When Michael King is right, he’s getting groundballs when he’s not getting strikeouts. That’s the part of the calculus behind keeping Jose Iglesias at shortstop, Jake Cronenworth at second base and sitting Luis Arraez in favor of Ryan O’Hearn at first base for King’s first start off the injured list.

Well, that and the fact that Gavin Sheets , the DH on Tuesday, has been as productive as any Padre over the last week.

“All the times we do a lineup, it’s a factor of … putting our best foot forward to go compete and win a major league game,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said before Tuesday’s 6:40 p.m. first pitch on Padres.TV. “Part of what today was, we got Michael on the mound and he’s going to be on the ground a lot, so we want to make sure we’re catching the baseball. And th

See Full Page