The San Diego Padres had a happy flight home from their first road trip of the season after an 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. That win capped a six-game road trip through Boston and Pittsburgh that saw the Padres take two games from the Red Sox and two games from the Pirates. The 4-2 road trip means San Diego will return to Petco Park to host the Colorado Rockies with a .500 record at 6-6 on the season.
The Padres did not look good at home to start the year losing both series and
finishing the homestand with a record of 2-4. San Diego has four games against Colorado starting today and the Rockies could be just the opponent for the Padres to get right at home. If they can win the series, San Diego would at least finish with a .500 home record, and a sweep of Colorado would go above that.
The Padres will try to get the series started on the right foot with Randy Vasquez taking the mound. The pitcher opposing him has not been announced at the time of this writing, but if Vasquez continues his stellar start to the season, the other pitcher will not matter. San Diego hosts Colorado today at 6:40 p.m.
Padres News:
- Michael King turned in a quality start against the Pirates and helped the Padres win the final game of the series with six innings pitched. He left the game with San Diego up 4-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning, after Nich Castellanos hit a two-run double and Jake Cronenworth hit a two-run home run in the top of the inning. King was replaced by Kyle Hart after allowing a leadoff single and a double to the first two batters of the seventh. Hart allowed a sharp line drive to left field to pinch hitter Konnor Griffin, which was caught on a difficult play by Ramon Laureano making it a sacrifice fly, which allowed one of the inherited runners to score. Hart then allowed an RBI-single and the other inherited runner scored to cut the Padres lead to 4-2. Hart issued a walk before getting the final two outs of the inning, one of which was on another diving play in left by Laureano off the bat of Ryan O’Hearn. San Diego tacked on four more runs in the top of the ninth inning to cruise to an 8-2 win.
- Mason Miller made his first professional appearance at PNC Park in Pittsburgh when he entered yesterday’s game in the bottom of the ninth inning. He recorded back-to-back strikeouts to start the inning before a ground out ended the game and his 11 consecutive strikeout streak.
- Padres manager Craig Stammen stayed true to his word that Manny Machado would get more time off this season than in years past. The San Diego third baseman was out of the lineup Wednesday on his first gameday off of the season.
- Jason Adam is close to making his return to the Padres bullpen, but the organization would like to see him pitch one more time at the minor league level and see how he recovers before he is added back to the roster according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
- Jase Bowen continues his torrid start to the season at the Triple-A level hitting another home run. Teammate Samad Taylor, who had a solid spring, also connected on a home run for the El Paso Chihuahuas.
- Dennis Lin of The Athletic released his second installment of Padres mailbag questions and covered various topics including Fernando Tatis Jr., the catching position and the offensive struggles for the Padres.
- Former Padres first base coach Davey Lopes died at the age of 80.
Baseball News:
- Jordan Walker hit his fourth home run in five games and helped the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals, 6-1.
- Rob Refsnyder robbed a home run in Arlington, Texas and received a hat tip from his teammate Seattle Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo. The Texas Rangers won the game, however, and completed a sweep of the Mariners for the first time since 2023.
- Boston Red Sox reliever Tyler Samaniego drove 44 miles to make his major league debut at Fenway Park and recorded three strikeouts in an inning of work.
- Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez and Los Angeles Angels slugger Jorge Soler were both suspended seven games for their roles in the fight between the two teams on Tuesday. Soler appealed the suspension and hit another home run off Braves pitching.
- Konnor Griffin and the Pirates agreed to a nine-year extension, keeping the 19-year-old in Pittsburgh through 2034.
- The 2026 season came to an end for Baltimore Orioles pitcher Zach Eflin after one start. The right-hander underwent Tommy John surgery which will keep him out for the remainder of the year.
- Michael Lorenzen helped the Colorado Rockies sweep the Houston Astros for the first time since 2012 after he allowed just one run en route to a 9-1 win.
