Padres, Atlanta Braves and San Diego
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For just the second time ever, the San Diego Padres are 4-0 to start the 2025 season.
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Nick Pivetta threw seven innings of one-hit ball in a brilliant debut with the Padres and Manny Machado returned to the lineup and hit an RBI double as San Diego beat the Atlanta Braves 5-0 on Sunday ...
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San Diego had a 93-69 record overall and a 45-36 record in home games last season.
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Atlanta Braves, Jurickson Profar and MLB
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Profar tested positive for chorionic gonadotrophin, or hCG, a fertility drug popular as a masking agent in PED use.
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Major League Baseball suspended Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar on Monday after he tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG).
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Empire Sports Media on MSNPadres new starter dominates on the mound vs. BravesSan Diego Padres star pitcher Nick Pivetta made a good impression in his first start of the 2025 MLB season. Pivetta held the Braves scoreless through seven innings of work en route to the Padres’ 5-0 win over Atlanta. The 32-year-old allowed one hit while tossing four strikeouts.
The Atlanta Braves are off to one of the worst imaginable starts this season and it just shows they had the wrong scapegoat in 2024.
Braves RHP AJ Smith Shawver (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2024) | The 22-year-old debuted in 2023 but made just one start last year (4 1/3 IP) before he was asked to start in place of an injured Chris Sale in the wild-card series against the Padres. Smith-Shawver allowed three runs on four hits and a hit batter in 1 1/3 innings.
The Braves and Padres open their season on Thursday with a 2024 postseason rematch. And perhaps even a ‘25 postseason preview? At the very least, those are the ambitions for these two National League heavyweights as the new season dawns.
Matt Olson and Michael Harris II need to step up before this season goes completely off the rails for the Atlanta Braves.
The Atlanta Braves play against the San Diego Padres in an MLB game this evening. The matchup will begin at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN. Fans can watch this game for free online by using the free trials offered by DirecTV Stream and Fubo TV.
They drop the finale 5-0 to be swept in the opening four-game series of the season. They’ve now been shutout in back-to-back games. "Well, I mean, it's bad - 0-4 is pretty bad," Braves manager Brian Snitker said.