{"id":253,"date":"2024-10-02T08:25:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T08:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=253"},"modified":"2024-10-02T08:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T08:25:56","slug":"wild-card-series-a-look-at-michaels-king-stats-in-padres-dominant-win-over-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wild-card-series-a-look-at-michaels-king-stats-in-padres-dominant-win-over-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Card Series: A look at Michael&#8217;s &#8216;King&#8217; Stats in Padres&#8217; dominant win over Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Padres took an early 1-0 lead against the Braves in the Wild Card Series. It was possible because one of their star pitchers played a key role in the victory. Michael King, who just wrapped up his first regular season with the Padres, was exceptional in a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday night against Atlanta.<\/p><p>Throughout the 2024 season, Michael King has been San Diego&rsquo;s No. 2 pitcher behind Dylan Cease. He came to the Padres after the 2023 season in a trade with the Yankees.<\/p><p>In his first career postseason start on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/michael-king-dominates-as-padres-take-out-braves-in-game-1\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Michael King delivered a brilliant performance<\/a>. So much so, it gave San Diego a crucial win as they head into Game 2 of their playoff journey.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Michael King stats vs. Braves<\/strong><\/h2><p>In Game 1 of the Padres vs. Braves Wild Card Series, Michael King pitched seven scoreless innings, giving up only five hits while striking out 12. He didn&rsquo;t walk a single batter.<\/p><p>The Padres, having won 93 games in the regular season, secured the top NL Wild Card spot. With a solid pitching lineup led by Cease and King, they entered the postseason with strong momentum.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1st pitcher with 12 K and NO runs or walks in his FIRST CAREER POSTSEASON START: Michael King &#128081;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-9pqTmriJWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Michael King took the mound for the Padres&rsquo; first playoff game and gave everything he had to secure the win. Moreover, he hit double-digit strikeouts by the end of the sixth inning, igniting the San Diego crowd.<\/p><p>Even by the seventh inning, Michael King showed no signs of slowing down, as his sharp pitching movement earned him his 11th and 12th strikeouts of the night.<\/p><p>The 29-year-old made history as the first pitcher to record 12 strikeouts, allowing no runs or walks in his postseason debut, according to MLB.<\/p><p>Here&rsquo;s a complete breakdown of King&rsquo;s performance on Tuesday:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Innings pitched<\/th><th>Hits<\/th><th>Runs<\/th><th>Earned Runs<\/th><th>Walks<\/th><th>Strikeouts<\/th><th>Pitches<\/th><th>Strikes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>7.0<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>89<\/td><td>65<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Injuries and outlook<\/strong><\/h2><p>Meanwhile, the Braves are missing their 2024 Cy Young Award frontrunner, Chris Sale, for this Wild Card series due to back spasms that flared up before a game against the Mets. Sale&rsquo;s absence has left rookie AJ Smith-Shawver in a tough spot. Smith-Shawver gave up three runs and four hits in just 1 1\/3 innings.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24377883-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Michael King\" class=\"wp-image-245\"><\/figure><p>And finally, with their victory over the Braves in Game 1, the Padres were the only home team out of four to win their playoff opener on Tuesday.<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/why-was-pete-rose-known-as-charlie-hustle-the-story-behind-mlbs-all-time-hits-leader-and-his-iconic-nickname\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Why Was Pete Rose Known as &lsquo;Charlie Hustle&rsquo;? The Story Behind MLB&rsquo;s All-Time Hits Leader and His Iconic Nickname<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p>Picture Credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael King, Padres starter, dominates Braves with 12 strikeouts to open Wild Card Series<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-michael-king"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wild Card Series: A look at Michael&#039;s &#039;King&#039; Stats in Padres&#039; dominant win over Braves - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Padres starter Michael King shines in his first postseason start. 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