Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres

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Pittsburgh Pirates

56-63, 29-32 Away

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San Diego Padres

68-53, 32-29 Home

Michael King, Manny Machado and David Peralta help Padres send Pirates to 9th straight loss, 3-0

The Padres won for the 18th time in 21 games since July 20 and claimed their eighth straight series. Conversely, the Pirates lost for the 11th time in 12 games.

“They kept chasing that sinker," King said. “It was something that I didn't really have in the game plan, but saw it early and just kept going to it.”

King (10-6) struck out 10, allowed seven hits and didn't issue a walk, throwing 70 of his 93 pitches for strikes. The 29-year-old right-hander won for the fifth time in six decisions since June 29.

“He controlled the counts and that is what allows you to throw up zeros,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said. “He just made a lot of quality pitches.”

Pirates starter Luis Ortiz (5-3) gave up two runs, one earned, and three hits with three strikeouts and two walks in five innings.

Ortiz worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the first inning, allowing an unearned run on a sacrifice fly by Machado that scored Luis Arraez as San Diego took a 1-0 lead. Pittsburgh's Ji Hwan Bae made an outstanding diving catch on Machado’s sinking liner to prevent further damage.

With Machado on first in the fourth inning, Jackson Merrill with a leaping catch near the wall in center field to end the inning.

Peralta hit a 410-foot shot to right-center in the fifth off Ortiz to make it 2-0.

“Another good swing tonight to get us that second run. He has done a tremendous job,” Shildt said. “He is just a guy who brings it every night. He is a glue guy for our club.”

Machado singled in Arraez from third base in the eighth against reliever Kyle Nicolas for an unearned insurance run.

The Pirates banged out eight hits, but stranded seven runners. Pittsburgh reliever Ben Heller pitched two scoreless innings.

Jason Adam and Tanner Scott each threw a scoreless inning in relief for the Padres. Robert Suarez worked the ninth for his 27th save.

“We like to have leads and have our guys pitch at the end, so that part is great. Clearly we don't want them to pitch every night,” Shildt said when asked about the heavy workload for his bullpen lately. “We have a chance to win ballgames. We have guys in that are capable and able to pitch.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: LHP Marco Gonzales was placed on the 60-day injured list with a left forearm strain, the same injury that caused him to miss three months of action from mid-April to mid-July. ... RHP Ryder Ryan replaced Gonzales on the roster after being selected from Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday.

Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (10-6, 3.56 ERA) will face Padres LHP Martin Pérez (2-5, 4.78) on Wednesday in the finale of the three-game series.

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Matchup Prediction

Padres: 71.7%

Pirates: 28.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	De La Cruz grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Hayes singled to left.
	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Tellez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Suarez relieved Scott
	8th Inning	Bogaerts struck out swinging.

Statistics

PIT		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	9
15	Strikeouts	6
0	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
7	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
138	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	10
35	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
2.4	Runs Created	2.9
.265	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.357
.088	Secondary Average	.179
.286	On Base Percentage	.313
.580	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.670
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
13.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.47
.029	Isolated Power	.107
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
-.176	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.071
0.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.3
68.8	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0