The San Diego Padres turned to Michael King to start Game 1 of the Wild Card Series against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday and he looked like a postseason vetera

Fernando Tatis Jr. hits a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and King dominates in his first postseason start as the Padres roll to a 4-0 win at Petco Park. Game 2 is

Michael King struck out 12 in seven shutout innings and Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a massive two-run homer to help the host San Diego Padres notch a 4-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday in Game 1 of a National League wild-card series.

Fernando Tatis and Kyle Higashioka homer as Padres move within a game of eliminating Braves from wild-card series

Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first postseason start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series.

King threw two innings of relief for the Yankees on Oct. 7, 2020 in a virtually empty Petco Park. Now he'll start Game 1 for San Diego.

He was the Padres’ most consistent starting pitcher in the regular season, giving them 14 quality starts. That was two fewer than Cease. But King also had just seven starts in which he gave up three or more earned runs, which was eight fewer times than Cease.

Michael King was stellar and Fernando Tatis Jr. sent the fired-up, and sold out, crowd to another level with his two-run home run in the first inning.

Michael King joins MLB Tonight to discuss his Game 1 start, his expectations going into the game, facing Ozzie Albies, the crowd and more

King made his postseason debut for the Yankees during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season at eerily empty Petco Park. He expects the crowd to be “absolutely nuts” when he starts for the home team