Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first post-season start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in Game 1 of their National League Wild Card Series on Tuesday night.
Tatis' 415-foot shot landed in the second deck in left field at Petco Park and sent the towel-waving, sellout crowd of 47,647 into a frenzy. The 25-year-old star, who missed just more than 2 1/2 months this season with a stress reaction in his right thigh bone, watched the ball fly away, tossed his bat aside, gestured toward the home dugout and did his signature stutter-step around third base.
Game 2 in the best-of-three playoff is Wednesday night. If the Padres win the series, they'll face their biggest rivals, the NL West championKing was brilliant in becoming the first pitcher to have 12 strikeouts with no runs and no walks allowed in his first career post-season start. He joined Kevin Brown and Sterling Hitchcock as the only Padres pitchers with double-digit strikeout games in playoff history. He allowed five hits and walked none.
Tatis experienced his first playoff game with fans in the stands. His first playoffs were in 2020 after the pandemic-shortened season. He missed the 2022 run to the National League Championship Series after receiving an 80-game PED suspension from MLB that August. His home run came on the anniversary of his two home runs in 2020 in a Wild Card Series game against thehomered in the eighth and had a sacrifice fly in the second. He is 3 for 30 against Atlanta, with three homers.Manager Brian Snitker said Smith-Shawver didn't know he was starting until the manager called him Tuesday morning.Braves: Snitker said he spoke with Sale on Tuesday. “He's not feeling real good. He wanted to be here pitching. Unfortunately he can't. It's tough for him.
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