The San Diego Padres' red-hot eight-game winning streak met its match on Friday night, and its name was José Soriano. The MLB's leading pitcher transformed Angel Stadium into a freezer, blanking the Padres 8-0 and handing them their first shutout loss of the 2026 season to open a crucial road trip.
This was a stark contrast for a Padres lineup that had been on a tear. After racking up double-digit hits in five consecutive games, San Diego's bats were silenced, managing just three hits all night against the Angels' arms. Meanwhile, the Halos' offense came alive, peppering Padres pitching for 13 hits, including two doubles and two home runs.
José Soriano was the story, living up to his ace status with a dominant performance. He cruised through four 1-2-3 innings, with the Padres' only significant threat coming in the third. After loading the bases with two outs, Jackson Merrill grounded out on one of Soriano's signature sinkers, snuffing out the rally. Manny Machado's sixth-inning single and a walk to Xander Bogaerts finally chased Soriano, but reliever Chase Silseth entered to retire Gavin Sheets on a warning-track fly ball.
Sheets provided one of the few bright spots for San Diego, lacing a ninth-inning double for his team-leading ninth two-bagger of the young season. However, his effort was too little, too late on a night where the Padres' pitching struggled to contain the Angels' attack.
Making his first big-league start since June 2025, Matt Waldron had a tough return. The Angels tagged him for six runs on eight hits over 3.2 innings, with five of those runs scoring with two outs and two strikes—a brutal efficiency that deflated the Padres early. The damage included a solo homer by Yoán Moncada and key two-out hits from Adam Frazier and Zach Neto.
The Angels continued to pour it on against the bullpen. After a two-out walk to Mike Trout in the fourth, Nolan Schanuel and Jo Adell delivered back-to-back RBI hits to break the game open. Reliever David Morgan surrendered two more runs in the fifth, sealing a decisive victory for Los Angeles and a cold start to the road trip for San Diego.