Walker Buehler (3-3, 4.33) gets the ball for San Diego against Trevor Rogers (3-6, 6.15) in the finale of a three-game set the Padres needed badly. Buehler is on his best stretch as a Padre — three straight starts of two or fewer earned runs — and Rogers has quietly tightened things up, going one and three earned in his last two outings after a brutal stretch.
Saturday is the part that matters more than the line, though. Xander Bogaerts took a 93.5 mph sinker off the helmet from Trey Gibson, finished the half-inning at short, and was eventually pulled. He's officially day-to-day. Freddy Fermin got dinged by a Yuki Matsui warmup pitch in the mask and also exited. Then Gunnar Henderson got plunked in the 9th of a 9-3 game, two Padres got tossed, and now everybody arrives Sunday looking sideways at each other.
- Day-To-DayXander Bogaerts SS — Bogaerts was hit in the head by a pitch during Saturday's win over the Orioles and ultimately left the game, Byron Kerr of MLB.com reports.
- Day-To-DayFreddy Fermin C — Fermin was struck in the catcher's mask by a warmup pitch from Yuki Matsui during Saturday's game against Baltimore and subsequently departed the contest, Byron Kerr of MLB.com reports.
- 7-Day ILJake Cronenworth 2B — Cronenworth (concussion) has been participating in light baseball activities and is "ramping up," per MLB.com.
- 10-Day-ILLuis Campusano C — Campusano (toe) continues to rehab in Arizona but hasn't yet been scheduled for a minor-league rehab stint, per MLB.com.
- 10-Day-ILMiguel Andujar DH — Andujar (hamstring) remains out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Reds.
- 15-Day-ILMatt Waldron SP — Waldron (forearm) is scheduled to throw two innings of a bullpen session Tuesday and is on track to start a rehab assignment with Triple-A El Paso this Sunday, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
- 15-Day-ILGerman Marquez SP — Marquez (forearm) tossed four scoreless innings for Triple-A El Paso on Sunday, allowing one hit and issuing one walk while striking out two batters.
- 15-Day-ILJeremiah Estrada RP — Estrada (2-2) picked up the loss after giving up the eventual game-winning run in a 3-2 loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday.
- Day-To-DayJhonkensy Noel RF — Noel was placed on the 7-day injured list at Triple-A Norfolk on Monday with left wrist inflammation, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.
- Day-To-DayLevi Wells P — Wells underwent successful core-muscle surgery Thursday, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
- Day-To-DayRichard Guasch SP — no
- Day-To-DayWill Robertson LF — The Orioles reassigned Robertson to minor-league camp Wednesday, Jacob Calvin Meyer of The Baltimore Sun reports.
- 10-Day-ILDylan Beavers RF — Beavers (oblique) is expected to progress to live batting practice as early as Monday, MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILRyan Helsley RP — Helsley pitched one inning with two strikeouts and no hits allowed for Triple-A Norfolk in his second rehab outing, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILCade Povich SP — Povich (elbow) will resume throwing bullpen sessions this week, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.
- 15-Day-ILChris Bassitt SP — Bassitt (back) is travelling to rejoin the Orioles in Toronto on Friday and could make his next start Monday against the Mariners, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
The injury sheets were ugly before this weekend and got uglier. The Padres are already without Joe Musgrove, Yu Darvish, Nick Pivetta, German Marquez and Matt Waldron from the rotation, plus Jake Cronenworth and Ramon Laureano from the lineup. Now Bogaerts and Fermin are question marks against a Baltimore team that's missing Jordan Westburg, Ryan Mountcastle, Dean Kremer, Chris Bassitt and Felix Bautista. Both clubs are basically running out of warm bodies, which is part of why both records sit below where preseason expected.
San Diego comes in at 36-33 after Saturday's 9-3 thumping, with Fernando Tatis Jr. driving most of the offense lately. Baltimore is 34-38 but has actually been one of the better teams in the league since May 20, so don't let the record fool you. They get the matinee at home, where Rogers has been better than his ERA suggests over his last three turns.
The plot here is whether Buehler keeps the trend line going against an Orioles lineup that just hung 9 on Padres pitching the night before they got blanked themselves. If Bogaerts can't go, Manny Machado has to carry the heavy load in a building where every Padres at-bat is going to be heckled after the HBP saga. Rubber match, bad blood, and a 1:35 PM ET first pitch — there are worse Sunday afternoons.