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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Shane Bieber throws to a Texas Rangers batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Jon Blacker\/The Canadian Press via AP)\nPitching matchups<\/p>\n
Toronto Blue Jays at San Diego Padres<\/p>\n
Game 1: 6:40 p.m. Friday (Padres.TV)
\nGame 2: 5:40 p.m. Saturday (Padres.TV, KFMB 8.1\/CBS, TV Azteca)
\nGame 3: 1:10 p.m. Sunday (Padres.TV)<\/p>\n
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In the standings<\/p>\n
Toronto Blue Jays (44-49, T-3rd in AL East)<\/p>\n
The defending AL champion Blue Jays are 11 games behind the Rays in the division 2 \u00bd games out of a wild-card spot. The Blue Jays swept the Padres last year in Toronto.<\/p>\n
San Diego Padres (46-47, T-3rd in NL West)<\/p>\n
The Padres are 14\u00bd games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and tied with the Diamondbacks after splitting a four-game series. The Padres are 5 \u00bd games out of a wild-card spot with five teams to overtake to get back into playoff position.<\/p>\n
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Trending<\/p>\n
Toronto: The Blue Jays are 21st in run differential (minus-35), 27th in OPS (.688), 17th in rotation ERA (4.39) and ninth in bullpen ERA (3.77). 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has just five homers and a .694 OPS after pairing 23 homers with an .884 OPS last year. He had a .623 OPS in May, a .498 OPS In June and has a .685 OPS so far this month.<\/p>\n
San Diego: The Padres are 22nd in run differential (minus-43), 30th in OPS (.671), 26th in rotation ERA (4.69) and sixth in bullpen ERA (3.70). 3B Manny Machado is hitting .255\/.362\/.602 with eight of his 19 homers over his last 27 games.<\/p>\n
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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Shane Bieber throws to a Texas Rangers batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Jon Blacker\/The Canadian Press via AP)
\nPitching matchups<\/p>\n
Friday<\/p>\n
Blue Jays RHP Shane Bieber (0-1, 9.00 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 He\u2019s made just three starts after elbow inflammation forced him to the injured list for the first three months of the season. The former AL Cy Young winner has made just 12 starts since the start of 2024 as he\u2019s been interrupted by Tommy John surgery and a difficult road back to full health. A former pupil of Padres pitching coach Ruben Niebla\u2019s in Cleveland\u2019s organization, Bieber is making his first career start against the Padres.<\/p>\n
Padres LHP JP Sears (2-1, 4.70 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 The 30-year-old has sandwiched two good starts in wins (10 \u2154 IP, 3 ER) around a clunker at Wrigley Field (4 \u2154 IP, 6 ER). Righties have an .812 OPS off him so far, compared to lefties\u2019 .607. Sears has a 3.00 ERA in 18 career innings against the Blue Jays. He allowed two runs in five innings in a no-decision last year.<\/p>\n
Saturday<\/p>\n
Blue Jays RHP Trey Yesavage (4-4,3.31 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 Last year\u2019s postseason darling (3.58 ERA in 27 \u2154 IP) has a 2.45 ERA over his last four starts. The 22-year-old has five quality starts in 13 trips the mound so far. This will be Yesavage\u2019s first appearance against the Padres.<\/p>\n
Padres RHP Walker Buehler (5-5, 5.07 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 The 31-year-old has allowed 16 earned runs over his last two starts (9 IP) after posting a 1.71 ERA in five starts in June. Buehler has a 2.60 ERA in three career starts against the Blue Jays, including two last year (4.35 ERA, 10 \u2153 IP).<\/p>\n
Sunday<\/p>\n
Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (4-8, 4.32 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 The 35-year-old has an 8.38 ERA over his last four starts, all losses for the Blue Jays. The former Giant has a 2.85 ERA in 47 \u2153 career innings against the Padres. He beat them with nine strikeouts over seven shutout innings last year in Toronto.<\/p>\n
Padres RHP Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez (4-2, 5.02 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 He has allowed three runs\u2014two earned\u2014in two appearances (8 IP) since returning from forearm nerve inflammation. M\u00e1rquez\u2019s only appearance against the Blue Jays was a win back in 2019 (7 IP, 2 ER).<\/p>\n
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Qualifying leaders<\/p>\n
OPS: Blue Jays\u20143B Kazuma Okamoto (.776), 2B Ernie Clement (.748), OF Daulton Varsho (.713); Padres\u20141B Gavin Sheets (.758), OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (.727), 3B Manny Machado (.701).
\nHRs: Blue Jays\u2014Okamoto (21), DH George Springer (9); five tied with 7; Padres\u2014Machado (19), Sheets (14), 1B Ty France (10), CF Jackson Merrill (10).
\nRBIs: Blue Jays\u2014Okamoto (59), SS Andres Gimenez (37), 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (37); Padres\u2014Machado (52), Sheets (39), Merrill (37).
\nSteals: Blue Jays\u2014Gimenez (10), Varsho (8), Guerrero (6), Springer (6); Padres\u2014Tatis (.23), Merrill (19), SS Xander Bogarts (11).
\nSaves: Blue Jays\u2014Varland (18-for-18, 0.94 ERA), RHP Jeff Hoffman (5-for-8, 4.35 ERA); Padres\u2014RHP Mason Miller (23-for-23, 0.96 ERA).
\nHolds: Blue Jays\u2014RHP Tyler Rogers (18, 1.73 ERA), LHP Mason Fluharty (11, 4.58 ERA), Hoffman (9); Padres\u2014RHP Jason Adam (17, 2.51 ERA), LHP Adri\u00e1n Morej\u00f3n (14, 3.45 ERA), RHP Jeremiah Estrada (6, 3.48 ERA), RHP Bradgley Rodriguez (6, 2.08 ERA).<\/p>\n
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Training room<\/p>\n
Toronto: RHP Max Scherzer (back) has made two rehab starts in hopes of a second-half return. The Blue Jays are also without OF Addison Barger (elbow), RHP Yimi Garcia (elbow), OF Jesse Sanchez (ankle), OF Anthony Santander (shoulder), RHP Jose Berrios (elbow), RHP Cody Ponce (knee) and RHP Bowden Francis (UCL), among others.<\/p>\n
San Diego: C Freddy Fermin (head contusion) began a rehab assignment this week, joining RHP Matt Waldron (brachialis) at Triple-A El Paso. RHP Jason Adam (shoulder), RHP David Morgan (knee) and RHP Randy V\u00e1squez (ankle) are rehabbing with the Padres. RHP Jeremiah Estrada (knee) threw a bullpen in Arizona and is expected to keep throwing in hopes of a second-half return. RHPs Nick Pivetta (flexor) and Joe Musgrove (elbow) have moved their rehab work to the mound. OF Ram\u00f3n Laureano (hip) is likely done for the year following surgery. RHP Lucas Giolito (elbow) is also on the injured list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays at San Diego Padres Game 1: 6:40 p.m. Friday (Padres.TV) Game 2: 5:40 p.m. Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":["post-393542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393542","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=393542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}