These last few games haven’t been pretty. Between extra inning collapses, and a first-inning collapse for their young starter Jacob Nix, they Padres could definitely use a little good fortune on their side. Lucchesi needs to be more than just lucky against a line-up that battered around Nix last night. He needs to be as dominant, if not more so than he was in his last start against the Phillies.
The good news is, that Lucchesi looks to be trending in the right direction. His last start was one of his longest since April 15th and he shut the Phils out for six innings only giving up two hits.