Padres tied for NL’s top wild-card spot entering series finale against Pirates and PNC Park
San Diego Padres’ Jurickson Profar, center, leaves the baseball game after advancing to second base following being hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Hunter Stratton during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt is left, and Xander Bogaerts is right.
The Padres are a season-high 11 games over .500 and tied with the Diamondbacks for the No. 1 wild-card spot, two games ahead of the Braves .He’s up to 76 innings — more than double last year’s total — in his second year in the majors. Vásquez is coming off five innings of one-run ball in a no-decision over the Rockies.
Vásquez faced the Pirates once as a reliever with the Yankees in 2023, allowing two hits over 1⅓ scoreless innings.The 25-year-old has allowed nine earned runs in 10⅓ innings over his last two starts. Overall, Ortiz has a 2.83 ERA in 35 innings as a starter and a 3.49 ERA in 49 innings this year out of the bullpen. He allowed four runs in 4⅔ innings in a start last year against the Padres.
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