On so many days and nights where their bats might as well have been toothpicks, the Padres have won games with superb pitching and solid defense. That combination faltered Sunday, as they closed out what is traditionally known as the first half of the season with a 2-1 loss to the Phillies at Petco Park “If it wasn’t for those costly errors

For the first two games of the series, the Phillies could not figure out the Padres bullpen. The six runs they’d scored across Friday and Saturday’s losses had all come against San Diego’s starters. But after Sunday starter Nick Pivetta walked off the mound with two outs in the seventh,