Wild Card Game 2 Preview: Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres 10/2

Series Preview: San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves with Probable Pitchers 5/23-5/25

The Atlanta Braves will look to extend their wild card series against the San Diego Padres to a third game.

Atlanta Braves (89-73) vs. San Diego Padres (93-69)

Game 2:

Date: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 8:30 pm EST
Broadcast: ESPN2
Field: Petco Park, San Diego, CA
Line: San Diego -130 / O/U 6.5

Probable Starting Pitchers

Max Fried (11-10, 3.25 ERA) vs. Joe Musgrove (6-5, 3.88 ERA)

Fried gets the ball for the Braves, he is 11-10 with a 3.25 ERA, a 3.33 FIP, a 1.16 WHIP, a 2.9 BB/9, and an 8.6 K/9 in 174.1 innings. In his lone start against the Padres this season he suffered a loss going 4.1 innings giving up three runs on nine hits; he walked three and struck out two. Musgrove goes for the Padres he is 6-5 with a 3.88 ERA, a 3.96 FIP, a 1.17 WHIP, a 2.1 BB/9, and a 9.1 K/9 in 99.2 innings. He didn’t face the Braves this season.

Braves vs. Padres Postseason Leaders

Braves:

AVG – Michael Harris – .500
HR – N/A
RBI – N/A
IP – Aaron Bummer – 2.2
ERA – Jesse Chavez – 0.00
K – Luke Jackson – 2

Padres:

AVG – Kyle Higashioka – .500
HR – Fernando Tatis Jr. – 2
RBI – Kyle Higashioka – 2
IP – Michael King – 7.0
ERA – Michael King – 0.00
K – Michael King – 12

Braves vs. Padres Postseason Numbers

Braves

AVG: .206 (5)
OPS: .441 (6)
R: 0 (8)
HR: 0 (8)
ERA: 4.50 (7)
K: 5 (7)
WHIP: 0.75 (1)

Padres

AVG: .192 (6)
OPS: .664 (2)
R: 4 (2)
HR: 2 (1)
ERA: 0.00 (1)
K: 15 (1)
WHIP: 0.78 (2)

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