Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

Marlins at Padres

- — Matthew DeFranks

When/where: 9:10 p.m., Petco Park, San Diego.

ON THE AIR TV: Fox Sports Florida; Radio: 940-AM, 710-AM (Spanish)

ON THE MOUND Marlins LHP Wei-Yin Chen (1-2, 5.22 ERA, 1.398 WHIP) vs. Padres RHP Jordan Lyles (1-1, 3.83 ERA, 1.157 WHIP): Chen will look to build on his longest start as a Marlin, when he went 7 1/3 innings against the Nationals on Saturday afternoon. Chen’s lone blemish was a solo home run to the last batter he faced, thwarting an otherwise magnificen­t outing for the 32-year-old left-hander. Since the Cubs shelled Chen for nine runs on May 9, he has progressiv­ely gotten better, lowering his overall ERA after each of the past three starts. In his last 17 innings, Chen has a 1.59 ERA to go with 17 strikeouts and six walks. Six current Padres have faced Chen before and they own a collective .371/.405/.557 slash line against him, led by Eric Hosmer’s two home runs. … Since 2016, Lyles was mostly a reliever, but the Padres shifted him into the rotation earlier this month with varying success. In his first two starts, he allowed one earned run in 12 1/3 total innings (0.73 ERA). In his last two starts, he allowed nine earned runs in 10 1/3 innings (7.84).

Friday – Marlins TBA vs. Diamondbac­ks TBA; Saturday – Marlins TBA vs. Diamondbac­ks TBA; Sunday – Marlins TBA vs. Diamondbac­ks TBA.

UPCOMING SERIES Friday-Sunday at Diamondbac­ks; June 5-7 at Cardinals; June 8-10 vs. Padres.

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