As they always say baseball is a long season as it was only five days ago after game two of the Athletics series last Tuesday April 8 that it was all doom and gloom as Jackson Merrill was put on the IL that morning and then both Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jake Cronenworth would leave the game early with injuries.

This is not to mention the run of shaky starting pitching that started with the Chicago Cubs series and culminated with Cease giving up 9 runs in the loss that Tuesday night.

But with a day game the next day missing Tatis, Cronenworth and Merrill, the team came through as Vasquez did what was needed (5 innings of 1 run ball and turning it over to the high-leverage arms) and the lineup was able to piece together enough runs for a 2-1 win.

Of course, coming home to the Colorado Rockies for any team is usually a good thing but we know how the Padres have struggled against the Rockies recently (31-33 from 2021-2024), not to mention that Jake was put on the IL Friday morning and is expected to miss something with a rib fracture.

But maybe not having Charlie Blackmon anymore helped as the Padres did several things in this series worth highlighting:

In 9 home games this season, the @Padres have thrown 5 shutouts while allowing fewer than a dozen total runs.

The only other MLB team to do that over its first 9 home games of a season was the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1876 – the very first year of MLB. pic.twitter.com/k6RbjWh0zZ

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) April 13, 2025

This is the first time in franchise history the @Padres have held an opponent scoreless in a series of 3+ games. https://t.co/CGIll9pEna

— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) April 13, 2025

The Padres are the second team in MLB history to throw 6+ shutouts in their first 16 games of a season, joining:

1966 CLE https://t.co/2opVO03wcT

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 14, 2025

As they always say baseball is a long season but it’s been exciting seeing what the Padres have done so far to start this season.