{"id":421924,"date":"2026-08-02T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421924\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:08:11","slug":"padres-pregame-kyle-hart-starting-instead-of-michael-king-fernando-tatis-jr-sits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421924\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres pregame: Kyle Hart starting instead of Michael King, Fernando Tatis Jr. sits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Padres are throwing a curveball at the Giants in Sunday\u2019s series finale, starting left-hander Kyle Hart and pushing right-hander Michael King off to start Monday\u2019s series opener in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The Diamondbacks (59-52) are two games up on the Padres (57-54) and currently in possession of the NL\u2019s second wild-card spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Phillies (58-53) are a game ahead of the Padres as the No. 3 wild-card team.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres will play four games against Arizona after Monday\u2019s 3 p.m. trade deadline, with each head-to-head game representing a potential two-game swing in either direction.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants\u2019 lefty-heavy lineup is a reason to bring back Hart (0-2, 4.87 ERA) after he last threw 37 pitches over 2\u2154 scoreless innings Wednesday against the Rockies. Right-hander Griffin Canning (2-9, 6.65 ERA) followed with 40 pitches over three shutout innings and would presumably be available for bulk duty.<\/p>\n<p>Hart has allowed four runs on four hits and a walk in 2 \u2154 innings this year against the Giants. Canning has yet to face them this season.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how Hart has fared against current Giants:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hart-giants.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9983906\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canning, meantime, has history with four Giants:<\/p>\n<p>1B Rafael Devers (1-for-8, BB, K)<br \/>\nSS Willy Adames (0-for-2, BB)<br \/>\n2B Luis Arraez (1-for-2)<br \/>\nINF Osleivis Basabe (0-for-1).<\/p>\n<p>As for Sunday\u2019s lineup, Fernando Tatis Jr. is out of the lineup for the first time since June 21. His off-day will get Gavin Sheets in the lineup for the first time since Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Military Sunday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b9Xyqphe9O\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/b9Xyqphe9O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Diego Padres (@Padres) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Padres\/status\/2083964460864336095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheets (.707 OPS) will play right field and bat seventh, between catcher Luis Campusano (.919 OPS) and shortstop Xander Bogaerts (.636 OPS). Sung-Mun Song (.599 OPS) will bat ninth and play third base as Manny Machado (.730 OPS) serves as the DH.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Rengifo (.629 OPS) and play left field.<\/p>\n<p>Giants right-hander Landen Roupp (7-9, 4.12 ERA) has\u00a0a 5.59 ERA over his last two starts (9\u2154 IP) after allowing one earned run in his previous two starts (15 IP). His 3.00 ERA across 27 innings against the Padres includes beating them with six shutout innings at Petco Park in March.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how Roupp has fared against current Padres:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/roup-pads-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9983907\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here is how the Giants will line up for the series finale:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luis Arraez in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SFGiants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SFGiants<\/a>&#8216; lineup: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TS26qthOCC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TS26qthOCC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Sanders (@sdutSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sdutSanders\/status\/2083984022909436344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Padres are throwing a curveball at the Giants in Sunday\u2019s series finale, starting left-hander Kyle Hart and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":["post-421924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}