Luis Arraez went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, a run and an RBI to assist the San Diego Padres submit a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night time within the opener of a pivotal three-game sequence at Phoenix.
Jackson Merrill and David Peralta every had two hits and one RBI as San Diego clinched the highest wild-card spot and No. 4 seed within the Nationwide League playoffs. The Padres (92-68) will host a yet-to-be decided opponent starting on Tuesday.
Arizona (88-72) misplaced for the fourth time in 5 video games and is a part of a three-way digital tie for the opposite two wild-card spots with the Atlanta Braves (87-71) and the New York Mets (87-71).
Arraez elevated his common to .314 as he makes an attempt to carry off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani for the NL batting title. Ohtani has a .309 common to go together with his league-leading totals in homers (54) and RBIs (130).
Corbin Carroll homered and Eugenio Suarez had two hits for the Diamondbacks.
San Diego’s Yu Darvish (7-3) gave up three runs and three hits over 5 1/3 innings. He struck out 4 and walked three.
Robert Suarez labored round a one-out stroll within the ninth for his thirty sixth save.
Arizona’s Merrill Kelly (5-1) allowed 5 runs and eight hits over 5 2/3 innings. He fanned eight and walked one.
Kelly was 9-3 in 15 profession begins in opposition to the Padres coming into the competition however was shortly roughed up for 4 runs and 4 hits within the first inning.
Manny Machado and Merrill had RBI singles earlier than Xander Bogaerts adopted with a grounder by which Merrill was compelled out at second, however second baseman Ketel Marte’s throw to first was wild and allowed Machado to attain.
Two batters later, Peralta stroked an RBI single to cap the outburst.
Within the backside of the primary, Carroll hit a leadoff homer. Later within the inning, Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s sacrifice fly pulled Arizona inside 4-2.
San Diego added a run within the fourth when Kyle Higashioka singled with two outs and scored on Arraez’s triple.
Arizona bought the run again within the sixth on Eugenio Suarez’s two-out RBI single.
–Area Degree Media
