Marlins at Padres
Cameron Maybin's first season with the Miami Marlins hasn't been one to remember, but a couple successful pinch-hitting spots in the team's last series may have been just what he needed to stick it to one of his former teams. Coming off his most productive day at the plate of the season, the 31-year-old veteran will try to build upon his recent success Tuesday when the Marlins visit the San Diego Padres for the second of four games.
Maybin, who played for San Diego from 2011-14, singled in each of his only two at-bats over the final two games against Washington as Miami was getting swept over the weekend. Maybin, making his first start since May 19 on Monday, turned out to be a catalyst for the Marlins' 7-2 victory over the Padres in the series opener, lifting his average to .252 after a 3-for-4 effort while driving in two runs and scoring another as San Diego raced out to an early 5-1 advantage. San Diego has dropped five of seven following a three-game winning streak and can blame a sputtering offense for most of its woes. Over their last seven contests, the Padres have scored two runs or fewer five times and exceeded three runs once.
TV: 10:10 p.m. ET, FS Florida (Miami), FS San Diego
PITCHING MATCHUP: Marlins RH Dan Straily (2-0, 3.12 ERA) vs. Padres RH Tyson Ross (4-3, 3.13)
Straily has settled into a bit of a groove over his last two turns and Miami improved to 5-0 in his outings Wednesday in New York, permitting only a solo homer among the four hits he allowed to the Mets over six innings. The Marshall product enjoyed his finest start of the season five days earlier at Atlanta, yielding only three hits in seven scoreless frames. Straily did not factor into the decision in either of two previous starts against the Padres despite posting a 2.77 ERA.
Ross won for the second time in as many outings and struck out nine in Wednesday's win at Washington, surrendering only a solo home run among the five hits he allowed in 6 2/3 frames. The 31-year-old has logged at least six innings in nine of his 10 turns and leads the Padres with seven quality starts and 64 strikeouts. Ross last faced Miami in 2015 and is 1-2 with a 5.54 ERA in three appearances (two starts) versus the Marlins.
WALK-OFFS
1. The Marlins are 7-3 against National League West competition and 13-30 against everyone else.
2. Each of Padres OF Franmil Reyes' two extra-base hits since his May 14 promotion have been home runs.
3. Miami has won the last six meetings, giving up three or fewer runs to San Diego five times.