Tag Archives: San Diego Padres

Starter Spotlight: Yo Ho, Java Joe

8-12-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Last time Java Joe Musgrove took the mound for the Padres on May 26, the team was 26-26 and just treading water as they tried to contend in the ever-improving NL West division. Today, San Diego tied with the Arizona Diamondbacks for the top wild card spot andContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Yo Ho, Java Joe”

Starter Spotlight: Stop The Padre Party

8-8-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X After dropping 5 of their last 6 games, the Pirates dip below .500 for the first time since the All Star Break. They have a chance to fix that today in the finale versus the Padres and their starter, Randy Vasquez, as the Bucs look to avoid gettingContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Stop The Padre Party”

Starter Spotlight: Dethrone The King

8-7-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Late night last night as the water-logged offense couldn’t get rolling against Padres pitching. Shower, dry off and try to turn the page as the Pirates will face Michael King in today’s affair. Coming over from the Yankees in the off-season trade which sent Juan Soto to theContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Dethrone The King”

Starter Spotlight: Cease and Persist

8-6-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X As the Pirates welcome the dangerous San Diego Padres to town, their ace pitcher Dylan Cease will take the ball to start game 1. Cease is posting arguably the best season of his career over his first year out west with career best strikeout rate (32.3%), walk rateContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Cease and Persist”

Series Preview: Padres (61-52) at Pirates (56-55)

8-5-24 – By Ethan Smith – @mvp_EtHaN on X The race for October continues and, for the Pittsburgh Pirates, much like the past week, they have an opponent ahead of them in the race awaiting them for six games over the next nine days, this time in the form of the San Diego Padres. The Pirates areContinue reading “Series Preview: Padres (61-52) at Pirates (56-55)”

Santana Homers Twice As Pirates Defeat Padres 8-4 (44-56)

7/24/23- By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter The Pirates haven’t won a series in over 3 weeks. In fact, the last series they won was against these San Diego Padres at home, a sweep from June 27-29. After tonight, they have two more shots at securing a series victory as Quinn Priester earned hisContinue reading “Santana Homers Twice As Pirates Defeat Padres 8-4 (44-56)”

Sweep of Padres Gives Pirates Much Needed Momentum: (38-42)

In a game that felt lost in the early innings, Pittsburgh rallied from a 4-1 deficit with four combined runs in the sixth and seventh inning to defeat the Padres and complete a much-needed sweep.

Keller Shines And Bats Stay Alive In Pirates Victory: (37-42)

6/29/23- By Craig W. Toth – @BucsBasement on Twitter OK, we won a game yesterday. If we win today, it’s called “two in a row”. And if we win again tomorrow, it’s called a “winning streak”… It has happened before!-Manager Lou Brown from Major League II For the second straight night your Pittsburgh Pirates defeatedContinue reading “Keller Shines And Bats Stay Alive In Pirates Victory: (37-42)”

Pirates (13-17) Drop Series to Padres, Brubaker Fights Through 5.2 for No Decision

Before I get into this game in particular, this was a fun series. Lots of good defense especially from Kim Ha-seong and Erik Gonzalez. Kim played 2B, SS and 3B consecutively giving each of the Padres big three a night off during the series and he just shined.