Padres Face Webb in Pitcher's Duel

It's March 31st, from first pitch to the final out.

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Padres kicking off the season ice cold at one win and three losses, scraping together

just nine runs total so far.

Monday night they got blanked by the Giants for the first 8.2 innings until Jackson

Merrill smashed a two run homer to dodge a total.

Shut up.

Now, Tuesday's matchup at Peco Park shapes up even tougher with San Francisco sending

their ace Logan Webb to the hill.

Webb had a rough opener this year against the Yankees, giving up six earned runs in five

innings, but last season he posted a 3.22 ERA, over 207 innings with 224 strikeouts, finishing

fourth in National League-Sai Young voting.

For the Padres, it's German Marquez making his team debut after signing this February.

He struggled post-Tommy John Surgery last year with a six point.

7-0 ERA, but San Diego hopes Peco's pitcher-friendly vibes get him back on track.

Fans are buzzing about the lineup shakeup, the fifth different one in five games, sliding

Nick Castellanos into left field while giving Ramon Loriano a breather.

Stars like Fernando Tati's Jr., Mani Machado, and Zander Bogart's anchor at the top, but

the slow start has everyone pressing for offense after that.

Near disaster Monday.

Meanwhile, Marquez has a 4.88 career ERA in 66.1 innings at Peco from his Rocky's days,

while Webb's at 4.38 over seven starts there could be a pitcher's duel if the bats stay

quiet.

Catch first pitch Tuesday.

March 31st at 6.40pm, Pacific on Padres.tv, the MLB app or cable channels like Cox 83.

Spectrum for 0.5 with radio on 97.3, the fan in English or XEMO, 860 in Spanish, at

C of the Padres flip the script tonight.