game-one victory.
Scratch that.
Peavy just got pulled with one out in the fifth inning after giving up a grand slam to Reggie Sanders. The Cards are currently up 8-0, and Sanders has driven in six runs. St. Louis starter Chris Carpenter, meanwhile, has allowed just three hits to this point.
The only potentially good news for the Pads is that Peavy, after throwing just 70 pitches today, should have no problem taking the mound again for game four. Of course, now that the Cardinals have bruised and battered San Diego’s best starter, there may very well not be a game four for Peavy to start.
For more on this series, check out our St. Louis-San Diego preview.
