Fernando Tatis Jr. hits a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and King dominates in his first postseason start as the Padres roll to a 4-0 win at Petco Park. Game 2 is

Fernando Tatis and Kyle Higashioka homer as Padres move within a game of eliminating Braves from wild-card series

The Padres took Game One of their Wild Card series against the Braves thanks to a dominant performance from starter Michael King.

Michael King struck out 12 in seven shutout innings and Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a massive two-run homer to help the host San Diego Padres notch a 4-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday in Game 1 of a National League wild-card series.

If the Padres win the wild-card series, they'll face their biggest rivals, the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers, in the National League Division Series. King finished with 12 strikeouts.

Former Yankee pitcher Michael King had made just one postseason appearance in his six-year major league career until Tuesday. And he delivered in a big way. King threw seven innings of

King made his postseason debut for the Yankees during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season at eerily empty Petco Park. He expects the crowd to be “absolutely nuts” when he starts for the home team

The Padres starter took care of business in his first career postseason start. Here's a look at his performance Tuesday in San Diego.

King threw two innings of relief for the Yankees on Oct. 7, 2020 in a virtually empty Petco Park. Now he'll start Game 1 for San Diego.

Mike Shildt said he could have picked his initial postseason rotation out of a hat. He doubled back to make sure the reporters gathered around him on the fourth-floor press conference room at Petco Park understood he was joking.