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9/30/2020 5:08 PM ET (198 DAYS AGO) |
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GAME PREVIEW
Padres turn to Paddack against Cardinals in Game 1When the San Diego Padres move into their first postseason game in 14 years Wednesday, not only will they face their playoff nemesis the St. Louis Cardinals, they'll do it with a pitching staff very much in flux.Right-hander Chris Paddack, who has been anything but consistent, was belatedly announced Tuesday as the Padres starter for Game 1 in the first round of the National League wild-card series. With several factors making the decision unusually difficult, the Padres hadn't announced anything until late Tuesday afternoon.It fell to Cardinals manager Mike Shildt to off-handedly mentioned on his Zoom news conference that the Padres had told them that Paddack would start. The Padres later confirmed the news.The Padres had hoped right-hander Dinelson Lamet would start Game 1. He went 3-1 in the regular season with a 2.09 ERA that ranked third in the league. However, Lamet departed his Friday start after 3 2/3 innings complaining of tightness in his biceps -- although he has thrown twice on the side since with no reported discomfort.Meanwhile, Mike Clevenger left his Sept. 23 start early, and received a cortisone injection to relieve what was described as an impingement behind his right elbow. Clevenger might not be available for the first round, but he threw in the bullpen on Tuesday, leaving open the possibility that he could.Paddack, then, got the nod over right-hander Zach Davies (7-4, 2.73 ERA after pitching three scoreless innings Saturday), and the specter of a bullpen start.Paddack (4-5, 4.73) gave up five runs in 3 2/3 innings Friday against the Giants, marking the fourth time in the past eight starts that Paddack allowed at least four runs and didn't last five innings.Yet, he also went six innings and gave up two or fewer runs three times during that stretch.In their first postseason chance since 2006, the Padres hope they get the sharp Paddack in Game 1.Since nothing makes sense about 2020, it is only fitting that the Padres should be hosting the Cardinals in this best-of-three series.The teams came from opposite directions to finish as, respectively, the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds. The Padres got off to a strong start this season and finished with a 37-23 record -- the NL's second-best mark behind the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers -- to gain the advantage of playing the first round at home at Petco Park.Meanwhile, the Cardinals (30-28) got off to a rough start, as COVID-19 protocols sidelined the club for 15 consecutive days. To reach the playoffs, the perennial postseason participants had to play 53 games in 44 days, including 11 doubleheaders.This is the fourth time the Padres and Cardinals have met in the opening round of the National League playoffs, and the Cardinals eliminated the Padres in 1996, 2005 and 2006 -- winning nine of 10 games.The path to a matchup in San Diego was daunting, but it is a journey appreciated in St. Louis."I just want to pause and appreciate what just happened and what these guys accomplished," Shildt said Sunday after his club defeated Milwaukee to avoid a 12th doubleheader in Detroit on Monday and clinch the No. 5 seed in the eight-team NL playoff field."Getting through this could have been enough. But sticking to their goals of making the playoffs -- and figuring out a way to do it and find a solution is, for me, beyond impressive on a lot of levels." One trait the Padres and Cardinals share is resolve.The Padres entered the 2020 season with the third-longest active streak of not reaching the playoffs -- 13 seasons. And they were in the same division as the Dodgers, who entered the season coming off a seventh straight division crown."Before this season, we came to focus on one objective as a team," Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer said. "Make the playoffs ... and go from there." Or as shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. so eloquently said, "We want to eat the cake." Both teams face questions.The Cardinals' offense has struggled this season. St. Louis hit just .234 with a mere 51 home runs, fewest in the majors.Meanwhile, Shildt announced Monday that left-hander Kwang Hyun Kim would get the call in the opener over Jack Flaherty. The Padres will be facing Kim for the first time, although they attempted to acquire him from South Korea in 2018. He went 3-0 this season with a 1.62 ERA and 1.03 WHIP with 24 strikeouts in 39 innings. He has allowed only 28 hits.One reason why Kim might have gotten the call is the fact that the Padres have more problems against left-handers (.761 OPS compared to .815 against righties). Overall, however, the Padres have much stronger offensive numbers than the Cardinals.Left fielder Tyler O'Neill (.173, 19 RBIs) and designated hitter Brad Miller (.232, 25 RBIs) led the Cardinals with seven homers apiece. First baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit .304 with six homers and 21 RBIs.Tatis finished second in the National League with 17 homers. San Diego third baseman Manny Machado finished with 16 and right fielder Wil Myers had 15. Machado finished third in the NL with 47 RBIs while Tatis was fourth with 45 and Myers tied for ninth with 40.As a team, the Padres hit .257 with a .333 on-base percentage and a .798 OPS that bettered the Cardinals by 104 points.But this is a new chapter to 2020 -- and the Cardinals aren't intimidated."The reason we were surviving the day was to get to the next day ... but this group was all-in for this," Shildt said.--Field Level Media
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GAME RECAP
Goldschmidt, Cardinals win 7-4 in Padres' return to playoffsSAN DIEGO Given a chance to catch their breath after a crazy month and a half, the St. Louis Cardinals settled into the playoffs with yet another win against the San Diego Padres.Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run home run during a four-run first inning, St. Louis' bullpen held strong after starter Kwang Hyun Kim stumbled in his playoff debut and the Cardinals ruined the Padres' long-awaited return to the playoffs with a 7-4 victory Wednesday in the opener of their NL wild-card series.The Cardinals got a welcome two days off before this series began. They came after a season-closing grind that saw them play 53 games in 44 days, including 11 doubleheaders, with only two days off. The team had its season suspended for 14 games from late July to mid-August after 10 players and eight staff members tested positive for COVID-19 and had to scramble to fit in the makeups.''It was nice. We needed them,'' Goldschmidt said. ''The whole last whatever, 45 days, we were playing every day, guys were playing as hard as they could but can't operate at 100% for that long. It was nice to kind of recharge and be 100% or close to it and just be ready to go.'' The Cardinals need one more win to eliminate the Padres from the postseason for the fourth time since 1996. They swept the Padres in the NL Division Series in 1996 and 2005, and won 3-1 in 2006, which was the last time San Diego made the postseason. Game 2 is Thursday.Right-hander Chris Paddack (0-1) failed to give the Padres the boost they desperately needed after Mike Clevinger and Dinelson Lamet were left off the wild-card roster due to injuries suffered in their final regular-season starts.Paddack lasted only 2 1/3 innings and gave up six runs.After retiring leadoff batter Kolten Wong, Paddack allowed the next five batters to reach. San Diego native Tommy Edman singled and Goldschmidt homered to left. Dylan Carlson doubled, 38-year-old Yadier Molina hit an RBI single and Paul DeJong doubled before Matt Carpenter hit a sacrifice fly.''We didn't come out and say we needed to be aggressive, I just think guys were ready to hit,'' Goldschmidt said. ''He threw what, 10 strikes to start the game, so it wasn't like we were swinging at stuff out of the zone. It just happened that we got hits.'' Paddack allowed three straight hits to open the third, including DeJong's RBI single, before being replaced by Matt Strahm. Carpenter added an RBI single for a 6-2 lead.Paddack allowed eight hits, struck out one and walked none.''I noticed early that they were jumping on my fastball,'' Paddack said. ''I thought we did an awesome job of executing our pitches. I guess that's postseason baseball. I take all the blame for Game 1.''The game speeds up in a postseason start,'' he added. ''Every pitch I was mentally fatigued because I knew every pitch was important.'' The Cardinals ''came out swinging first pitch and they barreled some balls up,'' Padres rookie manager Jayce Tingler said. ''He never really got the chance to settle in and they came out really aggressive and found some barrels.'' Giovanny Gallegos (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win and Alex Reyes got the last four outs for the save. Five relievers combined for 5 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and an unearned run.Kim, a 32-year-old rookie, allowed three runs and five hits in 3 2/3 innings, struck out two and walked two. He signed with the Cardinals after playing 13 seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization, including winning four championships and one MVP Award. He made three relief appearances for Korea at Petco Park in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.Kim allowed Eric Hosmer's sac fly in the first, Aaron Nola's sac fly in the second and Tommy Pham's RBI single in the third.Nola hit another sac fly in the sixth. Fernando Tatis Jr., who had reached twice, scored twice and hit a ball to the warning track in right, struck out with runners on first and second to end the inning.Tatis came up with two on and two out in the eighth and grounded out. Rookie Jake Cronenworth had a baserunning blunder in both the and eighth.Dexter Fowler hit an RBI single in the ninth off Trevor Rosenthal, who started his big league career with the Cardinals.St. Louis' Harrison Bader struck out five times. The center fielder did make a nice catch up against the fence of Wil Myers' fly ball to end the game.SAD HISTORYThe Padres dropped to 0-4 in the postseason at Petco Park, all against the Cardinals.TRAINER'S ROOMPadres: GM A. J. Preller said the Padres decided Clevinger (right elbow impingement) and Lamet (biceps tightness) wouldn't be capable of making at least 80-pitch starts.YADIER MOLINAThe 17-year-veteran played in his 99th career playoff game, tying Tino Martinez for sixth all-time.UP NEXTCardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (5-3, 3.15 ERA) is scheduled to start Game 2 on Thursday. The 39-year-old made his career postseason debut at Petco Park in Game 1 of the 2006 NL Division Series and got the save in Game 2. The Cardinals won the series 3-1 and went on to win the World Series.Padres: RHP Zach Davies (7-4, 2.73) is set to go for the Padres after Clevinger and Lamet were left off the wild-card roster. Davies made one appearance for Milwaukee in the 2018 NLCS against Los Angeles.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
Game Recap from The Associated Press (AP).
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MLB Game Recap: St Louis Cardinals (7) vs. San Diego Padres (4) - Date: 9/30/2020 Goldschmidt, Cardinals win 7-4 in Padres' return to playoffsSAN DIEGO Given a chance to catch their breath after a crazy month and a half, the St. Louis Cardinals settled into the playoffs with yet another win against the San Diego Padres.Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run home run during a four-run first inning, St. Louis' bullpen held strong after starter Kwang Hyun Kim stumbled in his playoff debut and the Cardinals ruined the Padres' long-awaited return to the playoffs with a 7-4 victory Wednesday in the opener of their NL wild-card series.The Cardinals got a welcome two days off before this series began. Sports Handicapper Tracker. They came after a season-closing grind that saw them play 53 games in 44 days, including 11 doubleheaders, with only two days off. Sports Picking Services. The team had its season suspended for 14 games from late July to mid-August after 10 players and eight staff members tested positive for COVID-19 and had to scramble to fit in the makeups.''It was nice. We needed them,'' Goldschmidt said. ''The whole last whatever, 45 days, we were playing every day, guys were playing as hard as they could but can't operate at 100% for that long. It was nice to kind of recharge and be 100% or close to it and just be ready to go.'' The Cardinals need one more win to eliminate the Padres from the postseason for the fourth time since 1996. Handicappers Free Picks. They swept the Padres in the NL Division Series in 1996 and 2005, and won 3-1 in 2006, which was the last time San Diego made the postseason. Game 2 is Thursday.Right-hander Chris Paddack (0-1) failed to give the Padres the boost they desperately needed after Mike Clevinger and Dinelson Lamet were left off the wild-card roster due to injuries suffered in their final regular-season starts.Paddack lasted only 2 1/3 innings and gave up six runs.After retiring leadoff batter Kolten Wong, Paddack allowed the next five batters to reach. San Diego native Tommy Edman singled and Goldschmidt homered to left. Dylan Carlson doubled, 38-year-old Yadier Molina hit an RBI single and Paul DeJong doubled before Matt Carpenter hit a sacrifice fly.''We didn't come out and say we needed to be aggressive, I just think guys were ready to hit,'' Goldschmidt said. ''He threw what, 10 strikes to start the game, so it wasn't like we were swinging at stuff out of the zone. It just happened that we got hits.'' Paddack allowed three straight hits to open the third, including DeJong's RBI single, before being replaced by Matt Strahm. Carpenter added an RBI single for a 6-2 lead.Paddack allowed eight hits, struck out one and walked none.''I noticed early that they were jumping on my fastball,'' Paddack said. ''I thought we did an awesome job of executing our pitches. I guess that's postseason baseball. I take all the blame for Game 1.''The game speeds up in a postseason start,'' he added. ''Every pitch I was mentally fatigued because I knew every pitch was important.'' The Cardinals ''came out swinging first pitch and they barreled some balls up,'' Padres rookie manager Jayce Tingler said. ''He never really got the chance to settle in and they came out really aggressive and found some barrels.'' Giovanny Gallegos (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win and Alex Reyes got the last four outs for the save. Five relievers combined for 5 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and an unearned run.Kim, a 32-year-old rookie, allowed three runs and five hits in 3 2/3 innings, struck out two and walked two. He signed with the Cardinals after playing 13 seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization, including winning four championships and one MVP Award. He made three relief appearances for Korea at Petco Park in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.Kim allowed Eric Hosmer's sac fly in the first, Aaron Nola's sac fly in the second and Tommy Pham's RBI single in the third.Nola hit another sac fly in the sixth. Fernando Tatis Jr., who had reached twice, scored twice and hit a ball to the warning track in right, struck out with runners on first and second to end the inning.Tatis came up with two on and two out in the eighth and grounded out. Rookie Jake Cronenworth had a baserunning blunder in both the and eighth.Dexter Fowler hit an RBI single in the ninth off Trevor Rosenthal, who started his big league career with the Cardinals.St. Louis' Harrison Bader struck out five times. The center fielder did make a nice catch up against the fence of Wil Myers' fly ball to end the game.SAD HISTORYThe Padres dropped to 0-4 in the postseason at Petco Park, all against the Cardinals.TRAINER'S ROOMPadres: GM A. J. Preller said the Padres decided Clevinger (right elbow impingement) and Lamet (biceps tightness) wouldn't be capable of making at least 80-pitch starts.YADIER MOLINAThe 17-year-veteran played in his 99th career playoff game, tying Tino Martinez for sixth all-time.UP NEXTCardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (5-3, 3.15 ERA) is scheduled to start Game 2 on Thursday. The 39-year-old made his career postseason debut at Petco Park in Game 1 of the 2006 NL Division Series and got the save in Game 2. The Cardinals won the series 3-1 and went on to win the World Series.Padres: RHP Zach Davies (7-4, 2.73) is set to go for the Padres after Clevinger and Lamet were left off the wild-card roster. Davies made one appearance for Milwaukee in the 2018 NLCS against Los Angeles.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports |
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