The San Diego Padres defeated the Atlanta Braves

The San Diego Padres, missing Hae-Sung Kim due to injury, defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Sunday behind a strong start from Michael King and a game-winning two-run homer from Fernando Tatis Jr. in the first game of the Major League Baseball (MLB) National League Wild Card Series. The Padres were the only home team to win any of the four wild-card games on the day.

San Diego took control in the top of the first inning. After leadoff hitter Luis Araez led off with a single, No. 2 hitter Tatis Jr. hit a huge two-run shot over the left field wall. Higashioka’s sacrifice fly to center field scored a run in the bottom of the second.

San Diego Padres starter Michael King was dominant. He pitched seven innings of five-hit ball, no walks, and struck out a whopping 12 batters.

The Atlanta Braves, on the other hand, dropped Game 1 as starter A.J.

Smith Schober fell apart early, 카지노사이트 giving up three runs on four hits in one and one-third innings. With the Game 1 win, the Padres will face Shohei Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series with one more game to go.

In the other National League wild-card game of the day, the sixth-seeded New York Mets defeated the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 8-4. The Mets were focused. Down 0-2 in the top of the second inning, Jesse Winker hit a two-run triple and Starling Marte scored on a sacrifice fly. Down 3-4 again, the Mets rallied with three straight hits in the fifth, including a tiebreaking RBI single by Jose Iglesias and a two-run double by J.D. Martinez, to put the game out of reach.

The Padres were the only home team to win the first wild-card game of the day. Game 2 of the wild card will begin at dawn on March 3. San Diego will start Joe Musgrove on the mound for Game 2.