The San Diego Padres are looking to stay in the National League wild card race. Can the Padres get past the visiting Texas Rangers at PETCO Park on Sunday?

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Texas Rangers vs. San Diego Padres MLB game to be played on July 5, 2025 on ESPN.

The fruits of recent drafts are just about everywhere on this Padres roster. Playing center field? 2021 first-rounder Jackson Merrill. All-Star setup man Jason Adam? Acquired with ‘22 first-rounder Dylan Lesko.

The Padres are favored at home (-130) versus the Rangers (+110). The San Diego Padres will hand the ball to David Morgan (0-1, 2.08 ERA), who is looking for win No. 1 on the season, and the Rangers will turn to Jack Leiter (4-5, 4.29 ERA).

The San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers will break a 1-1 series tie Sunday night with a Game 3 finale at Petco Park.

The Padres get Yu Darvish back on Monday night. Their All-Star starting pitcher was shut down in Spring Training with an elbow issue and will make his long-awaited 2025 debut against the Diamondbacks.

The Texas Rangers' offense is collapsing in extra innings, exposing depth issues after their 3-2 loss vs. the San Diego Padres Friday night.

The Texas Rangers (44-45) and San Diego Padres (47-41) will close out their only series of the season on Sunday Night Baseball.

“So definitely was an extremely memorable year for me.” Right down to the bitter end.

The Rangers bounced back from an extra-inning collapse in the series opener against the Padres, as Wyatt Langford made his return from injury.

The Rangers (-110 on the moneyline) and the Padres (-109) will take the field in an expected close matchup. The starting pitchers are Kumar Rocker (3-4) for the Texas Rangers, and Randy Vasquez (3-4) for the San Diego Padres.