Yu Darvish allows only two runs, both on homers, but Phillies starter Zack Wheeler and two relievers blank Padres in Game 1 of NLCS at Petco Park
Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler held the Padres to one hit in seven innings, and two relievers closed out a 2-0 victory on Tuesday night in the first National League Championship Series game played at Petco Park.
The Padres’ previous LCS occurred in 1998 and was played at Qualcomm Stadium. There was an ALCS at Petco Park in 2020, played with no fans in the stands due to COVID.Padres Yu Darvish pitches to Phillies Bryson Stott at Petco Park. Darvish threw 19 pitches in the first, just 10 of them strikes. He had a worse ball-to-strike ratio in the first inning just once this season, April 29 against the Dodgers.He retired eight straight between Schwarber’s leadoff walk in the first inning and Schwarber’s two-out single in the third. His fifth strikeout ended that inning, and his sixth strikeout started the fourth.To that point, five of the strikeouts were looking and Darvish had gotten 13 called strikes and eight misses on 23 swings.
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