San Diego Padres @ Los Angeles Angels
Padres break through late as Laureano and Tatis lift San Diego past Angels 4-1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- — Ramón Laureano and Fernando Tatis Jr. each drove in two runs apiece, Germán Márquez threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a strong start and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1 on Saturday night.
Adrian Morejon (2-0) struck out two in 1 1/3 scoreless relief innings for the win and Mason Miller earned his seventh save despite giving up a single and a walk in the ninth.
Miller, who has allowed two hits, walked two and struck out 25 in 10 1/3 innings this season, extended his scoreless streak to 31 2/3 innings dating to last Aug. 6.
The teams were in a scoreless tie when Freddy Fermin and Jake Cronenworth opened the eighth with four-pitch walks off Ryan Zeferjahn (1-1). Laureano chopped an RBI single through the middle for a 1-0 lead, snapping San Diego’s 16-inning scoreless streak. Tatis followed with an RBI hit-and-run dribbler through a vacated second-base spot for a 2-0 lead.
The Angels trimmed the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth when Logan O’Hoppe and Adam Frazier singled off Jason Adam and Nolan Schanuel hit a two-out RBI single. But Jo Adell grounded out to end the inning.
San Diego pushed the lead to 4-1 in the ninth on Laureano's sacrifice fly and Tatis' RBI single.
Márquez gave up two hits, struck out five — all in the fourth and fifth innings — and walked two.
Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi allowed four hits, struck out eight and walked one in six innings.
Jackson Merrill robbed Yoán Moncada of a solo homer with a leaping catch at the right-center-field wall in the second, holding onto the ball as he collided with Tatis.
The game was twice delayed for several minutes. In the second, O’Hoppe, the Angels' catcher, took a foul tip off his neck. In the fifth a 96-mph fastball from Kikuchi grazed Cronenworth’s chin. Both players remained in the game.
Padres RHP Michael King (2-1, 2.78 ERA) will face Angels LHP Reid Detmers (1-1, 3.57 ERA) in Sunday’s series finale.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB
Series tied 1-1
Game Information
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Gabe Morales
- First Base Umpire - Edwin Jimenez
- Second Base Umpire - Doug Eddings
- Third Base Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
2026 National League West Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15 | 5 | .750 | - | L1 |
| San Diego | 14 | 7 | .667 | 1.5 | W1 |
| Arizona | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.5 | W4 |
| San Francisco | 9 | 12 | .429 | 6.5 | W3 |
| Colorado | 8 | 13 | .381 | 7.5 | W1 |
2026 American League West Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 11 | 10 | .524 | - | L1 |
| Athletics | 11 | 10 | .524 | - | W1 |
| Los Angeles | 11 | 11 | .500 | 0.5 | L1 |
| Seattle | 9 | 13 | .409 | 2.5 | W1 |
| Houston | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.5 | L3 |

