Episode #029: "Three Walks, Four Runs"

The Daily Friar · Sep 9, 2026 · 9m

September 9, 2026 |

Three consecutive walks changed everything at Petco Park. Manny Machado tied the game, Luis Campusano delivered the go-ahead hit, and the Padres turned a 4-1 eighth-inning deficit into a 5-4 win without hitting a home run. Will, Brooks, and Rachel explain why plate discipline can be an aggressive weapon, how free baserunners change the value of ordinary contact, and what Tuesday's full-lineup rally says - and does not say - about San Diego's October offense. Plus: Miguel Andujar begins a rehab assignment, the catcher room contributes in two different ways, and Jackson Kent…