San Diego Padres 7 – 2 Miami Marlins

MLB · July 25, 2026 · Final

🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The San Diego Padres put the Miami Marlins away tonight, seven to two, and it wasn't nearly as close as that final score suggests.

San Diego struck fast in the third, Ty France delivering a single to left that brought home both Jake Cronenworth and Manny Machado to make it two nothing. Miami answered immediately, Lopez grounding into a double play that somehow still plated a run, cutting it to two to one, and for a moment you wondered if the Marlins had some life in them. They didn't.

The Padres added another in the seventh on a Sheets sacrifice fly, and then the eighth inning is where this game was truly decided. France singled again to push it to four to one, and then Bowen broke it wide open with a single to right that scored France and Merrill simultaneously, suddenly it's six to one and the Marlins are done. Stowers got one back for Miami in the bottom of the eighth, but Cronenworth put the finishing touch on it in the ninth, singling home Fernando Tatis Junior to set the final at seven to two.

France was the engine tonight, going two for four with three runs batted in, and Cronenworth crossed the plate twice while adding a run of his own. For Miami, Lopez and Stowers each chipped in a run batted in, but the offense never found a second gear when it needed to.

San Diego was simply the better team from the opening inning to the last out. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

France singled to left, Cronenworth scored and Machado scored, France out stretching at second. P3 · 2–0
Lopez sacrificed into double play, right to pitcher to shortstop, Ruiz scored, Marsee out at second. P3 · 2–1
Sheets hit sacrifice fly to center, Merrill scored. P7 · 3–1
France singled to center, Cronenworth scored. P8 · 4–1
Bowen singled to right, France scored and Merrill scored, Rengifo to second. P8 · 6–1
Stowers singled to center, Ruiz scored, Lopez thrown out at third. P8 · 6–2
Cronenworth singled to right, Tatis Jr. scored. P9 · 7–2

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1

Eury Perez pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1

Tatis Jr. flied out to right. P1

Eury Perez pitches to Jake Cronenworth P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1

Cronenworth lined out to center. P1

Eury Perez pitches to Manny Machado P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1

Machado flied out to center. P1

Middle of the 1st inning P1

Bottom of the 1st inning P1

Randy Vasquez pitches to Otto Lopez P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P1

Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P1

Lopez walked. San Diego Padres challenged: call on the field was upheld. P1

Randy Vasquez pitches to Kyle Stowers P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P1

Lopez stole second. P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P1

Stowers walked. P1

Randy Vasquez pitches to Heriberto Hernandez P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P1

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1

Hernández grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Stowers out at second, Lopez to third. P1

Randy Vasquez pitches to Xavier Edwards P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1

Edwards flied out to left. P1

End of the 1st inning P1

Top of the 2nd inning P2

Eury Perez pitches to Ty France P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2

France flied out to right. P2

Eury Perez pitches to Jackson Merrill P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2

Merrill doubled to left. P2

Eury Perez pitches to Luis Rengifo P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2

Rengifo singled to left, Merrill to third. P2

Eury Perez pitches to Gavin Sheets P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Rengifo stole second. P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2

Sheets grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Rengifo to third, Merrill out at home. P2

Eury Perez pitches to Xander Bogaerts P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2

Bogaerts grounded out to third. P2

Middle of the 2nd inning P2

Bottom of the 2nd inning P2

Randy Vasquez pitches to Liam Hicks P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2

Hicks grounded out to pitcher. P2

Randy Vasquez pitches to Javier Sanoja P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2

Sanoja grounded out to pitcher. P2

Randy Vasquez pitches to Griffin Conine P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P2

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2

Conine grounded out to second. P2

End of the 2nd inning P2

Top of the 3rd inning P3

Eury Perez pitches to Freddy Fermin P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Bunted Foul P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P3

Fermin hit by pitch. P3

Eury Perez pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P3

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3

Tatis Jr. grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Fermin out at second. P3

Eury Perez pitches to Jake Cronenworth P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P3

Cronenworth walked. P3

Eury Perez pitches to Manny Machado P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3

Machado doubled to first, Cronenworth to third. P3

Eury Perez pitches to Ty France P3

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3

France singled to left, Cronenworth scored and Machado scored, France out stretching at second. P3

Middle of the 3rd inning P3

Bottom of the 3rd inning P3

Randy Vasquez pitches to Esteury Ruiz P3

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3

Ruiz hit by pitch. P3

Randy Vasquez pitches to Jakob Marsee P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3

Marsee singled to right, Ruiz to third. P3

Randy Vasquez pitches to Otto Lopez P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P3

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3

Lopez sacrificed into double play, right to pitcher to shortstop, Ruiz scored, Marsee out at second. P3

Sears relieved Vásquez P3

JP Sears pitches to Kyle Stowers P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P3

Stowers struck out swinging. P3

End of the 3rd inning P3

Top of the 4th inning P4

Eury Perez pitches to Jackson Merrill P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Merrill popped out to shortstop. P4

Eury Perez pitches to Luis Rengifo P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Rengifo grounded out to third. P4

Eury Perez pitches to Gavin Sheets P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Sheets grounded out to third. P4

Middle of the 4th inning P4

Bottom of the 4th inning P4

JP Sears pitches to Heriberto Hernandez P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Hernández lined out to center. P4

JP Sears pitches to Xavier Edwards P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4

Edwards grounded out to second. P4

JP Sears pitches to Liam Hicks P4

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4

Hicks grounded out to shortstop. P4

End of the 4th inning P4

Top of the 5th inning P5

Eury Perez pitches to Xander Bogaerts P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5

Bogaerts grounded out to third. P5

Eury Perez pitches to Freddy Fermin P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5

Fermin flied out to right. P5

Eury Perez pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P5

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5

Tatis Jr. popped out to third. P5

Middle of the 5th inning P5

Bottom of the 5th inning P5

JP Sears pitches to Javier Sanoja P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5

Sanoja fouled out to first. P5

JP Sears pitches to Griffin Conine P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P5

Conine struck out swinging. P5

JP Sears pitches to Esteury Ruiz P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P5

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5

Ruiz singled to right. P5

JP Sears pitches to Jakob Marsee P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 6 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P5

Ruiz stole second. P5

Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 9 : Ball 4 P5

Marsee walked. P5

JP Sears pitches to Otto Lopez P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P5

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P5

Lopez grounded out to second. P5

End of the 5th inning P5

Top of the 6th inning P6

Eury Perez pitches to Jake Cronenworth P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P6

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 9 : Strike 3 Looking P6

Cronenworth struck out looking. P6

Eury Perez pitches to Manny Machado P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6

Machado grounded out to third. P6

Eury Perez pitches to Ty France P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

France struck out swinging. P6

Middle of the 6th inning P6

Bottom of the 6th inning P6

JP Sears pitches to Kyle Stowers P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6

Stowers grounded out to third. P6

JP Sears pitches to Heriberto Hernandez P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

Hernández struck out swinging. P6

JP Sears pitches to Xavier Edwards P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6

Edwards flied out to right. P6

End of the 6th inning P6

Top of the 7th inning P7

Eury Perez pitches to Jackson Merrill P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7

Merrill doubled to left. P7

Eury Perez pitches to Luis Rengifo P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Bunted Foul P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P7

Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P7

Rengifo flied out to right, Merrill to third. P7

Eury Perez pitches to Gavin Sheets P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7

Sheets hit sacrifice fly to center, Merrill scored. P7

Eury Perez pitches to Xander Bogaerts P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P7

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7

Bogaerts reached on infield single to pitcher. P7

Eury Perez pitches to Freddy Fermin P7

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7

Fermin singled to left, Bogaerts to third. P7

Eury Perez pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P7

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P7

Tatis Jr. grounded out to shortstop. P7

Middle of the 7th inning P7

Bottom of the 7th inning P7

Bowen in right field. P7

Matsui relieved Sears P7

Yuki Matsui pitches to Liam Hicks P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7

Hicks lined out to right. P7

Yuki Matsui pitches to Javier Sanoja P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P7

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7

Sanoja popped out to first. P7

Yuki Matsui pitches to Griffin Conine P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P7

Conine struck out swinging. P7

End of the 7th inning P7

Top of the 8th inning P8

Fulton relieved Pérez P8

Dax Fulton pitches to Jake Cronenworth P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P8

Cronenworth walked. P8

Dax Fulton pitches to Manny Machado P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Cronenworth stole second. P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Machado struck out swinging. P8

Dax Fulton pitches to Ty France P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8

France singled to center, Cronenworth scored. P8

Dax Fulton pitches to Jackson Merrill P8

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8

Merrill singled to center, France to second. P8

Dax Fulton pitches to Luis Rengifo P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P8

Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P8

Rengifo walked, Merrill to second, France to third. P8

Bowen hit for Sheets P8

Dax Fulton pitches to Jase Bowen P8

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8

Bowen singled to right, France scored and Merrill scored, Rengifo to second. P8

Dax Fulton pitches to Xander Bogaerts P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P8

Bogaerts grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Bowen out at second. P8

Middle of the 8th inning P8

Bottom of the 8th inning P8

Bowen in right field. P8

Waldron relieved Matsui P8

Matt Waldron pitches to Esteury Ruiz P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8

Ruiz reached on infield single to third. P8

Matt Waldron pitches to Jakob Marsee P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Marsee struck out swinging. P8

Matt Waldron pitches to Otto Lopez P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8

Ruiz stole second. P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P8

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8

Lopez reached on infield single to shortstop, Ruiz to third. P8

Matt Waldron pitches to Kyle Stowers P8

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8

Stowers singled to center, Ruiz scored, Lopez thrown out at third. P8

Matt Waldron pitches to Heriberto Hernandez P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P8

Hernández grounded out to pitcher. P8

End of the 8th inning P8

Top of the 9th inning P9

Dax Fulton pitches to Freddy Fermin P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9

Fermin grounded out to shortstop. P9

Dax Fulton pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P9

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P9

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P9

Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P9

Tatis Jr. walked. P9

Dax Fulton pitches to Jake Cronenworth P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9

Tatis Jr. to second on wild pitch by Fulton. P9

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 7 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 9 : Ball In Play P9

Cronenworth singled to right, Tatis Jr. scored. P9

Dax Fulton pitches to Manny Machado P9

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9

Machado grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Cronenworth out at second. P9

Middle of the 9th inning P9

Bottom of the 9th inning P9

Matt Waldron pitches to Xavier Edwards P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P9

Edwards popped out to third. P9

Matt Waldron pitches to Liam Hicks P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9

Hicks popped out to third. P9

Matt Waldron pitches to Javier Sanoja P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9

Sanoja flied out to right. P9

End of the 9th inning P9