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Not great. Hart was staked to a five-run lead by the fourth inning of Wednesday afternoon’s spot start and was unable to hold onto it for very long. He gave up six hits, including a pair of home runs, and only managed one strikeout. The -year-old lefty holds an inflated 6.66 ERA across 25 2/3 innings (six starts) this season in his stateside return. He’ll presumably be shipped back to Triple-A El Paso ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Pirates.

Hart will make the start Wednesday against the Marlins. The left-hander forged a less-than-desirable 6.00 ERA in his five starts before being demoted to the PCL, but he’s getting a friendly matchup on paper against Miami for anyone looking for a streaming risk.

Padres manager Mike Shildt told reporters lefty Kyle Hart will be recalled from Triple-A El Paso to take the ball for Wednesday’s series finale against the Marlins. It’s a decent break for fantasy managers since the Pirates are one of the few lineups that are less potent than Miami’s at this stage of the season. Pivetta, who struck out seven and allowed one run over six innings on Friday against Atlanta, will get two additional days of rest as a result of the decision.

The 32-year-old southpaw has shown flashes but overall has been pretty terrible through his first five starts — posting a 6.00 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and a 16/6 K/BB ratio across 21 innings. No word yet on how the Padres plan to fill his spot in their starting rotation, but with the luxury of three off days in the next eight days they have time to figure it out.

Hart gave up solo homers to the second and final batters he faced today. He struck out six of the remaining 17, so it was a decent enough showing, and the Padres didn’t need much length from him after using only two relievers Tuesday and having Thursday off. The loss leaves him 2-2 with a 6.00 ERA through five starts. The Padres could start him next Wednesday against the Tigers, but considering that they have three of the next eight days off, he might spend the week in the pen instead.

Hart gave up 10 hits, and 20 percent of that total were homers to Cam Smith. The left-hander was decent outside of those roundtrippers, but the roundtrippers turned a relatively-effective start into a poor one. That tends to happen in this thing we call baseball. Hart has mostly struggled in his chance to establish himself as a member of the Padres’ rotation, with an ERA of 6.48 as evidence .There should be better streamers Wednesday for his scheduled outing against the Tigers.

Hart gave up a double to Kyle Farmer, and that was it. The 32-year-old was facing the worst offense in the National League, but he had quality command of his arsenal while striking out four and not walking a batter. He’ll look to build on this and continue to lower his 5.40 ERA next weekend against the Astros, but fantasy managers should look elsewhere.

And the Padres ended up winning anyway. Hart threw 39 pitches, 18 of them strikes, before finally being yanked. He should stay in the rotation for now and face the Rockies next weekend, but he’s in line to lose his spot after Yu Darvish returns.

Both runs allowed by Hart came off of solo homers, and outside of that the southpaw was solid in his first start as a member of the Padres. The southpaw struck out four, generating 10 swings-and-misses over his 80 pitches while walking just one. Hart has a tenuous hold on his fifth spot in the rotation, but this was a good building block start. He’s scheduled to face the Cubs on Sunday.

Cease and Opening Day starter Michael King are the only locks in San Diego’s starting rotation mix at the moment as a result of spring training injuries to Yu Darvish (elbow) and Matt Waldron (oblique). It’ll be some combination of Nick Pivetta, Kyle Hart and Randy Vásquez taking the ball for the Padres, but the exact order has yet to be determined. There should be some clarity prior to Thursday’s season-opener.