San Diego Padres (51–53, third in the National League West) vs. Miami Marlins (52–52, third in the National League East)
Miami; Saturday, 4:10 pm ET
PITCHING PROBABILITY: Padres: JP Sears (2-3, 4.38 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 20 strikeouts); Marlins: Eury Perez (5-7, 3.53 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 104 strikeouts)
LINE: Marlins -141, Padres +115; Over/Under – 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins look to snap their four-game home losing streak with a win over the San Diego Padres.
Miami won 31-21 at home and 52-52 overall. The Marlins have the seventh-best team batting average in the National League at .251.
San Diego went 24-29 in road games and 51-53 overall. Padres pitchers have a collective 4.23 ERA, which ranks seventh in the National League.
Saturday’s game will be the second meeting between these teams this season.
Top hitters: Otto Lopez has 27 doubles, six triples and nine home runs while hitting .330 for the Marlins. Griffin Conine is 8-for-28 with a double and three home runs over his last 10 games.
Fernando Tatis Jr. has a .283 batting average to lead the Padres and has 20 doubles, two triples and eight home runs. Ty France is 15-for-39 with six home runs and 13 RBI over his last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 0-10, .214 batting average, 4.33 ERA, 22 runs back
Padres: 5-5, .265 batting average, 4.49 ERA, outscoring opponents by 17 runs.
INJURIES: Marlins: Josh Ekness: 60 days IL (calf), Anthony Bender: 15 days IL (calf), Owen Cassie: 10 days IL (calf), Max Meyer: 15 days IL (neck), Robbie Snelling: 60 days IL (elbow), William Kempner: 15 days IL (elbow), Andrew Nardi: 60 days IL (ribs), Ronny Henriquez: 60 days IL (elbow), Adam Mazur: 60 days IL (elbow)
Padres: Lucas Giolito: 15 days IL (elbow), Jeremiah Estrada: 15 days IL (knee), Miguel Andujar: 10 days IL (wrist), Nick Pivetta: 60 days IL (elbow), Samad Taylor: 10 days IL (oblique), Joe Musgrove: 60 days IL (elbow), David Morgan: 15 days IL (knee), Jason Adam: 15 days IL (shoulder), Ramon Laureano: 60 days IL (hip), Brian Hoing: 60 days IL (elbow)
The Associated Press generated this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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