Three games. Three shutouts. A dubious modern day record.

Road trips to Coors Field were made for times like these as the Padres hit the road for the first time this season without a win, a run or any momentum at all to speak of.

After Wednesday’s 7-0 loss at the hands of the Dodgers, their scoreless streak to start the season is at 27 and counting, the longest drought to start a season since 1900. They’ve been outscored 25-0 this season by the Dodgers and 54-11 in their last nine games against the rival Dodgers, all losses. They haven’t scored since Travis Jankowski’s three-run homer in the seventh-inning of the 2015 regular season finale against the Dodgers last October and they embark for Denver with nine of their 15 players with an official plate appearance still searching for their first hit.

Nine.


× Andy Green on scoreless start to season

Indeed, new skipper Andy Green – who even lost a controversial review that would have plated the first of the season (“I’m not going to cry about a call that was made in New York when we had ample opportunity”) – said Wednesday night that he planned to address the slumbering start to the season.

Just not right away.

“We’ll flush it tonight,” he said in Wednesday’s post-game presser, “and have a full conversation when we get to Colorado.”


Of course, the thin air there could provide some of the much-needed salve. So could Rockies pitchers, whose 6.23 ERA to start the season already ranks 24th in the majors without a single game at Coors Field.

That’s the good news.

The bad: The Padres (8.00 ERA) rank 29th after three games at pitcher-friendly Petco Park and the Rockies sit third in the majors with 20 runs scored through their first three games.

Again, without a single game at Coors Field.


The message awaiting the Padres when they arrive might go a little something like this.

“The fact is you can win each pitch,” Green said. “When you win each pitch, you win each at-bat, and when you win each at-bat, with quality at-bats, you start moving the needle and the team starts scoring runs. I think what you see now – like I said yesterday – it’s just more collective pressing.”

ON DECK | Padres at Rockies

Next: Rockies rookie SS Trevor Story on Wednesday became the first player in modern history to homer in his first three games. He actually has four in three games and the Rockies haven’t even played a game at Coors Field yet. That comes Friday in Colorado’s home-opener against the Padres.

Rockies rookie SS on Wednesday became the first player in modern history to homer in his first three games. He actually has four in three games and the Rockies haven’t even played a game at Coors Field yet. That comes Friday in Colorado’s home-opener against the Padres. Friday: RHP Colin Rea (0-0, 9.00 ERA) vs. RHP Jordan Lyles (0-0, -.--), 1:10 p.m.

RHP Colin Rea (0-0, 9.00 ERA) vs. RHP Jordan Lyles (0-0, -.--), 1:10 p.m. Saturday: LHP Drew Pomeranz (0-0, -.--) vs. LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-0, 9.64), 5:10 p.m.

LHP Drew Pomeranz (0-0, -.--) vs. LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-0, 9.64), 5:10 p.m. Sunday: RHP Tyson Ross (0-1, 11.81) vs. RHP Chad Bettis (0-0, 8.44), 1:10 p.m.

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