Miami Marlins at San Diego Padres

Sandy Alcantara took the ball for the getaway-day finale opposite Walker Buehler in a 1:10 PM PT matinee at Petco Park, with San Diego chasing a 5th straight win and Miami just trying to avoid a series sweep.

FINAL

Spread

WIN

Total

Marlins

(76-79)

LLWWL

3

+1.5-174+130o8.5+104

Padres

(86-69)

WWWWL

7

-1.5+144-156u8.5-125

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San Diego backed up its 4-game win streak with a 7-3 win over Miami, riding a 4-run outburst spread across the middle and late innings to survive a Marlins rally that got as close as one run in the 7th. Alcantara turned in a respectable 6 innings for Miami, but a bullpen already down two relievers to season-ending surgery couldn't hold the line once San Diego's lineup got rolling again.

Marlins

• +Alcantara worked 6 innings, held Padres to 4 earned runs
• +Sanoja's 7th-inning 2-run homer pulled it within one
• −Bullpen coughed up 2 runs in the 8th to seal it
• −Lost 3rd straight, capped a series sweep

Padres

• +Spread 7 runs across 4 different innings on 10 hits
• +8th-inning insurance runs answered Miami's rally immediately
• −Buehler's shaky recent form didn't get resolved by this one
• −Needed the pen to close out a game Alcantara kept close

Alcantara actually settled in after a shaky last outing, working 6 innings and allowing 4 earned runs on 8 hits with 3 strikeouts — not a great line, but far from the disaster his bullpen situation made it feel like it needed to avoid. San Diego chipped away in the 2nd and 4th before putting the game away late, spreading its 7 runs across 4 different innings on 10 hits with zero errors.

Sandy Alcantara

(13-11)·3.91 ERA

Sep 14 @ Diamondbacks

ND

5.0IP

4ER

6K

2BB

101P

09/20 Lineup

Walker Buehler

(9-6)·4.56 ERA

Sep 15 @ Rockies

ND

4.2IP

2ER

1K

1BB

92P

09/20 Lineup

The Padres never let it get uncomfortable, and the price on this one reflected exactly what the preview flagged: a club fighting for playoff positioning against one that's already lost 2 relievers to season-ending surgery this week.

Miami's lone real punch came in the 7th, when Javier Sanoja's 2-run homer capped a 3-run inning and pulled the Marlins within a run of a genuine sweat. It was also the moment that lit up the Polymarket chat — the room's busiest 5-minute stretch of the night hit right as that rally landed, with one poster holding Miami calling it a "marlin miracle" before San Diego answered right back in the bottom half.

Miami Marlins

(10)

• Day-To-DayXavier Edwards (2B) — Edwards (thumb) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.09/20
• 10-Day-ILOwen Caissie (RF) — The Marlins placed Caissie on the 10-day injured list Sunday due to a lumbar stress reaction.09/13
• 15-Day-ILAnthony Bender (RP) — Bender will undergo surgery to address the stress reaction in his right shin, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.09/19
• 15-Day-ILPete Fairbanks (RP) — Fairbanks will undergo surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.09/19
• 15-Day-ILMax Meyer (SP) — Marlins manager Clayton McCullough announced Monday that Meyer (neck) has been shut down from throwing and will not return this season, Jesse Borek of MLB.com reports.09/15
• 60-Day-ILAndrew Nardi (RP) — Nardi (elbow) is slated to undergo season-ending surgery Friday, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.08/24
• 60-Day-ILWilliam Kempner (RP) — The Marlins transferred Kempner (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Friday.08/21
• 60-Day-ILRobby Snelling (SP) — Snelling (elbow) is expected to begin a throwing program in September, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.08/07
• 60-Day-ILAdam Mazur (SP) — Mazur (elbow) is expected to begin a throwing program sometime in September, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.08/07
• 60-Day-ILRonny Henriquez (RP) — Henriquez (elbow) began playing catch from 60 feet out Friday, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.07/18

San Diego Padres

(9)

• 10-Day-ILGavin Sheets (1B) — If Sheets (foot) is able to return this season, he may be limited to working as a designated hitter and/or pinch hitter, AJ Cassavell of MLB.com reports.09/12
• 10-Day-ILMiguel Andujar (DH) — Andujar (wrist) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A El Paso on Tuesday, going 1-for-4 with an RBI double.09/09
• 15-Day-ILJeremiah Estrada (RP) — Estrada (shoulder) hadn't resumed throwing as of Sept. 8, and he may not be able to return from the injured list before the end of the campaign, MLB.com reports.09/12
• 60-Day-ILRamon Laureano (LF) — Laureano (hip) has progressed to swinging off a tee and playing catch, but he isn't close to playing in games, MLB.com reports.09/12
• 60-Day-ILJason Adam (RP) — Adam (shoulder) could soon begin a minor-league rehab stint with Triple-A El Paso, MLB.com reports.09/12
• 60-Day-ILJoe Musgrove (SP) — The Padres are pausing Musgrove's (elbow) rehab assignment because he's having issues recovering between starts, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.09/02
• 60-Day-ILLuis Rengifo (LF) — The Padres placed Rengifo (knee) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday.09/01
• 60-Day-ILLucas Giolito (SP) — Giolito (elbow) has been throwing at the Padres' team complex in Arizona, but his timeline to return is unclear, MLB.com reports.08/24
• 60-Day-ILBryan Hoeing (RP) — The Padres transferred Hoeing (elbow) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday.05/08

That answer mattered more than the rally itself. San Diego tacked on 2 more in the 8th to close it out at 7-3, extending the win streak to 5 and doing it without saying Xavier Edwards, Gavin Sheets, Jeremiah Estrada or Miguel Andujar were the reason it happened.