Arizona answers once
Arizona’s offense produced its only run in the third inning Friday, and San Diego’s bullpen kept the Diamondbacks from adding on in a 5-1 Padres win at Chase Field in Phoenix.
Moreno singled to right in the bottom of the third to score Carroll, cutting San Diego’s lead to 3-1. That was Arizona’s lone scoring play in a game that had no home runs.
The Diamondbacks finished the game with a 61-55 record. San Diego moved to 60-56.
Padres build the lead
San Diego went ahead in the top of the first. Machado grounded into a double play from shortstop to second to first, with Tatis Jr. scoring and Rengifo out at second for a 1-0 Padres lead.
The Padres added two runs in the top of the third. Machado grounded out to shortstop, scoring Cronenworth while Rengifo moved to second and Tatis Jr. moved to third. France then hit a sacrifice fly to right, bringing in Tatis Jr. and sending Rengifo to third. That made it 3-0 before Arizona answered in the bottom half on Moreno’s single.
San Diego extended the margin in the sixth when Fermin singled to center, scoring Merrill and moving Bogaerts to second. In the seventh, Merrill singled to right to score Machado, pushing the Padres’ lead to 5-1.