{"id":434639,"date":"2026-08-16T16:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434639\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:06:33","slug":"padres-pregame-seeking-series-win-in-cleveland-with-rain-in-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434639\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres pregame: Seeking series win in Cleveland, with rain in forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The loss on Saturday snapped a six-game winning streak and dropped the Padres back into a three-way tie with the Diamondbacks and Phillies for the NL\u2019s final two wild-card spots.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres (66-58) can still claim a third straight series win, but they could have to navigate weather on top of the Cleveland Guardians.<\/p>\n<p>Rain is in the forecast and could impact Sunday\u2019s 10:40 a.m. start time on Padres.TV.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sunday morning baseball. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tLZ1ARC8XM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tLZ1ARC8XM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Diego Padres (@Padres) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Padres\/status\/2089000733127459137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manny Machado (.704 OPS) will get a DH day amid an August swoon. He is hitting .204\/.271\/.222 with one extra-base hit in 14 games so far in August.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Rengifo (.637 OPS) will start for him at third base and bat sixth, followed by Gavin Sheets (.700 OPS), who is in left field. Shortstop Xander Bogaerts (.649 OPS) will bat eighth and Freddy Fermin (.579 OPS) will catch and bat ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how the Guardians (60-64) will line up for the rubber match:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Guardians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Guardians<\/a> lineup for thier series finale vs the Padres:<\/p>\n<p>Kwan CF <br \/>DeLauter RF<br \/>Ram\u00edrez 3B<br \/>Adell LF<br \/>Lowe 1B<br \/>Hoskins DH<br \/>Bazzana 2B<br \/>Hedges C<br \/>Rocchio SS<\/p>\n<p>Bibee SP<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/GuardsBall?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#GuardsBall<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WEWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@WEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mason Horodyski (@MasonHorodyski) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MasonHorodyski\/status\/2088997486761312306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s pitching matchup<\/p>\n<p>Padres RHP Casey Mize (4-7, 3.38 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>The former Tiger rebounded in his second start with the Padres, striking out six while allowing two runs on five hits and two walks over six innings in a no-decision. The previous start (3\u2153 IP, 8 ER) was the worst of his career. Mize has a 2.93 ERA in five career starts against the Guardians, include a loss this year (6\u2154 IP, 2 ER).<\/p>\n<p>Here is how Mize has fared against current Guardians:<\/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\/08\/mize-guards.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9998791\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (4-12, 3.99 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>The Cal State Fullerton product has a 3.70 ERA in 642 \u2154 innings since making his debut in 2023. Bibee has faced the Padres twice in his career, a loss in 2023 (4 IP, 5 ER) and a win in 2024 (5\u2154 IP, 0 ER).<\/p>\n<p>Here is how Bibee 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\/08\/bibee-pads.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9998792\" \/><\/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":"The loss on Saturday snapped a six-game winning streak and dropped the Padres back into a three-way tie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":["post-434639","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\/434639","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=434639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}