Could 30, 2025; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Padres beginning pitcher Nick Pivetta (27) delivers through the first inning in opposition to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Petco Park. Necessary Credit score: Denis Poroy-Imagn Pictures
The calendar says it is early June, however Padres third baseman Manny Machado swears time disappeared throughout San Diego’s street journey.
“It has been per week of postseason baseball,” he mentioned Sunday after homering for the one run in a 1-0 win in Milwaukee that capped a 4-3 week away from residence.
Machado and the Padres are again residence to start out a extremely anticipated three-game sequence on Monday in opposition to their Nationwide League West archrivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, of their first matchup of the season.
If these video games are something like these the Padres performed in San Francisco and Milwaukee, their followers won’t have any fingernails left. Each recreation however one through the journey — San Diego’s 2-0 triumph on Friday night time — was determined by one run.
In reality, 13 of San Diego’s final 14 video games have been determined by one or two runs. Taking part in tight video games appears to be working for the Padres, who’ve gained 4 of their final 5 sequence to remain inside a recreation of Los Angeles.
“You speak about grinding,” San Diego supervisor Mike Shildt mentioned. “They received after it. Six one-run video games, one two-run recreation. … I could not be extra happy with this street journey total and simply the dedication to competitors.”
Pitching is the primary cause the Padres gained two of three in Milwaukee regardless of scoring simply six runs. Their beginning pitchers did not allow a run in 15 2/3 innings, though not one of the three earned a win.
San Diego will name on right-hander Nick Pivetta (6-2, 3.16 ERA) to maintain the shutdown beginning pitching on monitor. He is coming off a no-decision Wednesday in a 6-5 loss at San Francisco, working six-plus innings and yielding 5 runs off six hits and a stroll with 5 strikeouts.
Pivetta, who’s 5-0 in six residence begins with a 1.69 ERA this season, is 1-2 with a 2.96 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 27 1/3 innings over six profession outings (5 begins) in opposition to the Dodgers.
Los Angeles will counter with hard-throwing right-hander Dustin Could (3-4, 4.09), who final labored on June 2 in a 4-3 residence loss in 10 innings to the New York Mets. Could received a no-decision after permitting six hits, two runs and two walks in six innings whereas fanning 5. He is 2-4 with a 3.36 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 59 innings over 12 profession video games (9 begins) in opposition to San Diego.
The Dodgers stayed atop the division by notching a 7-3 win Sunday in St. Louis to keep away from a three-game sweep. Former Cardinal Tommy Edman knocked in three runs, whereas Clayton Kershaw picked up his first win of the season with 5 strong innings of one-run ball, whiffing seven.
The rivals confronted off within the 2024 NL Division Sequence, gained by Los Angeles in a decisive fifth recreation 2-0. They blanked the Padres over the sequence’ final 24 innings after trailing 2-1 within the sequence, then posted a six-game NLCS win over the Mets and eradicated the Yankees in 5 video games for the World Sequence title.
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts is not assigning additional worth to this sequence.
“Exterior of it simply (being) a division opponent and us looking for a method to win a recreation, it actually does not have any additional impression,” Roberts mentioned. “Proper now, we’re not taking part in our greatest baseball, however I believe that surroundings goes to convey out one of the best in us.”
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