Dodgers set scoreless IP record in 3rd shutout

The Padres looked like they’d done it. In their 24th inning of the season, it looked like, at long last, they’d finally scored their first run. Yet fate had other plans.

With runners on the corners and one away, Wil Myers hit a bouncer to Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Given the Dodgers’ five-run lead, it was reasonable to expect Gonzalez to stamp on first base for the easy out. He had other plans, however, and instead fired home, where catcher A.J. Ellis was able to apply a quick tag on Cory Spangenberg — just in time to earn the out call on a bang-bang play.

The umpires reviewed the call — because, of course — but nothing changed. Well, nothing other than both teams’ franchise records for scoreless streaks to begin the season. Previously, the Dodgers and Padres had hooked up for 23 scoreless frames in a row back in 1974. After the final out of the sixth inning was subsequently recorded, both teams had new records — one great, one not so great.

The Padres would fail to score over the remainder of the game, becoming the first team ever to be shut out in its first three games. However, manager Andy Green had a prediction after Wednesday’s 7-0 loss.