Stop me if you've heard this one before:

Dylan Cease put runners on base with lack of command, those runners ended up scoring, and the Padres offense couldn't bail him out against an American League team on the road.

OK, it's not your typical setup to a joke but the punchline is something the Friar Faithful have had to deal with all too often this year: the Padres lost. This time it was 4-3 to the White Sox, a team destined for 100 losses, to open a three-game series in Chicago.

Cease's night got off to a rough start, allowing a two-run homer to Miguel Vargas in the 1st inning to put the Sox up 2-0. San Diego chipped away as Luis Arraez singled home Jake Cronenworth in the 3rd inning and Ryan O'Hearn singled to bring in Ramon Laureano in the 4th. In the bottom of that inning, however, C

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