Freeland hit a solo home run in his lone at-bat in Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Padres. Freeland, a switch hitter, has largely been held out of the lineup versus southpaws, and that held true against San Diego lefty Nestor Cortes.

This is why the Padres were fine with Yu Darvish missing so much of the season. This is how the Padres play. This went better for the Padres than when they played the Dodgers last week in Los Angeles.