Joe Musgrove is 3-0 against the Marlins; Padres face Trevor Rogers for the first time
That’s the good. The bad is on the other side of the ball.
In what has been a mostly dismal season offensively, the Padres have skidded almost to a stop in this series. They are batting .170 with a .277 on-base percentage in the three games against the Marlins.They won the first two games 2-1 and 3-2. Manny Machado drove in three of their five runs. Machado and Eric Hosmer combined for six of their 10 hits in those games.The Padres rank 25in the major leagues with a .223 batting average. Their league-leading 120 walks have lifted them to a .
The Padres’ 18-10 record places them second in the National League West, and it is the NL’s fourth-best mark.The team’s 16 quality starts are three more than any other team. Musgrove, Yu Darvish and Sean Manaea have five apiece. Musgrove, coming off his first seven-inning outing of the season a week ago in Pittsburgh, has won all three of his career starts against the Marlins.The Padres are facing left-hander Trevor Rogers . Rogers has one quality start and has allowed five runs or more in two of his five starts. No one on the Padres’ active roster has faced Rogers.
The Padres have fared slightly better overall against right-handers, but their .412 slugging percentage against left-handers is 74 points higher than against righties. Their 14 home runs against lefties are tied with the Yankees for most in the majors.
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