Padres lose to Rangers 4-1, Randy Vasquez solid
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In a pretty standard spring training game, the San Diego Padres lost to the Texas Rangers 4-1.
Fresh off his outstanding outing against Great Britain, Randy Vasquez turned in a respectable start with 4.0 innings pitched, three hits, two-earned runs, as well as two strikeouts and walks.
Likely Opening Day bullpen arms David Morgan and Jeremiah Estrada pitched an inning and gave up no hits, while Adrian Morejon gave up a run and two hits. Minor leaguer Luis Gutierrez replaced Vasquez and had a solid two innings in his first MLB spring action, allowing a run and a hit.
Padres LHP Luis Gutierrez looks quite good out there in his first MLB Spring action.
Gutierrez saw four levels of the minor leagues, and he has seen an uptick in velocity over the last season-plus.
He is my No. 33 Padres prospect entering 2026. @EVT_News pic.twitter.com/8GifBhJpxr
— Diego Garcia (@StatNerd_Base) March 9, 2026
Unfortunately, the problem was in the offense as the Padres combined for fewer runs than either teammate Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. had individually against Israel on Monday in the WBC.
The Padres ended up with only four hits on the day, one each from Jake Cronenworth, Ty France, Luis Campusano, and minor leaguer Nate Mondou. The team couldn’t get anything going against anyone from the Rangers, but did end up with two errors as well.
The Padres fell to 8-9 on the spring and will play the Los Angeles Angels in Tempe on Tuesday at 1:10 pm.
A Native San Diegan, Loren has spent his entire life not only as a fan but an active participant in San Diego’s sports world. In 2006 Loren joined two other die hard Charger fans to create Bolttalk, where Loren was a co-host and regular columnist from 2006 until the Chargers left in 2017. After that he started another podcast, The Grid Podshow, from 2020-2021 with his former co-host and colleague, speaking about the local sports community and popular culture.
When he’s not giving his opinion about San Diego sports, Loren is an adjunct professor at San Diego State and an attorney.