{"id":408460,"date":"2026-07-22T20:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408460\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:49:08","slug":"padres-pregame-luis-rengifo-moving-up-in-order-martin-perez-starting-for-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408460\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres pregame: Luis Rengifo moving up in order, Martin Perez starting for Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all that\u2019s gone wrong this year, the Padres\u2019 success against Atlanta has been a high point this year as they\u2019ve already clinched the season series with two more games left in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s win shaved the Padres\u2019 deficit in the NL wild-card chase to two games. The Padres still need to overtake five teams to get back into playoff position, but they\u2019ve upped their postseason odds at Fangraphs.com to 11.6% heading into Wednesday\u2019s 4:15 p.m. start.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres (50-51) are facing a left-hander in Martin Perez, but even that isn\u2019t enticing the team to move up shortstop Xander Bogaerts (.639 OPS) in the order much.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wednesday matchup. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QgWDf0DN5I\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QgWDf0DN5I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Diego Padres (@Padres) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Padres\/status\/2080020503390216224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A day after hitting eighth for the first time since 2015, Bogaerts will hit seventh, between catcher Luis Campusano (.930 OPS) and second baseman Jake Cronenworth (.565 OPS).<\/p>\n<p>Jase Bowen (.391 OPS) will get the start in left field and bat ninth, while Luis Rengifo (.568 OPS) will start at DH and in the two-hole.<\/p>\n<p>Rengifo was released after hitting .205\/.280\/.254 in 57 games for the Brewers. The switch-hitter is 6-for-12 with an RBI, two walks and two strikeouts in four games (1.071 OPS) to start his stay with the Padres.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Tatis Jr. (.752 OPS) will lead off, while Manny Machado (.727 OPS), Ty France (.890 OPS) and Jackson Merrill (.646 OPS) will occupy the Nos. 3-5 spots.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres have won four of the first five meetings this year with Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how the Braves (58-42) will line up for Game 3:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wednesday work on deck<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BravesCountry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#BravesCountry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JSLFyJxaA1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JSLFyJxaA1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Braves\/status\/2080020386440167562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s pitching matchup<\/p>\n<p>Padres RHP Michael King (6-7, 3.34 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>The Padres are 1-2 in his three starts in July despite King\u2019s 2.12 ERA (17 IP) this month. He beat the Braves with seven shutout innings last month at Petco Park and has a 2.03 ERA in three regular-season starts against Atlanta. King also beat them with 12 strikeouts over seven shutout innings in Game 1 of the 2024 NL Wild Card Series.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how King has fared against current Braves:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/king-braves.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9971713\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Braves LHP Martin Perez (6-6, 3.54 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old veteran is returning from a forearm injury to make this start. He had a 7.43 ERA over three starts before going on the injured list. That includes allowing three runs in four innings in a loss to the Padres in San Diego on June 24.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how Perez has fared against current Padres:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/perez-pads.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9971714\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For all that\u2019s gone wrong this year, the Padres\u2019 success against Atlanta has been a high point this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":["post-408460","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\/408460","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=408460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}