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Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

2026-08-08 · Day game · PETCO Park · Att: 41937 · 82°F, Sunny · Wind 9 mph, L To R · 2:38

San Diego Padres defeated Houston Astros 3–2. San Diego Padres opened the scoring in the 1st — Jackson Merrill flies into a force out, right fielder Cam Smith to shortstop Jeremy Peña. Fernando Tatis Jr. scores. Jake Cronenworth to 3rd. Ty France out at 2nd. Jackson Merrill to 1st. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Jake Meyers strikes out swinging — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1
SDN	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yordan Alvarez DH	4	0	0	0	0	2
Isaac Paredes 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Altuve 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Christian Walker 1B	2	1	1	0	1	0
Daulton Varsho CF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cam Smith RF	3	0	0	0	1	3
Taylor Trammell LF	2	1	1	1	0	0
Yainer Diaz C	1	0	1	1	1	0
Jake Meyers LF	1	0	0	0	0	1
LaMonte Wade PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Vazquez C	2	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Tatis RF	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jake Cronenworth 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Manny Machado 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ty France 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0
Jackson Merrill CF	4	1	1	2	0	1
Luis Campusano C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gavin Sheets DH	3	1	1	0	0	0
Xander Bogaerts SS	3	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Rengifo LF	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jase Bowen LF	0	0	0	0	0	0