San Diego put this one away before Arizona had a chance to settle in. The Padres scored three runs in the first inning and three more in the second, and though the Diamondbacks clawed back with four runs in the seventh, it wasn't enough. San Diego won 9-4.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Randy Vasquez was the story on the mound. The right-hander worked 6.0 innings, allowing 2 hits and 0 runs while striking out 1 and walking 1, improving to 7-6 on the season with a 4.19 ERA. He kept Arizona off the board completely during his outing, setting up the game long before the bullpen had to navigate a shaky finish.
The Padres' first-inning burst began with Machado doubling to left to score Tatis Jr. and put San Diego ahead 1-0, a lead the team never relinquished. Merrill followed with a single that brought home Machado, and Bogaerts singled in Merrill to make it 3-0 before the inning ended. San Diego kept rolling in the second, when Machado's single scored both Bowen and Tatis Jr., and Merrill added another RBI single to score Rengifo, pushing the score to 6-0. Machado finished 3-for-5 with 4 RBIs, and Merrill went 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.
Eduardo Rodriguez took the loss for Arizona, allowing 7 runs (5 earned) on 11 hits over 5.2 innings with 4 strikeouts and no walks, falling to 10-4 with a 2.71 ERA. Arizona's offense stayed quiet until the seventh, when Arenado homered to left center to make it 8-2, scoring Barrosa, and McCann followed with a two-run homer of his own to cut the deficit to 8-4. But San Diego's bullpen, which covered 3.0 innings and allowed 4 runs, held on, and Cronenworth's RBI single in the ninth scored Song to close out the 9-4 final.
San Diego improved to 59-55, snapping into a W1 streak, while Arizona fell to 60-54 with its L1 skid. Bogaerts, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI, sits at 395 career doubles, 400 within reach. McCann homered and drove in 2 runs while sitting at 991 career games, five short of 1,000.