The Padres will go for consecutive road series wins as Cal Quantrill (6-3, 3.23 ERA) gets the ball. The Reds will oppose with right-handed veteran Sonny Gray (8-6, 2.98 ERA) at Great American Ballpark.
Padres’ starter Cal Quantrill will make his 13th start as he continues his dominant second half. Since the All-Star break, Quantrill has made 5 starts and 1 relief appearance, going 4-1 with a 1.31 ERA. Opponents are batting just .179 compared to .269 before the All-Star break. He isn’t getting much strikeouts, but the young right-hander is making pitches that opponents are hitting weakly.
The Reds will hand the ball to Sonny Gray for the middle game of the 3-game set. Gray has been lights out for most of the season. He has given up more than 3 earned runs in 3 of his 24 starts, and has not given up more than 4 in any game. So far through the month of August, Gray is 2-0 with 18 shutout innings through 3 starts. In those innings, opponents are hitting .117 and struck out 24 times.
| Tuesday, August 20, 2019 4:10 PM PDT |
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| Great American Ballpark - Cincinnati, OH |
| San Diego Padres | ||
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| RHP Cal Quantrill | ||
| 6-3, 3.23 ERA | ||
| 2B | Garcia | .271 |
| RF | Naylor | .245 |
| 3B | Machado | .264 |
| 1B | Hosmer | .287 |
| LF | Mejia | .277 |
| CF | Margot | .245 |
| SS | Urias | .188 |
| C | Hedges | .197 |
| P | Quantrill | .056 |
| Cincinnati Reds | ||
| RHP Sonny Gray | ||
| 8-6, 2.98 ERA | ||
| 1B | Vanmeter | .289 |
| 2B | Galvis | .276 |
| 3B | Suarez | .256 |
| RF | Aquino | .317 |
| C | Barnhart | .236 |
| SS | Iglesias | .295 |
| CF | Senzel | .267 |
| LF | O’Grady | .143 |
| P | Gray | .171 |
Francisco Mejia, who hit his third career home run at Great American Ballpark yesterday, gets his second career start in the outfield in Cincinnati. The young catcher is a career .294/.375/.714 hitter against the Reds.
Austin Hedges will get the start at catcher. In his last start, which was on his 27th birthday, he went 4-for-4 with a game-winning home run. He’ll try to keep that up against the Reds.
Freddy Galvis, who played as the primary shortstop for the Padres last season, has been hot since getting claimed off waivers by Cincinnati. In 7 games, Galvis has gone 11-for-25 with a 1.103 OPS.
