Team hands ball to Grossmont High School grad with shot to eliminate Braves, bring on Dodgers
San Diego Padres starting pitcher Joe Musgrove stretches before pitching against the Chicago White Sox during the second inning at Petco Park on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 in San Diego, CA. The playoffs present a darker, more treacherous jungle thicket for pitchers than any other point of a Major League Baseball season. There’s no time to tinker or be patient.If you’re the Padres, you need Joe Musgrove.
“There’s a lot more at stake, but it’s the same game we’ve played all year long,” Musgrove said Tuesday before Game 1. “It’s a team we’ve seen before. It’s just a matter of managing your emotions and staying in the moment and not letting the fears and doubt and worry sink in. The case for Musgrove’s big-game readiness stretching beyond the considerable evidence stacked along the way — including a no-hitter, the first in franchise history — unfolded in 2022.
The 101-win Mets flailed for answers so mightily that manager Buck Showalter pointed to the most famous shiny, sweat-soaked ear in playoff history to justify a substance check and break Musgrove’s rhythm. “To have all that pressure, that gives you that next-level energy superstars take it to. That’s what he did that day.”
Three times in 2024, he has landed on the injured list for elbow issues that included bone spurs. In the 10 games before being sidelined by the elbow, his ERA was 5.66 and opponents were hitting .305 with a bloated .895 OPS.
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