A pair of highly touted National League teams continue an early week series on the diamond down in southern California. The Atlanta Braves play the middle game of a three-game series on the road with the San Diego Padres Tuesday night. Atlanta entered this series off a sweep of the Royals on the road as they prevailed 5-4 in the series finale Sunday afternoon. San Diego dropped three of four games at home to Milwaukee as they were blanked 1-0 in the finale of that set Sunday afternoon. This article was published prior to the conclusion of the opening game of the set at Petco Park Monday night.
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Atlanta swept a three-game set from the Royals on the road over the weekend to run their win streak to six games entering Monday’s opener. The Braves went into Monday night’s action holding the top spot in the NL East with a 12-4 record, leaving them two games ahead of the Mets. On Sunday, Ronald Acuna Jr. (run) and Ozzie Albies (two runs, RBI) each had two hits to lead the Braves’ seven-hit attack. Albies hit his third homer of the season in the win. Kyle Wright didn’t factor in the decision as he threw 5.2 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Nick Anderson (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless eighth, striking out one, while A.J. Minter worked a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out one, for his third save.
Spencer Strider is on the mound for Atlanta as he logs his fourth start of the season in this contest. He comes in 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA, a 1.188 WHIP, eight walks and 27 strikeouts over 16 innings of work this season. Strider didn’t factor in the decision in his last start, which came against the Reds at home Wednesday night. He threw five innings, allowing three runs on four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in a game the Braves went on to win 5-4. Strider makes his fourth career appearance and second start against the Padres in this contest. He has no record with a 4.66 ERA, a 1.241 WHIP, six walks and 14 strikeouts over 9.2 innings of work against them. Strider didn’t factor in the decision in his lone career outing at Petco Park, which came in relief on April 17, 2022. He threw 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing no hits with three walks and three strikeouts in a game the Braves dropped by a 2-1 score.