To say the San Diego Padres started their 2016 in uninspiring fashion would be an understatement.
According to Elias Sports Bureau (via SportsCenter on Twitter), the Padres became the first team in Major League Baseball history to get shut out over the course of the first three games of the regular season.
The 1943 St. Louis Browns owned the old record after they opened their season with 26 straight scoreless innings, per STATS (via the Associated Press' Bernie Wilson).
The Padres appeared in line to avoid the futile mark when they had runners on the corners with one out in the sixth inning, but Cory Spangenberg was controversially ruled out on a play at the plate that was upheld upon review, per MLB Replay on Twitter:
San Diego encountered more bad luck earlier in the sixth inning when Jon Jay was ruled out at second base after initially being deemed safe:
Not only were the Padres outscored 25-0 during their season-opening three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but they mustered a combined total of 11 hits—good for an average 3.7 per game.
A year after finishing 23rd in total runs scored (650) and last in batting average (.243), San Diego has been even worse.
If there's any good news, though, it's that the scoreless streak should be coming to an end soon. The Padres will open a three-game set against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, and the series will take place within the hitter-friendly confines of Coors Field.
With the ball set to fly in high altitude, the Padres shouldn't take long to plate a runner or two against a Rockies team that surrendered 19 runs in three games this week against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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