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San Diego Padres 5 – 3 Miami Marlins

MLB · July 26, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The San Diego Padres came back to take it five to three over the Miami Marlins on Saturday afternoon, and this one had a real story to tell.

Miami came out swinging early. A throwing error by Padres catcher Luis Campusano in the second inning let Hicks score, then Pauley singled home Conine to make it two nothing. Kyle Stowers put an exclamation point on it in the third, launching a four hundred and nine foot shot to right to push the Marlins out to a three to nothing lead. San Diego looked flat, and Miami looked like they had this one in hand.

Then Manny Machado decided he'd had enough. He doubled home Cronenworth in the fifth to get the Padres on the board, and the momentum quietly started to shift. It fully arrived in the eighth. Machado stepped up again and crushed a three hundred and ninety nine foot two-run shot to center, tying this game at three. The crowd barely had time to settle before Jackson Merrill went deep to right center, three hundred and ninety five feet, and San Diego had the lead for the first time all afternoon. Campusano, who had gifted Miami those early runs with his error, singled home Rengifo to make it five to three and put it away.

Machado finished two for five with three runs batted in and the go-ahead homer. Jake Cronenworth scored twice and went three for five. Fernando Tatis Junior went oh for five and never factored in.

San Diego survived their own mistakes and let Machado bail them out in the most decisive way possible. 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

  1. Hicks scored on throwing error by catcher Campusano, Conine safe at second on error. P2 · 0–1
  2. Hicks scored on throwing error by catcher Campusano, Conine safe at second on error. P2 · 0–1
  3. Pauley singled to right, Conine scored. P2 · 0–2
  4. Stowers homered to right (409 feet). P3 · 0–3
  5. Machado doubled to left, Cronenworth scored. P5 · 1–3
  6. Machado homered to center (399 feet), Cronenworth scored. P8 · 3–3
  7. Merrill homered to right center (395 feet). P8 · 4–3
  8. Campusano singled to left, Rengifo scored. P8 · 5–3

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Janson Junk pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P1
Tatis Jr. struck out looking. P1
P1
Janson Junk pitches to Jake Cronenworth P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P1
Cronenworth struck out looking. P1
P1
Janson Junk pitches to Manny Machado P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Machado flied out to left. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Walker Buehler pitches to Otto Lopez P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P1
Lopez struck out looking. Miami Marlins challenged: call on the field was upheld. P1
P1
Walker Buehler pitches to Kyle Stowers P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Stowers doubled to right. P1
P1
Walker Buehler pitches to Heriberto Hernandez P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Hernández struck out swinging. P1
P1
Walker Buehler pitches to Xavier Edwards P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P1
Edwards grounded out to second. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Janson Junk pitches to Ty France P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
France singled to left. P2
P2
Janson Junk pitches to Jackson Merrill P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2
Merrill flied out to center. P2
P2
Janson Junk pitches to Luis Rengifo P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P2
Rengifo flied out to center. P2
P2
Janson Junk pitches to Gavin Sheets P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Sheets singled to right, France to second. P2
P2
Janson Junk pitches to Luis Campusano P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Campusano fouled out to shortstop. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Walker Buehler pitches to Liam Hicks P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P2
Hicks walked. P2
P2
Walker Buehler pitches to Griffin Conine P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P2
Conine walked, Hicks to second. P2
P2
Walker Buehler pitches to Esteury Ruiz P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Hicks scored on throwing error by catcher Campusano, Conine safe at second on error. P2
Hicks scored on throwing error by catcher Campusano, Conine safe at second on error. P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
P2
Ruiz hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Conine to third. P2
P2
Walker Buehler pitches to Graham Pauley P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Pauley singled to right, Conine scored. P2
P2
Walker Buehler pitches to Joe Mack P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Mack struck out swinging. P2
P2
Walker Buehler pitches to Otto Lopez P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Lopez struck out swinging. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Janson Junk pitches to Sung-Mun Song P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P3
Song struck out looking. P3
P3
Janson Junk pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Tatis Jr. grounded out to shortstop. P3
P3
Janson Junk pitches to Jake Cronenworth P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Cronenworth singled to left. P3
P3
Janson Junk pitches to Manny Machado P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3
Machado flied out to right. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Walker Buehler pitches to Kyle Stowers P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3
Stowers homered to right (409 feet). P3
P3
Walker Buehler pitches to Heriberto Hernandez P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3
Hernández grounded out to shortstop. P3
P3
Walker Buehler pitches to Xavier Edwards P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Edwards struck out swinging. P3
P3
Walker Buehler pitches to Liam Hicks P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Hicks grounded out to second. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Janson Junk pitches to Ty France P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
France singled to left. P4
P4
Janson Junk pitches to Jackson Merrill P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P4
Janson Junk pitches to Luis Rengifo P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Rengifo singled to right, France to second. P4
P4
Janson Junk pitches to Gavin Sheets P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Sheets grounded out to first, Rengifo to second, France to third. P4
P4
Janson Junk pitches to Luis Campusano P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P4
Campusano struck out looking. San Diego Padres challenged: call on the field was upheld. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Walker Buehler pitches to Griffin Conine P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Conine grounded out to pitcher. P4
P4
Walker Buehler pitches to Esteury Ruiz P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Ruiz struck out swinging. P4
P4
Walker Buehler pitches to Graham Pauley P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Pauley grounded out to first. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Janson Junk pitches to Sung-Mun Song P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Song struck out swinging. P5
P5
Janson Junk pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Tatis Jr. flied out to right. P5
P5
Janson Junk pitches to Jake Cronenworth P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Cronenworth singled to left. P5
P5
Janson Junk pitches to Manny Machado P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
Machado doubled to left, Cronenworth scored. P5
P5
Petersen relieved Junk P5
Michael Petersen pitches to Ty France P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
France grounded out to catcher. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Walker Buehler pitches to Joe Mack P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Mack grounded out to first. P5
P5
Walker Buehler pitches to Otto Lopez P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P5
Lopez grounded out to second. P5
P5
Walker Buehler pitches to Kyle Stowers P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 6 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Stowers struck out swinging. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Gibson relieved Petersen P6
Cade Gibson pitches to Jackson Merrill P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Merrill singled to right. P6
P6
Cade Gibson pitches to Luis Rengifo P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Rengifo grounded into double play, second to first, Merrill out at second. P6
P6
Cade Gibson pitches to Gavin Sheets P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P6
Sheets struck out looking. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Walker Buehler pitches to Heriberto Hernandez 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
Hernández grounded out to shortstop. P6
P6
Walker Buehler pitches to Xavier Edwards P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Edwards singled to left. P6
P6
Matsui relieved Buehler P6
Yuki Matsui pitches to Liam Hicks P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P6
Hicks struck out looking. P6
P6
Yuki Matsui pitches to Griffin Conine P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6
Edwards stole second. P6
Edwards stole second. P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P6
Conine walked. P6
P6
Yuki Matsui pitches to Esteury Ruiz P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Ruiz struck out swinging. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Zuber relieved Gibson P7
Tyler Zuber pitches to Luis Campusano P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P7
Campusano flied out to left. P7
P7
Tyler Zuber pitches to Sung-Mun Song P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Song grounded out to first. P7
P7
Tyler Zuber pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Tatis Jr. grounded out to second. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Sanoja hit for Pauley P7
Peralta relieved Matsui P7
Wandy Peralta pitches to Javier Sanoja P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Sanoja singled to center. P7
P7
Wandy Peralta pitches to Joe Mack P7
P7
Mack hit sacrifice bunt to third, Sanoja to second. P7
P7
Wandy Peralta pitches to Otto Lopez P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Lopez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Sanoja out at third. P7
P7
Wandy Peralta pitches to Kyle Stowers P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Stowers grounded out to first. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Sanoja at third base. P8
Bachar relieved Zuber P8
Lake Bachar pitches to Jake Cronenworth P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Cronenworth singled to right. P8
P8
Lake Bachar pitches to Manny Machado P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P8
Machado homered to center (399 feet), Cronenworth scored. P8
P8
Lake Bachar pitches to Ty France P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
France grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
Lake Bachar pitches to Jackson Merrill P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8
Merrill homered to right center (395 feet). P8
P8
Lake Bachar pitches to Luis Rengifo P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Rengifo doubled to left. P8
P8
Lake Bachar pitches to Gavin Sheets P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8
Sheets grounded out to first, Rengifo to third. P8
P8
Lake Bachar pitches to Luis Campusano P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8
Campusano singled to left, Rengifo scored. P8
P8
Durán ran for Campusano P8
Lake Bachar pitches to Sung-Mun Song P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Song fouled out to catcher. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Bowen in left field. P8
Durán catching. P8
Morejon relieved Peralta P8
Adrian Morejon pitches to Heriberto Hernandez P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Hernández fouled out to first. P8
P8
Adrian Morejon pitches to Xavier Edwards P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Edwards grounded out to second. P8
P8
Adrian Morejon pitches to Liam Hicks P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Hicks hit by pitch. P8
P8
Jiménez hit for Conine P8
Adrian Morejon pitches to Leo Jimenez P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Jiménez lined out to right. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Jiménez at third base. P9
Sanoja in right field. P9
Fairbanks relieved Bachar P9
Pete Fairbanks pitches to Fernando Tatis Jr. P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P9
Tatis Jr. struck out looking. Miami Marlins challenged: call on the field was overturned. P9
P9
Pete Fairbanks pitches to Jake Cronenworth P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9
Cronenworth flied out to right. P9
P9
Pete Fairbanks pitches to Manny Machado P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Machado grounded out to third. P9
P9
Middle of the 9th inning P9
Bottom of the 9th inning P9
Marsee hit for Ruiz P9
Miller relieved Morejon P9
Mason Miller pitches to Jakob Marsee P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Marsee flied out to left. P9
P9
Mason Miller pitches to Javier Sanoja P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P9
Sanoja grounded out to shortstop. P9
P9
Mason Miller pitches to Joe Mack P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Mack struck out swinging. P9
P9
End of the 9th inning P9