The San Diego Padres’ lineup is getting examined within the collection in opposition to 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 night time,” 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 in opposition to 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 document a strikeout for under 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 obtained 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 listing on Wednesday because of a sprained left center finger.
He joins a prolonged listing of injured Marlins, however the staff has been enjoying strong 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 in opposition to Miami.
The correct-hander will probably be beginning simply two days wanting the one-year anniversary of his no-hitter in opposition to 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 wherein 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 street 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 ultimate 5 video games earlier than the All-Star break. His common remains to be simply .286, which might be the bottom of his profession.
–Discipline Degree Media
