Mason Miller's 31 2/3 Scoreless Innings and the Padres' Shutdown of Baseball's Hottest Offense
The San Diego Padres just put the brakes on the Los Angeles Angels' red-hot start, and it wasn't even close. The Padres shut down an Angels team that had been absolutely raking,16 home runs and 49 runs scored over their last six games,with a 4-1 victory Saturday night in Anaheim.
Here's what makes this win stick: the Angels came in scorching. They were hitting homers at a clip that had everyone paying attention. Then they ran into German Marquez and the Padres pitching staff, and suddenly that explosive offense looked completely contained. The Angels managed just six hits for the entire game and only two hits over 5 2/3 innings against Marquez to start.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. went 2-for-the-night with two RBIs, and he knocked in the go-ahead run with a slow roller into shallow right in the eighth. Ramon Laureano also drove in two runs for San Diego. The Padres added insurance in the ninth on a Laureano sacrifice fly and an RBI single from Tatis to seal it at 4-1.
The Angels got one back in the eighth when Nolan Schanuel singled to drive in Logan O'Hoppe, but it wasn't nearly enough. Zach Neto and Mike Trout each doubled for Los Angeles, but they couldn't string anything together.
Mason Miller's Untouchable Streak
The real story here is the Padres' bullpen. Mason Miller earned his seventh save and extended his scoreless streak to 31 2/3 innings dating back to August 6, 2025. Miller struck out two and worked around a leadoff single and a walk in the ninth like it was nothing. Adrian Morejon pitched 1 1/3 innings of hitless relief to set the stage.
This win marks the Padres' 12th victory in their last 14 games. San Diego came ready to play and throttled an Angels team that looked completely different from the one that had been mashing home runs all week.
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