Padres vs Diamondbacks: Altitude Battle

0:00On April 25, Padres taking on the Diamondbacks for two games in Mexico City this weekend as part of Major League Baseball's World Tour. San Diego sits pretty at 17 wins and 8 losses, leading the National League West alone ahead of the 17 and 9 Dodgers. Arizona's holding at 14 and 11. That high elevation at Estadio Alfredo Harpello over 7,000 feet up sparked offensive explosions last year when the Padres dropped 16. Runs on the Giants in a 16 to 11 win. Saturday's pitching duel features righty German Marquez for the Padres against Arizona's that gallon. Marquez knows thin air from a decade in Colorado, posting a 3.86 earned run average over 18.2 innings this season with. 15 strikeouts. Gallon sits at 3.5, 1 over 25.2 innings, but has struggled to go deep lately. Padres fans buzzing about the lineup with Fernando Tatis Jr. in right, Jackson Meryl in center, and Manny Machado in third.

1:00Ty France starts at first base while the teams called up Infielder, Songmun Song, from Triple A as the extra 27th man. Signed to a 4 year 15 million dollar deal this off season, Song could make his big league debut if he gets in. Meanwhile, San Diego just came back with 10 runs against the Rockies, so expect fireworks against Gallon's crew. Catch first pitch Saturday at 3.05 pm. Pacific time on Padres.tv, the MLB app or local cable like Cox Channel 83. Radios on 97.3, the fan in English or XEMO 860 in Spanish. These altitude battles always deliver should be a wild ride. That wraps MLB news today. Brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with the story.