Toronto Blue Jays at San Diego Padres

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TOR	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	1
SD	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	—	5	7	0

Germán Márquez gets the ball for San Diego fresh off a strong return from a forearm issue that shelved him since early May, while Kevin Gausman takes the mound for Toronto trying to find the version of himself that opened 2026 with back-to-back double-digit strikeout starts.

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Blue Jays(45-50)

LWWWL

4

-1.5+138-111o8.5-100

Padres(47-48)

WLLWW

5

+1.5-141+108u8.5-100

Best BetPadres +105

Postgame

Hit — San Diego won outright 5-4, with the bullpen edge holding up as the deciding factor.

Pregame

We backed the Padres at plus-money early and the price has already started drifting toward even, which tells you the market liked this lean too. San Diego's bullpen, anchored by a lights-out closer, gives them a real equalizer even on nights the offense goes quiet. Toronto's rotation issues make them a harder team to trust as road favorites right now.

Gausman has been brutal for weeks now, and his last outing against San Francisco was more of the same — five hits, five walks and four earned runs in just 5.1 innings. Márquez, meanwhile, looked every bit worth the wait in his last turn, blanking Arizona over five scoreless frames. San Diego's lineup is banged up behind the plate with Luis Campusano scratched Sunday with abdominal soreness, but the bullpen behind Márquez is the best insurance policy in baseball right now with Mason Miller locking down the ninth.

Kevin Gausman

(4-10)·4.51 ERA

Jul 6 @ Giants

L

5.1IP

4ER

8K

5BB

92P

07/12 Lineup

Germán Márquez

(4-2)·5.17 ERA

Jul 7 vs Diamondbacks

W

5.0IP

0ER

4K

3BB

82P

07/12 Lineup

Toronto took the series opener Saturday night 5-3, so there was real juice riding on this getaway-day finale beyond just the daily scoreboard. Both rosters are dealing with rotation attrition — Toronto is without Max Scherzer and Jose Berrios, San Diego without Joe Musgrove and Yu Darvish — which has forced both clubs to lean harder on games like this one just to stay above .500.

The Padres jumped on Gausman for three runs in the second inning and it looked like it might be enough on its own. But Toronto kept chipping — two runs in the fourth, another in the eighth — and had the tying run in play deep into the game. San Diego's answer was to keep adding on, tacking two more in the bottom of the eighth to make sure a ninth-inning Blue Jays rally wouldn't matter.

Final tally: Padres 5, Blue Jays 4, with San Diego out-hitting Toronto's error-marred effort just enough to salvage the finale after dropping Saturday's opener. It's the kind of scrappy, back-and-forth win that won't move the standings much but says something about a Padres bullpen that keeps bailing out a shaky rotation.

Toronto Blue Jays

(45-50)

Jul 12L@ Padres7-8

Jul 11W@ Padres5-3

Jul 8W@ Giants10-0

Jul 8W@ Giants9-3

Jul 7L@ Giants1-10

San Diego Padres

(47-48)

Jul 12Wvs Blue Jays8-7

Jul 11Lvs Blue Jays3-5

Jul 10Lvs Diamondbacks1-3

Jul 9Wvs Diamondbacks10-4

Jul 8Wvs Diamondbacks4-1

Toronto Blue Jays

(10)

• 10-Day-ILAddison Barger (RF) — Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Monday that Barger (elbow) will be shut down for a couple of weeks after a recent MRI revealed a stress reaction in his back, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.06/29
• 10-Day-ILJesus Sanchez (RF) — The Blue Jays placed Sanchez on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right ankle sprain.06/27
• 10-Day-ILLenyn Sosa (2B) — Sosa (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment Monday with the Blue Jays' Arizona Complex League affiliate, Mitch Bannon of The Athletic reports.06/22
• 15-Day-ILMax Scherzer (SP) — Scherzer (back) was charged with five runs (four earned) on six hits and no walks over four innings in a rehab start with Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday. He struck out five.07/09
• 60-Day-ILYimi Garcia (RP) — Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Monday that Garcia (elbow/neck/biceps) has resumed playing catch, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.06/29
• 60-Day-ILAnthony Santander (RF) — Santander (shoulder) could resume hitting within the next week, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.06/18
• 60-Day-ILJoe Mantiply (RP) — Mantiply will undergo arthroscopic surgery to repair some damage in his left knee, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.06/04
• 60-Day-ILJose Berrios (SP) — Blue Jays manager John Schneider said that Berrios underwent full Tommy John surgery Wednesday in addition to having a stress fracture repaired, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports.05/27
• 60-Day-ILCody Ponce (SP) — Ponce underwent surgery Friday to repair the ACL in his right knee, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILBowden Francis (SP) — The Blue Jays placed Francis (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Wednesday.05/08

San Diego Padres

(13)

• Day-To-DayLuis Campusano (C) — Campusano was scratched from the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays due to abdominal soreness, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.07/12
• 10-Day-ILFreddy Fermin (C) — Fermin (head) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A El Paso on Wednesday, going 1-for-4 with an RBI.07/09
• 10-Day-ILSamad Taylor (LF) — Taylor said Wednesday that he exited Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks with a right side injury, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.07/08
• 15-Day-ILRandy Vasquez (SP) — no07/12
• 15-Day-ILDavid Morgan (RP) — Morgan (knee) began a throwing progression this week, per MLB.com.07/11
• 15-Day-ILJason Adam (RP) — Adam said Friday that an MRI on his right shoulder revealed no major structural damage, and he's hopeful to return from the 15-day injured list in early-to-mid August, MLB.com reports.07/07
• 15-Day-ILJeremiah Estrada (RP) — Estrada (knee) threw a bullpen session Saturday, his first since landing on the injured list June 5, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.07/07
• 15-Day-ILLucas Giolito (SP) — Giolito (elbow) resumed light throwing in late June, per MLB.com.07/03
• OutYu Darvish (SP) — Darvish (elbow) revealed Tuesday in a social media post that he has resumed playing catch.05/12
• 60-Day-ILNick Pivetta (SP) — Pivetta (forearm) threw a light bullpen session Saturday, MLB.com reports.06/29
• 60-Day-ILJoe Musgrove (SP) — Musgrove (elbow) started playing catch in late May, per MLB.com.06/08
• 60-Day-ILRamon Laureano (LF) — Laureano underwent surgery Friday to repair his torn right labrum, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.06/05
• 60-Day-ILBryan Hoeing (RP) — The Padres transferred Hoeing (elbow) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday.05/08

Neither team is exactly rolling right now — Toronto sits 45-50, San Diego 47-48 — but both showed enough fight in this one to suggest the second half won't be a formality for either side. The health of each rotation is going to decide how much further these teams can push before the deadline.