San Diego Padres Shut Out Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0, Improve to 72-62

Final result

San Diego Padres defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Pittsburgh Pirates at 65-70 (.481).

MLB data listed San Diego Padres at 72-62 (.537).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 2nd — San Diego Padres 1 run; 4th — San Diego Padres 1 run; 8th — San Diego Padres 1 run.

Jackson Merrill (San Diego Padres): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 run. Bubba Chandler (Pittsburgh Pirates): 5.2 innings and 3 strikeouts, (L, 6-9). Randy Vásquez (San Diego Padres): 5.0 innings and 2 strikeouts, (W, 10-6). Jake Cronenworth (San Diego Padres): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Luis Rengifo (San Diego Padres): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Bradgley Rodriguez (San Diego Padres): 2.0 innings and 2 strikeouts, (S, 2).

No home-run entries were present in the stored game data.

Season and playoff context

This was Game 3 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Pittsburgh Pirates were 65-70, 4th in the division, 18.0 games back in the division, 7th in the wild-card standings, 7.5 wild-card games back, elimination number 11, wild-card elimination number 21.

In the 2026 standings, the San Diego Padres were 72-62, 2nd in the division, 8.5 games back in the division, 3rd in the wild-card standings, wild-card leader, elimination number 21.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings