{"id":275708,"date":"2026-04-19T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275708\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:00:09","slug":"good-morning-san-diego-padres-return-to-win-column-with-strong-start-from-german-marquez-late-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275708\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Morning San Diego: Padres return to win column with strong start from German Marquez, late offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/04\/18\/fernando-tatis-jr-has-yet-to-find-his-power-stroke-and-that-hasnt-been-all-bad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fernando Tatis Jr. still does not have a home run;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Fernando Tatis Jr. still does not have a home run&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Fernando Tatis Jr. still does not have a home run<\/a> on the season and for San Diego Padres fans and the superstar right fielder, that is hard to comprehend. While the power has not shown up for Tatis Jr. after 20 games into the season, he has been an offensive contributor and proved that once again with a 2-for-4 night, with two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. That was enough to help the Padres score <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/padres\/news\/jackson-merrill-robs-home-run-in-padres-win-over-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:four runs over the eighth and ninth innings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;four runs over the eighth and ninth innings&quot;}\" class=\"link \">four runs over the eighth and ninth innings<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/04\/18\/padres-score-late-survive-busy-finish-to-beat-angels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1&quot;}\" class=\"link \">beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1<\/a> at Angel Stadium on Saturday night. <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10402\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:German Marquez;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;German Marquez&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">German Marquez<\/a> started on the mound for <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/san-diego\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Diego;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;San Diego&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego<\/a> and seems to be improving each time he takes the ball. The former <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/colorado\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colorado;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Colorado&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado<\/a> ace did not get the win, but he did complete 5.2 innings of shutout baseball, allowing two hits with five strikeouts and two walks. The Padres bullpen took over for the remainder of the game and saw <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/11009\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jason Adam;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jason Adam&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Adam<\/a> surrender a run in the eighth, but he also worked out of trouble in what could have been a much bigger inning for the Angels. <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12505\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mason Miller;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mason Miller&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Miller<\/a>, who has been automatic to this point in the season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/padres\/news\/mason-miller-extends-scoreless-inning-streak-to-31-2-3-innings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:closed the game out to secure the win;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;closed the game out to secure the win&quot;}\" class=\"link \">closed the game out to secure the win<\/a> and set San Diego up with a chance to take the series in the rubber match on Sunday at 1:07 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Padres News:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Not to be lost in the celebration about the win for the Padres and the late offense was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/04\/19\/padres-daily-another-merrill-robbery-cronenworth-takes-it-on-the-chin-caring-for-laureano-miller-overtime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:early defense;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;early defense&quot;}\" class=\"link \">early defense<\/a> from centerfielder Jackson Merrill. He and Tatis Jr. had a near miss collision in the outfield while each attempting to rob the same potential home run, which was actually brought back by Merrill to keep the game scoreless in the early innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Baseball News:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Tatis Jr. still does not have a home run on the season and for San Diego Padres&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[163,114069,9003,5221,24643,7,2845,49992,3672,551,3673,83578,1496,3494,110878,84742,51388,47263,2866,53,7867,3674,4255,7868,74,76,75,2611,422,82967,18471,119242,1543,17209],"class_list":{"0":"post-275708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-angel-stadium-of-anaheim","10":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","11":"tag-atlanta-braves","12":"tag-boston-red-sox","13":"tag-california","14":"tag-chicago-cubs","15":"tag-chris-sale","16":"tag-cleveland-guardians","17":"tag-colorado","18":"tag-colorado-rockies","19":"tag-corbin-carroll","20":"tag-detroit-tigers","21":"tag-fernando-tatis-jr","22":"tag-gavin-williams","23":"tag-german-marquez","24":"tag-jackson-merrill","25":"tag-jason-adam","26":"tag-los-angeles-angels","27":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","28":"tag-mason-miller","29":"tag-new-york-mets","30":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","31":"tag-ramon-laureano","32":"tag-san-diego","33":"tag-san-diego-headlines","34":"tag-san-diego-news","35":"tag-san-diego-padres","36":"tag-shohei-ohtani","37":"tag-steven-souza-jr","38":"tag-tarik-skubal","39":"tag-tatis-jr","40":"tag-win","41":"tag-yoan-moncada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}