Padres win eighth consecutive game, complete sweep of Mariners

Kevin Acee, The San Diego Union-Tribune on Apr 16, 2026

Published in Baseball

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SAN DIEGO — No comeback. No walk-off extra-base hit.

Just a little midgame drama and just another victory.

A night after they scored five runs in the ninth inning, another burst of runs put the Padres up early Thursday, and the back end of their bullpen held on late in a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

The Padres’ eighth consecutive victory, which concluded a seven-game homestand and their fourth straight series victory, gave them their longest winning streak since 2023.

They won eight straight that September during a furious but futile finish that did nothing more than get them to 82-80 and two games out of a postseason berth.

They are 19 games into this season, meaning they have 143 remaining. But they have set an early tone of resilience and shown the ability to create big innings.

Wednesday night’s victory was their third in a six-game span won with an extra-base hit on the final at-bat of the game.

They led almost from the start on Thursday after taking a 4-0 lead in the second inning, the Padres’ 10th inning with at least three runs during their winning streak. They had scored more than three total runs in three of their first 11 games.

Gavin Sheets’ double and singles by Miguel Andujar and Luis Campusano made it 1-0. It appeared Jake Cronenworth’s line drive back at pitcher Luis Castillo would be the second out of the second inning, but the bases were loaded when first baseman Josh Naylor could not handle Castillo’s hurried and bounced throw.

That meant a hard groundout by Ramon Laureano was not the third out but instead an RBI, and it gave Fernando Tatis Jr. a chance to line a two-run single into center field.

Padres starting pitcher Walker Buehler extended his scoreless streak to 11 innings before allowing two runs in Thursday’s sixth inning.

Six days after he shut out the Colorado Rockies for six innings, Buehler allowed five hits on Thursday. Two of those came in succession at the start of the fourth inning and three came in succession at the start of the sixth.

Buehler walked Brendan Donovan to start the game but picked him off two batters later and did not allow another runner until Donovan singled to start the fourth. Cal Raleigh followed with a single before Buehler struck out Julio Rodriguez, got a line drive out by Josh Naylor and a groundout by Randy Arozarena.

A 1-2-3 fifth had him at 78 pitches heading into the sixth inning, which was his undoing.

After singles by Cole Young, Donovan and Raleigh brought in a run and prompted manager Craig Stammen to bring in Rodriguez, Buehler walked to the dugout, where he stormed past the teammates patting him on the back and rear end and threw his glove against the dugout’s far wall.

One of his runs scored after he departed, as the Mariners loaded the bases against Bradley Rodriguez before Adrian Morejón got the final two outs of the sixth and retired the Mariners in order in the seventh.

Jason Adam survived a hit batter and a dribbled infield single in a scoreless eighth inning, and Mason Miller struck out all three batters he faced in the ninth to run his scoreless streak to 30 2/3 innings while locking down his sixth save of the season.