(My Sportsbook) - Heading into this week's slate, the Padres had a large task ahead of them. A dreaded 12-game road trip was upon them and it threatened to ruin their relatively surprising solid start (6-7) to the season.

Things looked good after Game 1, which ended in a 3-2 victory over Los Angeles, but they quickly went south in the final two contests of their set versus the Dodgers. The Padres were outscored, 7-3, in next two contests, including a 4-3 defeat on Thursday.

Mark Loretta posted a pair of hits and Rondell belted a two-run homer, but that was all the Padres' offense could muster in the defeat. Only two other Padres (Ryan Klesko and pitcher Adam Eaton) even registered a hit in the losing effort.

Eaton, who is 2-2 with a 4.42 ERA in 10 starts since undergoing Tommy John surgery last Aug. 21, had a solid effort wasted. The twirler limited the Dodgers to just three hits over six innings, while fanning six and walking five.

San Diego's bullpen blew the game for Eaton, as Jesse Orosco and Jaret Wright gave up two runs apiece in the eighth. Orosco surrendered two hits and a run, and quickly was replaced by Jaret Wright. The former starter surrendered a game-clinching three-run homer to Todd Hundley.

"Tonight, I gave it up," Wright said of the loss. "There's no way around it. Adam threw the ball awesome and I came in to preserve it and I gave it up."

The Hundley blast seemed to be an anomaly for the contest, which lacked deep hits by the Dodgers. For Eaton, the luck just wasn't on his side.

"Luck," Eaton said. "Tonight, I didn't give up any runs and didn't get a win. One of these days, I'll probably give up five or six and win. This game will even out. I've always said I'd rather by lucky than good and today when I was out there I felt pretty lucky."

San Diego fell to just 2-4 on the road this year, following a 25-56 record in foreign ballparks last season. The Padres can only hope that things get better in the long term on the road.

WHO'S HOT

Twenty-one year old hurler Jake Peavy has been excellent for the Padres this season. Peavy has tallied a 3-0 mark in three starts, giving up only five runs over 17 innings of work. The righthander pitched well in his last start on Tuesday, allowing just five hits and one run over six innings in a win over Los Angeles.

WHO'S NOT

Third baseman Sean Burroughs has been terrible with the bat this season, batting just .184 with no homers and four RBI. Burroughs is just 3-for-25 (.120) in his last 10 games.

COMING UP

The Padres continue their long road trip at Coors Field on Friday against the Colorado Rockies. San Diego was only 2-7 in the thin air of Denver last year.