The San Diego Padres play the New York Mets with a 1-0 series lead. San Diego has a 32-18 record at home and a 58-49 record overall. The Padres have the seventh-ranked team batting average in the NL at .

Elías Díaz hasn’t hit much this year. He has, however, hit a bit more of late. The Padres’ light-hitting catcher provided some insurance in another tight game on Tuesday night, doubling in two runs in the seventh inning as the floodgates finally opened in a game the Padres won 7-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 45,