After his first two stellar starts of the 2021 season, Blake Snell failed to make it out of the first inning as he was pulled following a disastrous outing where he let up three runs, walked two, and hit another batter all with two outs in the inning. The Pirates also got an excellent outing by catcher Jacob Stallings who finished with the day with a trio of RBIs en route to helping the Pirates down the Padres 8-4 on Tuesday evening.
The Padres showed some early life in the first when Trent Grisham began the game with his third home run in his first four outings in 2021.