San Diego at Miami

Miami's offense has gone ice cold at exactly the wrong time, losers of nine straight while averaging under three runs a game over that stretch, the kind of freeze that doesn't fix itself overnight. San Diego strung together 21 runs over its last four games, but that came against Atlanta's bullpen, and the Padres now walk into a different look entirely against a Miami staff that has quietly kept a lid on scoring for more than a week. German Marquez gets the ball for San Diego, carrying a 4.20 ERA since returning from the injured list in July, a real step down from his season-long number, even as he's still building his workload back up in shorter outings. Miami still hasn't named a starter for tonight, which usually points to a bullpen day, and that kind of patchwork approach tends to leave an already cold lineup searching for the extra-base hits it needs to push a total higher. Both teams need this series, but the version of Miami taking the field tonight hasn't scored in bunches in more than a week. Take the UNDER tonight.