Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first postseason start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series.
San Diego Padres ’ Fernando Tatis Jr. tosses his bat after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning in Game 1 of an NL Wild Card Series baseball game against the Atlanta Braves , Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in San Diego. San Diego Padres ’ Fernando Tatis Jr. celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning in Game 1 of an NL Wild Card Series baseball game against the Atlanta Braves , Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in San Diego. San Diego Padres ’ Fernando Tatis Jr.
Game 2 in the best-of-three playoff is Wednesday night. If the Padres win the series, they’ll face their biggest rivals, the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers, in the National League Division Series. The Padres eliminated the 111-win Dodgers in a 2022 NLDS. The Braves clinched a playoff berth by winning the second game of a makeup doubleheader against the New York Mets on Monday in Atlanta. They are without NL Cy Young Award favoriteTatis homered on a 94 mph four-seamer from the 21-year-old Smith-Shawyer, one of the Braves’ top prospects who was making his first playoff start and just his second this season.
Tatis experienced his first playoff game with fans in the stands. His first playoffs were in 2020 after the pandemic-shortened season. He missed the 2022 run to the National League Championship Series after receiving an 80-game PED suspension from MLB that August.
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