Padres News: Seth Lugo Says Dodgers Knew What Pitches Were Coming
Seth Lugo and the Padres were fully cruising on Monday afternoon until they weren't. After 3 shutout innings from Lugo and a five spot put up against Tony Gonsolin and the Dodgers in the bottom of the third, everything came crashing down in a hurry in the top of the fourth inning.
The Dodgers scored 8 runs to claim the lead and chase Lugo after serving up a grand slam to Mookie Betts. It shocked the crowd at Petco Park.
After the shellshock wore off for Lugo, he took a dive into what exactly went so wrong so fast. It turns out, the Dodgers might have known what was coming.
Now, it doesn't seem like he means in a Houston Astros sort of way but more that he appears to have been tipping his pitches.
Here's what he said after being asked if there was any chance the LA hitters knew what was coming.
"Yeah... yeah, we now know that they did."
Lugo said he learned it after coming in and watching the video of his outing. So how was that not picked up by him or the Padres staff in the moment?
"You get so focused on executing pitches and some other stuff just slips your mind."
The Dodgers denied any relaying of tipped pitches, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, because of course they would.
Tipping aside, Lugo felt the weight of the outing, knowing that every loss hurts the Padres' chances of making the playoffs more and more with each passing game.
“It’s very frustrating,” Lugo said. “It’s a big game. We played some good ball. The guys put up a lot of runs, and I needed to put up a better start than that to give us chance.”
The Padres will look to put this series in the rearview mirror and focus on beating the red hot Seattle Mariners, who are winners of 5 in a row and 13 of their last 17. Nick Martinez gets the start in place of the injured Joe Musgrove.
