Baltimore Orioles at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Baltimore Orioles

63-76, 32-39 Away

Final
6 - 2

San Diego Padres

76-63, 43-24 Home

Rivera has 4 RBIs and Wells wins in return as the Orioles beat the scuffling Padres 6-2

Baltimore Orioles vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

Jeremiah Johnson homered for the second consecutive night and drove in two runs for the Orioles. Baltimore, last in the AL East, has won two straight against the Padres and will go for a series sweep on Wednesday.

San Diego, which has lost three in a row and seven of nine, remained 2 1/2 games behind Los Angeles, which lost 9-7 at Pittsburgh. The Padres are a game ahead of the New York Mets for the second of three National League wild cards.

Wells (1-0) pitched five innings in his first start since April 12, 2024. He had right elbow UCL surgery a month later. Wells allowed two runs and five hits, struck out four and walked none.

Rivera hit a two-run single off Yu Darvish (3-5) over the head of shortstop Mason McCoy with two outs in the third to give the Orioles a 3-0 lead. Ryan Mountcastle and Colton Cowser were aboard on consecutive one-out singles.

With two outs and the bases loaded in the fifth, Rivera greeted David Morgan with a single to center field that brought in Gunnar Henderson and Mountcastle to make it 5-2.

Jackson homered to left with one out in the first, his fourth. Jackson, who made his big league debut on Aug. 1, also homered in a 4-3 win Monday.

Wells' only big mistake was allowing Luis Arraez's two-run homer with two outs in the third, his seventh. Freddy Fermin was aboard on a double.

Key moment Baltimore reliever Rico Garcia came on with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh and got two outs.

Key stat Arraez went 144 plate appearances and 32 games between home runs.

Up next Baltimore's Cade Povich (2-7, 5.04 ERA) and San Diego's Nestor Cortes (1-2, 3.75) are scheduled to start the series finale Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	O'Hearn flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Díaz grounded into double play, third to second to first, Cronenworth out at second.
	9th Inning	Cronenworth hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Rivera flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Basallo grounded out to third, Cowser to second.
	9th Inning	Cowser singled to center.

Statistics

BAL		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
11	Strikeouts	6
6	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
25	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	154
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
14	Total Bases	11
43	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
6.0	Runs Created	3.1
.278	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.389	Slugging Percentage	.344
.250	Secondary Average	.281
.395	On Base Percentage	.278
.784	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.622
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
6.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
40.0	Batter Rating	22.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.72	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.28
.111	Isolated Power	.156
0.45	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.116	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
12.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
87.5	MLB Rating	73.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0