After what felt like an incredibly long wait, the San Diego Padres have finally won a series this month. After being outdueled in extras the previous night, the Friars walked off the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon thanks to a home run from Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/p>\n
The offense looked much healthier in the series against Cincinnati, especially the San Diego stars. Tatis, Jackson Merrill<\/a> and Manny Machado<\/a> produced better than they have while role players like Samad Taylor<\/a> and Will Wagner<\/a> stepped up in the last few games. It\u2019s been a welcome sight.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n With their sights now set on a struggling Baltimore Orioles<\/a> club, the Friars hope to improve on their recent lousy stretch.<\/p>\n Taking the moundShane Baz<\/a> (BAL) v. Griffin Canning<\/a> (SD)<\/p>\n Baz was traded for this offseason by Baltimore as one of the many additions the club made to their organization. The pitching staff looks much more stable for years to come after he signed an extension with the O\u2019s.<\/p>\n That said, he hasn\u2019t looked that great on the mound this year. Through 13 starts, the righty owns a 4.09 ERA and 1.38 WHIP. It\u2019s hardly the production a club wants from someone expected to be a front-line starter. He\u2019s looked better in his last few games, giving up just four runs in his last 19 2\/3 inning pitched.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Canning has certainly struggled in his tenure with San Diego. The right-hander has been saddled with a 6.34 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP through seven starts.<\/p>\n Beyond that, he hasn\u2019t worked deep into games. Canning has average 4 2\/3 innings across his starts in 2026. The Padres hope that he\u2019ll pitch as good as he did against the New York Mets<\/a> last week (1 ER, 5.0 IP).<\/p>\n Batter up!<\/p>\n It\u2019s been easy to criticize the San Diego lineup lately. They\u2019ve certainly struggled. But their recent turnaround has been fun to watch. It\u2019s not like the Friar Faithful should expect a total 180, but the club seems to have sparked to life.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Fermin\u2019s homer streak ended at three games in spite of coming close in the 10th inning of Tuesday\u2019s game against Cincinnati. He\u2019s been on a tear this last week and will look to continue that.<\/p>\n Beyond that, Machado has been much better at making contact and putting balls in play. Apart from some tough moments in Tuesday night\u2019s contest, he went 3-for-9 with two RBI in the Friars\u2019 last two games.<\/p>\n Relief corps<\/p>\n Michael King<\/a> did exactly what he needed to do on Wednesday. He kept the game close, giving up three runs while going 6 2\/3 innings. It wasn\u2019t a perfect outing by any means, but the bullpen needed it.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n After Tuesday night\u2019s 11 inning marathon, the Padres\u2019 relievers had been heavily taxed. Only Ron Marinaccio<\/a> and Wandy Peralta<\/a> were available out of the \u2018pen. They were the only two the Friars would need. The duo\u2019s only blemish came on a solo shot that Marinaccio surrendered in the eighth.<\/p>\n That said, with the off day on Thursday, mostly everyone will be available. But the high-leverage options will be out in full force. Jason Adam<\/a>, Yuki Matsui<\/a>, Adrian Morejon, David Morgan, Mason Miller<\/a> and Bradgley Rodriguez will all be options for manager Craig Stammen<\/a> to turn to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After what felt like an incredibly long wait, the San Diego Padres have finally won a series this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[4614,7,9004,27847,108436,3494,78582,69808,77535,84704,51388,47263,3493,7867,29290,3674,47260,73895,74,76,75,2611,115154,96848,26077,107046,47259],"class_list":["post-359603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-california","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-craig-stammen","tag-fernando-tatis","tag-fernando-tatis-jr","tag-freddy-fermin","tag-friars","tag-gavin-sheets","tag-griffin-canning","tag-jackson-merrill","tag-jason-adam","tag-manny-machado","tag-mason-miller","tag-michael-king","tag-new-york-mets","tag-ron-marinaccio","tag-samad-taylor","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-shane-baz","tag-ty-france","tag-wandy-peralta","tag-will-wagner","tag-yuki-matsui"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359603","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=359603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}