- With the recent announcement in yesterday's Sunday Denver Post the great experiment appears to be over. In reality with the addition of Chacin to the rotation at Game 121 the experiment was effectively over as the rotation effectively since then has been Chacin, Francis, Chatwood, Pomernanz, and White. This has been steady over the last 25 games. Although through these 25 games, starter's have still averaged 76 pitches and average 4.1 innings of work so although the 4-man rotation experiment was done it appears we've morphed into a 5-man pitch limited piggyback rotation which I believe is theoretically still limiting the starter from getting seen a third time around in the rotation.
- 643 games have been played at Petco. This is the first time both teams scored 10 plus in a 9 inning game.
- Homer milestones galore in this game as McBride hit his first homer, Rutledge hit his first grand slam, and White hit his second homer in as many games. White is the first pitcher to homer in back to back games since 2009.
- History repeats? This time Padres won the game on a throw to the plate...maybe!
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