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That has not been the case down in San Diego, where the Padres rarely trailed in the first week of play. Their 7-0 start comes with the best run differential and best run prevention in baseball. Five teams have allowed more runs in a game than the Padres have allowed all season (11). (The Brewers have done it twice.) The Cubs’ Justin Steele has allowed more runs than the entire Padres staff has allowed. Michael King and Dylan Cease had rough debuts, but in the last five starts, one turn through the rotation, Pads starters allowed three runs in 29 1/3 innings. The Padres have been behind at the end of just two innings during that run. The leads those starters have handed over have been well-protected. Padres relievers have allowed two runs in 26 2/3 innings, fewest in baseball. They’ve stranded every one of the nine baserunners they’ve inherited.
