Right-hander Nick Pivetta's San Diego Padres debut went just about perfectly. On Sunday night at Petco Park, Pivetta suffocated the Atlanta Braves with seven shutout innings in which he allowed one hit, faced the minimum, and struck out four with no walks. As such, he did the heavy lifting in a 5-0 Padres win, one that completed a four-game sweep of the Braves to start the 2025 season.
Of Pivetta's 82 pitches, 57 went for strikes. He leaned primarily on his fastball, which averaged 92.7 mph for the evening.
Pivetta also induced an impressive 20 swings and misses, including at least one whiff with each of his four offerings. Of note: Scoreless outing of 7+ innings with 1 or 0 hits allowed in Padres debut: Today Nick Pivetta 4/8/22 Sean Manaea 9/21/86 Jimmy Jones 4/10/69 Dick Kelley On offense, Fernando Tatis Jr. continued his magma-hot start to 2025 as he tallied a pair of hits, including a double, and two walks.
He's now slashing .467/.529/.
733 on the young season. The 32-year-old Pivetta's sterling first start for San Diego comes after he signed a four-year, $55 million free-agent contract with the club this past offseason. It was the signature addition for the Padres, who otherwise did little else over the winter to fortify the roster of a team that made the playoffs last season.
The Padres are now 4-0 for just the second time in franchise history. The first time was in 1984, when they went on to win the pennant before falling to the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. A ho.
