San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks
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Pfaadt, Tawa lead Diamondbacks past Padres 5-1 in NL wild-card position matchup
The victory moved the Diamondbacks two games ahead of San Diego in the NL wild-card race. Arizona (60-53) is tied with Philadelphia for the final playoff spots.
Tawa’s three-run homer in the fourth over the Arizona bullpen in left field put the Diamondbacks ahead to stay. Ketel Marte drew a walk from Michael King leading off the inning and, one out later, Adrian Del Castillo singled. Tawa, who had three of the Diamondbacks' nine hits, followed with his fifth homer of the season.
James McCann's RBI double and Jorge Barrosa's sacrifice fly against Wandy Peralta in the eighth added to the Arizona lead.
Pfaadt (6-1) went 6 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and one unearned run. He walked one and struck out three. Since returning from the minor leagues on June 30, Pfaadt is 6-0 with a 1.55 ERA.
Juan Morillo got four outs for Arizona and Brandyn García pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.
King (6-8) labored through five-plus innings, throwing 31 pitches in the first inning and 104 pitches overall. He gave up five hits, walked four and struck out five.
Diamondbacks left fielder Max Kepler’s leaping catch took a home run away from Jake Cronenworth to end the Padres' sixth.
Arizona is 14-6 in its last 20 games. San Diego had won eight of its previous nine.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Rengifo grounded out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Merrill popped out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | France flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Garcia relieved Morillo |
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8th Inning | Carroll grounded out to shortstop. |
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8th Inning | Barrosa hit sacrifice fly to center, Tawa scored, McCann to third. |
Statistics
 SD |
 ARI |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 11 | Ground Balls | 13 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 0 | Runs Batted In | 5 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 1 |
| 6 | Hits | 9 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 1 | Walks | 5 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 1 | Runs | 5 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 32 | At Bats | 30 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 10 | Runners Left On Base | 15 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 1 |
| 16 | Fly Balls | 12 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 120 | Pitches | 158 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 7 | Total Bases | 13 |
| 33 | Plate Appearances | 37 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 1 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 0.7 | Runs Created | 5.3 |
| .188 | Batting Average | .300 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .219 | Slugging Percentage | .433 |
| .063 | Secondary Average | .300 |
| .212 | On Base Percentage | .389 |
| .431 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .822 |
| 0.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.1 |
| 0.7 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 5.9 |
| 10.0 | Batter Rating | 34.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 30.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.64 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.27 |
| .031 | Isolated Power | .133 |
| 0.20 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.71 |
| .030 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .135 |
| -.125 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .000 |
| 1.0 | Runs Produced | 10.0 |
| 0.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.2 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 65.5 | MLB Rating | 85.8 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 22,008 | Capacity:
2026 National League West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Los Angeles |
- | 61 | L1 | 0.613924 | 97 |
| San Diego |
9 | 70 | W1 | 0.556962 | 88 |
| Arizona |
13 | 74 | W4 | 0.5316456 | 84 |
 San Francisco |
32.5 | 94 | L2 | 0.40880504 | 65 |
 Colorado |
40 | 101 | L3 | 0.3607595 | 57 |