Pirates-Padres Preview (Yahoo Sports)

There's never a good time for a team to hear its opening day starter has been scratched, but getting that news just 10 days into the season had to be especially disconcerting for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Finding out that Francisco Liriano would miss just one outing? The Pirates should be even more comforted by the matchup Liriano gets in his Tuesday night return against a San Diego Padres club that's looked lost outside of the thin Denver air and has had no answers for the left-hander since he donned black and gold.