The San Diego Padres’ lineup is getting examined within the collection towards the host Miami Marlins.
San Diego prevailed 2-1 in a recreation began by Miami’s Eury Perez on Monday however misplaced to Edward Cabrera 4-3 on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the Padres will face their third straight hard-throwing right-hander as Sandy Alcantara — the Nationwide League’s 2022 Cy Younger Award winner — takes the mound.
Padres supervisor Mike Shildt, although, stays assured in his hitters.
“I believe our strategy on the plate can carry us each evening,” Shildt mentioned on Tuesday. “It is one thing we have addressed. It is about taking a top quality at-bat.”
Alcantara (4-9, 7.14 ERA) is 2-2 with a 4.04 ERA in six profession begins towards the Padres, and he pitched poorly in a no-decision at San Diego on Might 28. He yielded six runs on seven hits in 4 innings, strolling 4 and failing to report a strikeout for less than the third time in his profession.
The 29-year-old right-hander has struggled this season after lacking final yr following elbow surgical procedure. The Marlins are 8-11 when Alcantara begins. In 2022, Miami went 19-13 when he acquired the ball.
As for Miami’s bullpen, it has been surprisingly good, led by Anthony Bender (1.91 ERA), Cade Gibson (2.59) and Ronny Henriquez (3.00).
Marlins supervisor Clayton McCullough had reward for Henriquez, who gave up two runs within the ninth inning on Tuesday however held on for his sixth save.
“That was nice for Ronny,” McCullough mentioned of Henriquez, who’s in his first yr with the Marlins. “We have put him in a wide range of conditions, and he continues to be a key cog.”
Miami positioned backup outfielder Derek Hill on the injured checklist on Wednesday on account of a sprained left center finger.
He joins a prolonged checklist of injured Marlins, however the staff has been enjoying stable baseball for greater than a month, going 22-12 prior to now 34 video games.
The Padres will look to bounce again on Wednesday behind Dylan Stop (3-9, 4.64 ERA), who’s 0-1 with a 2.45 ERA in two profession begins towards Miami.
The precise-hander shall be beginning simply two days in need of the one-year anniversary of his no-hitter towards the Washington Nationals.
Stop is coming off a scoreless outing vs. the Nationals on Friday, when he pitched 5 1/3 innings and gave up simply 4 hits and no walks whereas hanging out 10. That contest adopted a three-start streak through which Stop misplaced every time and pitched to a 7.31 ERA.
He has registered six high quality begins in 20 outings this yr, however his most up-to-date high quality begin got here on June 21.
The Padres are 3-2 on their present 10-game highway journey, throughout which Luis Arraez has rediscovered his stroke. The three-time batting champion, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI single on Tuesday, is 8-for-20 (.400) whereas hitting safely in all 5 video games on the journey.
Arraez had gone 1-for-20 within the remaining 5 video games earlier than the All-Star break. His common continues to be simply .286, which might be the bottom of his profession.
–Discipline Stage Media