Wild-Card Race
Diamondbacks Defeat Padres for Sixth Straight Win, Closing Gap on Phillies
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Arizona beat San Diego 11-4 on Friday for its sixth straight win, keeping its National League wild-card hopes alive with two games left. The Diamondbacks trail the Philadelphia Phillies by one game after Philadelphia lost 2-0 to Tampa Bay, and Arizona holds the tiebreaker; a combined two Arizona wins or Phillies losses would put Arizona in the playoffs. Lars Nootbaar, Jordan Lawlar and Nolan Arenado homered, Geraldo Perdomo drove in four runs, and Brandon Pfaadt pitched 7⅔ innings. The loss delayed San Diego's chance to secure the No. 4 seed and home-field advantage in the wild-card round. Arizona will be without Corbin Burnes, who was placed on the injured list with shoulder inflammation, and is expected to use a bullpen game Saturday.
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Arizona’s offense had surged early during its winning streak: it averaged eight runs per game and scored 16 runs in the first inning across its previous four games. On Friday, Padres center fielder Jase Bowen also robbed possible home runs in both the eighth and ninth innings.
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Catcher Gabriel Moreno left Friday’s game early with a left hamstring issue, though Arizona expected him to play designated hitter Saturday.
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Padres starter Casey Mize gave up all three Arizona home runs, putting his place on San Diego’s wild-card roster in jeopardy; the home crowd booed the Padres during the loss.
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Before going on the injured list, Corbin Burnes had allowed nine runs over 7 1/3 innings in his previous two starts. Manager Torey Lovullo said Burnes’ shoulder problem had been building for five days and that he could not figure out why his throwing program was not working.
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