Pivetta pitches Padres over Tigers 2-0 for San Diego's 7th shutout in 24 games

DETROIT (AP) — Nick Pivetta allowed two hits over seven innings and the San Diego Padres recorded their seventh shutout of the season with a 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

Pivetta (4-1) became the first pitcher in franchise history to work scoreless ball in three of his first five starts for the club.

Pivetta struck out six and only allowed one runner to reach second base. He is 2-0 with a 0.45 ERA in his last three starts, giving up one run on nine hits in 20 innings.

Elias Díaz homered for the Padres, who had lost four of six after a 14-3 start.

Robert Suarez remained perfect in 10 save chances.

The Tigers were held to three hits.

Jack Flaherty (1-2) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. He struck out nine without walking a batter.

The Padres took a 2-0 lead in the second. Xander Bogaerts reached on an infield single, and Díaz hit his first homer of the season into the bullpen in left.

Detroit reliever Chase Lee made his major league debut in the eighth. He entered with one out and a runner on first, and snagged Manny Machado's soft liner and tossed to first for a double play.

Fernando Tatis Jr. extended his on-base streak to 23 games and his hitting streak to 11 with an eighth-inning single.

Pivetta held the top four hitters in the Tigers lineup — Kerry Carpenter, Gleyber Torres, Greene and Spencer Torkelson — to 0 for 11 with a walk. Torres was the only Tiger to reach scoring position against him when he walked in the first and stole second.

The Padres become the first team with seven shutouts in the first 24 games since the 1992 Atlanta Braves.

The teams finish their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon, with Padres LHP Kyle Hart (2-1, 6.48) facing RHP Reese Olson (2-1, 4.50).

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Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene (31) jokes around in the dugout with first base coach Anthony Iapoce (76) before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)

Detroit Lions safety Kerby Jospeh laughs at himself after throwing out the first pitch before a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the San Diego Padres, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty (9) throws a pitch against the San Diego Padres during the third inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)

San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta (27) throws a pitch against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)

San Diego Padres catcher Elias Díaz (17) celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run off Detroit Tigers' Jack Flaherty, not pictured, during the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman and offensive line coach Mike Devlin on Tuesday, two days after the team lost 16-3 to the New England Patriots in the wild-card round of the playoffs.

Roman spent two seasons as the Chargers' OC after previously holding the position with the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. Los Angeles posted back-to-back 11-6 seasons but lost its playoff opener each time, scoring a total of 15 points in the two games.

After Sunday night's game, coach Jim Harbaugh was asked if Roman was the right person to be calling plays and declined to give Roman a vote of confidence.

“Right now I don’t have the answers,” he said. “We’re going to look at that, at everything. It really falls on me that we weren't at our best tonight. I don’t have the answers. I wish I did.”

Devlin followed a seven-year career as an offensive lineman for Buffalo and Arizona as an offensive line coach for the Cardinals, Jets, Texans and Ravens before spending the last two seasons with the Cardinals.

Los Angeles lost both of its starting offensive tackles to season-ending injuries, and Chargers quarterbacks were sacked 60 times — second-worst in the NFL — in 2025. Justin Herbert was brought down six times on Sunday night.

The Chargers haven't won a postseason game since 2018. Herbert is 0-3 in the playoffs for his career.

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Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is pictured before an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh leaves a news conference after an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh on the sidelines in the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)