The San Diego Padres face off against the New York Mets this Friday at Citi Field. The Padres come into this matchup with a 37-35 record, having swept the Oakland Athletics in their recent series.
They secured victories with scores of 6-1, 4-3, and 5-4. Matt Waldron will take the mound for San Diego. As for the Mets, holding a 30-37 record, they are fresh off a nail-biting 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins, thanks to a walk-off homer by JD Martinez. Sean Manaea is set to start for New York.Matt Waldron has been steady lately with a 2-0 record and only two earned runs over his last three starts, totaling 20.1 innings.
• The Padres have shown exceptional power hitting, evident from the memorable games against the A’s. Kyle Higashioka and 21-year-old Jackson Merrill each hit walk-off homers, marking their first career walk-off home runs. This event marked only the second time in club history that the Padres won consecutive games on walk-off homers, a feat not repeated since 1986.
• Merrill, only 21 years and 54 days old at the time, became the youngest player with a multi-home run game that included a walk-off homer since the MLB's Divisional Era began in 1969. His performance not only showcased his potential but also set a new record for the youngest player to hit a walk-off home run in Padres’ history.
• The Padres have registered the highest on-road batting average and on-base percentage in MLB this year.J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content for Halos Today and Inside the Padres, and is the author of 'The 50 Greatest Dodger Games Of All Time.' He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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