1st pitcher with 12 K and NO runs or walks in his FIRST CAREER POSTSEASON START: Michael King 👑

Michael King's 12 strikeouts are the 2nd most by a Padres pitcher in a postseason game (Kevin Brown - 16 Ks, 1998 NLDS G1).

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[Hoya]

As a Yankees fan, Happy to see his great performance in the postseason. When he played for the Yankees, He was one of my favorite pitchers in the team.

[transcript]

King and Higgy have settled in well in San Diego 🤎💛

[josephleichtnam]

I miss King so SO much. Soto is amazing, but man I miss King. I'm quite happy to see him doing so well

[goofball_]

king was amazing this game, complete domination.

[PocketTrack]

I was seeing some comments questioning why King was starting over Cease, I guess now we know. Just a phenomenal outing

[RedBirdPost]

Michael King Truly Electrified The Crowd In Petco! He's showing why he deserves to be here! 🔥😤

[hopespringseternal]

Masterful! As a Padres fan it was such a joy to watch him pitch last night! One rarely sees such domination in a playoff game!

[edwardferry]

The atmosphere and noise were incredible tonight. That was an amazing performance under that pressure 🙌

[jasona]

I was there tonight! Michael King was something special, he got in trouble a couple of times but turned in an incredibly impressive performance. SWEEP tomorrow! GO PADRES

[JustJammer]

I love the slo mo of the last SO, seeing Higgy’s eyes widen as it stretches 20 inches off the plate and then seeing the bat slowly cross in front of him 😂

[Erowid]

he was pitching out of his mind. i hope musgrove can keep it going tomorrow.

[jtmoney]

Yeah Mike is going to get paid!Best believe that he’s going to be an awesome pitcher!!!Go Padres!!!

[hg]

Not saying I regret my Yanks trading him for Soto, but I miss Michael King so freaking much. I will always be a fan of his regardless of if he’s in pinstripes or not.

[joeyknowitall]

I was at the last Friday night home game and it was awesome! Padres fans are united and filled with that stadium with enthusiasm and energy. Let’s go Padres!

[outrightflame]

As a Braves fan I’m not surprised we lost this offense can’t get going and we left 5 runners on base got to win 2 games braves or it’s over but if I’m being honest I’m just glad we made it in the playoffs with how much has happened with the braves this season we fought all the way until the end of season to get back into the playoffs for the 7th straight season I feel like that’s an accomplishment imo

[fatroberthsu]

As a Yankee fan, truly proud of King!

[Pokerstarsvevo]

Michael King in Cliff Lee mode in Postseason

The atmosphere and noise were incredible tonight. That was an amazing performance under that pressure 🙌

[phillipambrose]

Don't regret getting soto but damn is this guy is a stud. Wish we would have given up anyone else in our farm except for maybe Dominguez.

Wishing him every success as a Padre.

[bretfisher]

As a longtime Padres fan, I can't help but consider the team a perpetual underdog and something of an unlikely entrant into the post-season. It just comes with it-- a long history of losing and disinterested ownership.
Baseball is very unpredictable, and that's why we love the sport. I have no idea how far the Padres will go.
But I can say this: something is very different about this team. It could be from excellent coaching-- I don't know. They don't have the star power of a number of teams of the moment-- and somehow I think it won't matter, because they really play together. That will get you further than a set of celebrities, I believe.

[ericg]

I mean other than that really low call that he can't control. This was a nasty and dominant game from King. Super impressive.