Name that pitcher! He faced the New York Mets<\/a> twice in the 2022 regular season. In his first appearance, he allowed no runs on two hits and no walks across seven innings, striking out six while hitting three batters. Six weeks later, he pitched seven innings again, allowing one run on four hits and a walk, striking out nine. In aggregate, he pitched 14 innings, allowing one run on six hits, one walk, and three hit batters while striking out 15. The pitcher? San Diego Padres<\/a> ace Yu Darvish, who picked up where he left off in Game One of the Wild Card Series<\/a> \u2014 one run on six hits, no walks, and a hit batter, striking out four Mets in seven innings. The lone run came on a solo home run by Eduardo Escobar.<\/p>\n Now name this pitcher. In his last four regular-season starts \u2014 out of 30 total \u2014 he allowed one run (solo home run) on 15 hits, walking eight and hitting one batter while striking out 27 across 22 innings. During this span, he held his opponents to a .188\/.270\/.288 slash line. Of course, this is 2022 All-Star Joe Musgrove. The same Joe Musgrove who pitched the only no-hitter<\/a> in San Diego Padres history in 2021. And the same Joe Musgrove who carved up the Mets during the emphatic 6\u20130 Padres victory in the decisive third game of the Wild Card Series.<\/p>\n The score line in the third game was a surprise, certainly. Future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer giving up seven runs on seven hits and four home runs in 4 2\/3 innings in Game One was also a surprise, but he also was clearly injured and shouldn\u2019t have been out there. But the results themselves \u2014 two Padres victories \u2014 should not have been a surprise. They should have been fully expected.<\/p>\nPadres Matched Up Perfectly with the Mets<\/h3>\n