SAN DIEGO — After a big 4-0 win on Tuesday night at Petco Park, the San Diego Padres have a chance to sweep the Braves in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series.
The Padres' Joe Musgrove will be on the mound for Game 2 as the Friars look to end the series on Wednesday night.
The Padres were 4-3 against Atlanta in the regular season, including a 1-2 record at Petco Park, where the entire best-of-three series will be played.
Game 2 is set for Wednesday and Game 3, if necessary, Thursday. The winner will face the Dodgers in a National League Division Series set to begin Saturday.
All tickets for the series have been sold, the Padres announced early Monday evening, while a limited number of suites remain available.
Gallagher Square will open at 3 p.m., which includes access to the Padres team store and Power Alley in right field. There will be a special Postseason Pregame Party in Gallagher Square prior to each game beginning two- and-a-half hours before first pitch featuring live music, photo opportunities and drink specials.
All remaining gates at the ballpark with access to the seating bowl will open at 3:30 p.m.
Fans should be in their seats no later than 40 minutes prior to the first pitch of each game to enjoy the entire pregame ceremony.
The 5:38 p.m. game will be televised by ESPN.
Padres Postseason ticket information at Padres.com/Postseason
Padres National League Wild Card Series Schedule:
Game 1: Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 5:38 PM PT- Game 2: Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 5:38 PM PT
- Game 3 (if necessary): Thursday, Oct. 3 at 4:08 PM PT*
Game 1
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 on Tuesday night.
Tatis' 415-foot shot landed in the second deck in left field at Petco Park and sent the towel-waving, sellout crowd of 47,647 into a frenzy. The 25-year-old star, who missed just more than 2 1/2 months this season with a stress reaction in his right thighbone, watched the ball fly away, tossed his bat aside, gestured toward the home dugout and did his signature stutter-step around third base.
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.
King was brilliant in becoming the first pitcher to have 12 strikeouts with no runs and no walks allowed in his first career postseason start. He joined Kevin Brown and Sterling Hitchcock as the only Padres pitchers with double-digit strikeout games in playoff history. He allowed five hits and walked none.
King made his playoff debut with the New York Yankees in the AL playoff bubble in 2020 at eerily empty Petco Park, where the only "fans" were a few thousand cardboard cutouts. He pitched two innings in a loss in Game 3 in a Division Series that Tampa Bay won in five games.
The right-hander came over in the blockbuster trade that sent Juan Soto to the Yankees on Dec. 7.
The Padres were the only one of the four home teams to win Tuesday.
The Padres opened their National League Wild Card Series Tuesday at Petco Park, facing an Atlanta Braves team that will be playing its third game in two days on two coasts.
The Braves had to play a makeup doubleheader against the New York Mets on Monday in Atlanta, with both teams needing one victory to be assured of a postseason berth.