The Giants today will face the Padres at home as Samardzija looks to bounce back from an ugly start last outing. Last week against the Nats he only lasted 3.2 innings giving up 6 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks. He is no stranger to the Padres lineup as almost all of their hitters have faced him multiple times. The key ones to watch are going to be Manuel Margot who has not gotten a hit off of Samardzija in 10 at bats, along with Eric Hosmer who is hitting .167 in 12 at bats but does have a home run. Chase Headley is hitting .375 in 8 at bats vs the Shark and Jose Pirela is hitting .333 in 9 at bats. So far this season Samardzija has only been seen twice, going 5 shutout innings in his first start and imploding in his second 3.2 innings start. In those 8.2 innings he has issued 7 walks which is well above normal for him. As he gets back into his rhythm I hope to see those numbers go down and his innings go up. He led the National League last year with 207.2 innings and his BB/9 was the lowest at 1.387. To put in perspective how good those numbers are there was only 2 other NL pitchers under the 2.000 mark, with 2place being Clayton Kershaw at 1.543. Samardzija was 6in the NL with 205 strikeouts. He clearly has great control but needs to find his zone this year after a delayed start to the season.