'Persistent' Brinson shows off loud tools

SAN DIEGO -- Lewis Brinson stayed hot at the plate, but the Marlins were unable to snap their skid in Monday night's 8-3 loss to the Padres at Petco Park. Miami has been outscored 42-17 through the first four games of its trip to Colorado and San Diego.

Here are some key figures from the series opener.

111 -- mph exit velocity on Brinson’s two-run homer in the eighth off Emilio Pagán. Brinson entered the game in the 89th percentile in both sprint speed (28.7 ft/sec) and maximum exit velocity (113.2 mph).

"I'm having fun. That's what I could say right now," Brinson said before the game. "I'm having fun, trusting myself. I'm prepared. Every day I take pride in making sure I'm prepared for every game. If I'm prepared, I go out there and enjoy myself. The only way in years past that I haven't enjoyed myself is because I truly wasn't prepared. I had to be honest with myself this year, and I made a pact with myself to make sure I was prepared for any game that I was in, and not be surprised by any situation. I'm enjoying myself, having a good time, but we need to win some ballgames."

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29.9 -- ft/sec sprint speed for Brinson on his infield hit -- clocked at 103.2 mph off the bat -- in the second inning.

Brinson, who has batted cleanup in six of the past eight games, is hitting 12-for-29 with four doubles, two homers and 11 RBIs during that span.

“This is just a player who's been persistent,” acting manager James Rowson said. “He believes in himself, he's confident now, he's gone through some of the toughest things that you can go through in this game.

“It's very hard to come up in this league, and you're competing every day and going through some of the rough things he went through in the beginning, but this kid never quit. You see a professional hitter up there. It's nice to see him put these hits together. What he's doing right now is showing that he's doing something that can be sustainable over time.”

2 -- whiffs (both on the four-seam fastball) for right-hander Zach Thompson. That is a career low through 10 starts. San Diego entered Monday with the third-best chase percentage (24.2) in the Majors. Thompson noticed the Padres’ discipline most during a third-inning matchup with Jake Cronenworth, who didn’t bite on a pair of cutters.

“I made some good pitches that I thought were going to get some swings and misses, and they laid off,” Thompson said. “They were really close. I had to adjust to that, and even though they're not chasing, I need to make better pitches in the zone. Just maybe force contact or beat them in other ways. I just need to adapt to that.”

91 -- mph on the throw from Magneuris Sierra to throw out Adam Frazier at home in the third. A replay review upheld the inning-ending double play after the Padres challenged the call. The velocity on that assist tied for fourth in Sierra’s career, with his best being 96.2 mph.

The Marlins rank third in the Majors with 25 outfield assists this season. Sierra has three of them -- all as a center fielder.

“I take a lot of pride in my defense in general,” Sierra said via an interpreter. “I think it's just something that I label myself as a good defender, and I'm trying to shift that label as a hitter.”