SAN DIEGO– Reliever Craig Stammen began for the San Diego Padres in the definitive Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
The Padres were forced to opt for a bullpen video game due to the fact that starters Mike Clevinger and Dinelson Lamet were left off the wild-card series lineup with arm injuries that forced them out of their last regular-season starts.
Supervisor Jayce Tingler stated the Padres tapped Stammen, 36, because he wasnt one of the nine pitchers they utilized in a thrilling 11-9 win Thursday night. Stammen tossed 26 pitches in a scoreless inning in the Padres 7-4 loss in Game 1. Tingler stated Zach Davies, who started Game 2, and Chris Paddack, who was roughed up in losing Game 1, will be offered for Game 3.
San Diego rallied Thursday night behind Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers, who each struck 2 crowning achievement. They became the first colleagues to strike several homers in the same postseason video game since Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees did it in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, exactly 88 years ago Thursday night. That consisted of Ruths well known “called shot.”
Stammen had a seesaw regular season, going 4-2 with a 5.63 ERA in 24 appearances. He hasnt started because 2010, when 19 of his 35 looks for the Washington Nationals were starts.
Reliever Craig Stammen to start for San Diego Padres in Game 3 vs. St. Louis Cardinals – ESPN
