Maybe it’s for the best that Kyle Hart didn’t earn his first big league win until Monday night. No, technically Hart was not making his Major League debut in the Padres’ 7-2 win over the Guardians at Petco Park.

Kyle Hart earned his first big league win, Gavin Sheets had a pair of two-run doubles among his three hits and the San Diego Padres beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-2 Monday night to start 5-0 for the first time in their 57-season history.

Following his bounce-back year with the NC Dinos in 2024, Hart earned a spot in the San Diego Padres' starting rotation. As the team kicks off the season, Hart is set to make his first start in five years Monday against the Cleveland Guardians.

The last time Kyle Hart was in a big-league ballpark, virtually nobody else was. Quarantine rules during the 2020 pandemic pushed starting pitchers out into the stands during games, leaving just a few seats occupied at an “eerie” Fenway Park when the left-hander debuted that year.

Facing the Cleveland Guardians, San Diego Padres starting pitcher Kyle Hart enjoyed an impressive outing on Monday.

Kyle Hart consiguió su primera victoria en las Grandes Ligas, Gavin Sheets conectó un par de dobles de dos carreras entre sus tres hits y los Padres de San Diego vencieron 4-2 a los Guardianes de Cleveland la noche del lunes para comenzar 5-0 por primera vez en sus 57 temporadas de historia.

Technically, Kyle Hart is a 32-year-old rookie. He made his big-league debut in 2020, but he pitched just 11 innings that year, never made it back to the majors with the Red Sox and bounced to the Phillies and then the Mariners before landing in Korea.

Kyle Hart strikes out four batters in his outing against the Guardians, leaving the game after five innings of work for the Padres