San Diego Padres at Miami Marlins

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

55-45, 24-27 Away

Final
2 - 1

Miami Marlins

46-53, 22-29 Home

Merrill, Maldonado deliver RBI hits in the 2nd inning as Padres hold on to beat Marlins 2-1

Merrill had an RBI single that scored Xander Bogaerts. Maldonado followed with a double down the left field line off Eury Pérez (3-3) that scored Merrill from first and put San Diego up 2-0.

Miami's Kyle Stowers hit a solo homer off Padres starter Randy Vásquez that made it 2-1 in the fourth. Stowers, who has an MLB-best 12 homers since June 22, connected on a 1-0 changeup and sent it 400 feet to left-center for his 22nd home run of the season.

Vásquez allowed one run on seven hits while issuing one walk and no strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. He left with a runner at first and one out in the fifth before Adrian Morejon (8-4) got the last two outs of the inning. Robert Suarez got the final three outs for his 29th save.

Pérez struck out five and allowed two runs on five hits in five innings.

Xavier Edwards had three of Miami's eight hits, but the Marlins went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position.

Key moment After Edwards reached on a single against Vásquez, Morejon struck out Jesús Sánchez and got Otto Lopez to ground out to end the fifth.

Key stat The Padres have played in 56 games this season that have been decided within two runs, including seven of their last 10, the second-most such games in the majors.

Up next RHP Edward Cabrera (3-4, 3.61) will be on the mound for the Marlins on Tuesday. San Diego has not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hernández grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Hill out at second.
	9th Inning	Hill ran for Hicks
	9th Inning	Hicks singled to right.
	9th Inning	Stowers fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Ramírez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Suarez relieved Adam

Statistics

SD		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	115
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
2.0	Runs Created	3.0
.156	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.364
.250	Secondary Average	.152
.229	On Base Percentage	.294
.479	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.658
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
21.0	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.38
.094	Isolated Power	.091
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.121
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
68.3	MLB Rating	75.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0