Padres right-hander strikes out 10, doesn’t walk a batter over six strong innings to send Pirates to ninth straight loss
San Diego Padres’ Michael King pitches against Pittsburgh Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen at Petco Park on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. Rather, it should take a long deep breath then.
The victory clinched the Padres’ eighth straight series win heading into Wednesday’s finale against a reeling Pirates team that has lost nine in a row and all five so far this season to the Padres. Before that, the Padres had pinned their hopes on King’s gem, an early gift from the Pirates and Jason Adam and Tanner Scott stranding runners at third base in the seventh and eighth innings.“It’s been 50-50,” Machado said. “You’re just talking about one week worth of baseball. It’s been tight. I mean, baseball’s up and down. Honestly in that week we’ve been winning games. That’s all that really matters at the end of the day.
King allowed seven hits — albeit on quite a bit of soft contact — but two double-plays helped his cause. King did not walk a batter in a start for the first time in 15 starts. None of the hits he allowed went for extra bases and three didn’t crack 75 mph off the bat. The arrival of Adam before the trade deadline was the start a bullpen overhaul that saw Scott and swingman Bryan Hoeing arrive from Miami shortly after.
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