Cleveland Guardians at San Diego Padres

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Cleveland Guardians

2-3, 2-3 Away

Final
0 - 7

San Diego Padres

6-0, 6-0 Home

King fans 11 in 7-0 win against Guardians as the Padres are off to 1st 6-0 start

Jackson Merrill's first dinger of the year soars 411 feet

The Padres’ previous best start was 4-0 in 1984, when they went to their first World Series.

King and four relievers combined on a two-hitter for the Padres, who have won the first two games of the three-game series between teams that made the postseason in 2024.

The Padres have thrown shutouts in three of their last four games. Lefty Omar Cruz pitched a perfect ninth in his major league debut. San Diego’s bullpen extended its scoreless streak to 24 innings.

King (1-0) bounced back from his opening day start, when he couldn't get out of the third inning in a 7-4 win against the Atlanta Braves.

The right-hander was dominant from the start Tuesday, striking out the final two batters of the first and fanning the side in the second. He allowed a leadoff single in the fifth and then struck out the side. He allowed two hits and walked one.

Merrill, a lefty, homered to right-center on the first pitch he saw from lefty starter Logan Allen with two outs in the fourth. It was the first for Merrill, who had 24 last season, when he was an All-Star and finished second to Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes in the NL Rookie of the Year voting.

Allen (0-1) allowed four runs and four hits in seven innings, with five walks and one strikeout.

Key moment San Diego's Jason Adam relieved Yuki Matsui with two runners on and two outs in the seventh and the Padres leading 4-0. He hit Brayan Rocchio with a pitch to load the bases and then struck out Steven Kwan to end the threat.

Key stat Merrill has at least one hit in all six games.

Up next Guardians RHP Ben Lively and Padres RHP Dylan Cease are scheduled to start the series finale on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arias grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Naylor flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Jones struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Cruz relieved Adam
	8th Inning	Arraez grounded out to pitcher.
	8th Inning	Tatis Jr. grounded out to pitcher, Cronenworth scored, Heyward to third.

Statistics

CLE		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
3	Ground Balls	15
16	Strikeouts	3
0	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
2	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	3
3	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
151	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
2	Total Bases	14
34	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.3	Runs Created	6.6
.069	Batting Average	.345
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.069	Slugging Percentage	.483
.103	Secondary Average	.483
.206	On Base Percentage	.459
.275	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.942
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
-0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
2.0	Batter Rating	44.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.44	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.000	Isolated Power	.138
0.19	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	2.33
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.184
.034	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.138
0.0	Runs Produced	13.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
53.5	MLB Rating	93.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0