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The San Diego Padres have a one-game lead over the Atlanta Braves after a 4-0 win in Sport 1 of the Nationwide League wild card collection.
Michael King, who the Padres landed earlier than the season within the Juan Soto commerce with the New York Yankees, was dominant on the mound in his first postseason begin for San Diego. He had 12 strikeouts and allowed simply 5 hits and no runs throughout his seven innings, establishing the Padres for the shutout.
And his offense helped him out on the opposite facet.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a no-doubter to left middle within the backside of the primary to present San Diego an early two-run lead. The Padres additionally received some strong manufacturing from Kyle Higashioka, who an a sac fly RBI within the third and a solo homer within the backside of the eighth.
After the win, followers hyped Tatis, King and the Padres for taking good care of enterprise in Sport 1.
MLB @MLB
FERNANDO TATIS JR. HITS THE FIRST HOME RUN OF THE 2024 #POSTSEASON 🚀 pic.twitter.com/XFqQ06zWTT
i dont know, some rock, i suppose @littleargue
Michael King is fairly good https://t.co/PBPNdCv2Qi
sighs @ItsSighs
earlier than the season the Padres traded Juan Soto to the Yankees and received Michael King and Kyle Higashioka in return. yeah we gained the commerce child
Adam Schein @AdamSchein
I like Michael King. He is been a stud all yr. That was majestic efficiency.
Marty Caswell @MartyCaswell
Michael King was good with 7 shutout innings, putting out 12, and Fernando Tatis hit his first playoff HR in entrance of followers.
Padres take recreation one, 4-0. It is Joe Musgrove vs. Max Fried tomorrow
ckj 🏜 @ckjasper
Fernando Tatis Jr. has a few of the rawest no doubters, he up there with Bryce Harper
AJ Cassavell @AJCassavell
Closing: Padres 4, Braves 0
Sport 1 to San Diego. Michael King shoved. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Kyle Higashioka homered and had two RBIs apiece. The Padres push a beleaguered Braves workforce to the brink. All six prior groups to win Sport 1 of a Wild Card Sequence at residence have swept in 2.
The Padres at the moment are only one win away from advancing to the divisional collection, the place they’d face the Los Angeles Dodgers. They’re going to have Joe Musgrove on the mound whereas Atlanta will look to Max Fried to maintain its season alive.
