San Diego Padres supervisor Bob Melvin believes Tuesday may very well be an extended day for his staff
Cincinnati Reds supervisor David Bell hopes his counterpart is true
The Padres flew dwelling from Mexico City on Sunday night time — additionally dropping 7,330 toes in altitude — and gained a 3rd straight sport on Monday night time, an 8-3 resolution over the Reds
But Melvin figured his ballclub would nonetheless be using the Mexico City excessive on Monday. It was how the Padres could be feeling on Tuesday that involved him
“It would have been good to have a time off in the present day, that is for positive,” Melvin stated Monday afternoon. “But we do not, so we play on. We’ll do the very best we are able to. We did not have them hit (batting observe) to offer them slightly little bit of a break. Actually, it is normally the second day once you really feel it.
“It’s baseball. You undergo some stretches through the season that are not ultimate.”
However, the Padres have dominated Cincinnati of late — significantly in San Diego
The Padres gained all six video games in opposition to the Reds in 2022. Since the beginning of the 2021 season, the Padres are 13-1 in opposition to the Reds. Cincinnati has misplaced 9 straight in San Diego and is simply 8-22 over its previous 30 video games performed there courting again to the beginning of the 2013 season
“You’re solely involved with the following sport,” Bell stated. “The Padres have performed very properly in opposition to us. Streaks do not final eternally.
The Reds, in fact, are hoping the streaks finish Tuesday night time when right-hander Graham Ashcraft (2-0, 2.10 ERA) is matched in opposition to veteran Padres right-hander Michael Wacha (2-1, 6.75) within the center contest of a three-game sequence
The 25-year-old Ashcraft, the Reds‘ sixth-round draft decide in 2019, is coming off essentially the most emotional outing of his 24-start profession
On Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ashcraft held the Texas Rangers to 2 runs on three hits and 4 walks with three strikeouts in six innings. He was pitching simply two days after the loss of life of his 82-year-old grandmother Theresa Ann Ashcraft, a Rangers fan who lived in Fort Worth, Texas.
“I knew what I wanted to do,” stated Ashcraft, who went on bereavement go away after the Reds gained the sport. “The feelings have been actually excessive. The final inning was actually emotional. I knew she needed me to return out. When I used to be youthful, she stored rating in any respect my video games, being there even after I wasn’t enjoying.
Bell stated, “It was a troublesome week for Graham. I acquired to talk with him rather a lot. I knew how necessary it was for him to pitch. It was his finest approach honor his grandmother and household. That sport was all coronary heart. Before the final inning, we talked and he advised me there was no approach he was popping out.”
Ashcraft will likely be dealing with the Padres for the primary time on Tuesday. It will likely be his sixth begin of the season. He has allowed seven runs on 20 hits and 15 walks with 24 strikeouts over 30 innings for a 1.167 WHIP and a .190 opponents’ batting common
Wacha additionally will likely be making his sixth begin of the season. He has given up 19 runs on 33 hits and 7 walks with 23 strikeouts in 25 1/3 innings for a 1.579 WHIP and a lofty .311 opponents’ batting common. After profitable his first two begins as a Padre, Wacha has yielded 15 runs on 25 hits in simply 13 1/3 innings.
The 31-year-old veteran is 12-3 lifetime in 24 video games (20 begins) in opposition to the Reds with a 2.69 ERA and a 1.155 WHIP
–Field Level Media