Lamb, Greinke power Diamondbacks past Padres
The Sports Xchange
Jun 8, 2017
PHOENIX -- Jake Lamb hit a three-run homer to take over the major league RBI lead, and Zack Greinke earned his eighth win in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday at Chase Field.
Lamb and Brandon Drury homered in a five-run third inning.
Greinke (8-3) scattered seven hits in five innings while moving into a tie for the National League lead in victories. He yielded three runs, struck out eight and walked one.
Lamb has 53 RBIs, seven in the last two games, as the Diamondbacks (36-25) won for the fifth time in eight games.
Yangervis Solarte had two hits, including his fifth homer, for the Padres (23-37). San Diego has lost four in a row after a five-game winning streak.
Chris Owings hit a sacrifice fly to cap Arizona's two-run seventh inning for a 7-3 lead before Jose Pirela singled home a run in the eighth.
Fernando Rodney pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 15th save.
Solarte homered as the second batter of the game for a 1-0 lead. In the third, he flipped an RBI single into left field after right fielder David Peralta misplayed Franchy Cordero's fly ball into a triple.
Solarte entered the game as a career .336 hitter at Chase Field.
Padres right-hander Luis Perdomo walked two batters with two outs in the third before Lamb's three-run homer, his 15th home run of the season and the Diamondbacks' first hit of the game.
After Owings beat out an infield single down the third base line, Drury hit his fifth homer of the season for a 5-2 lead.
Cordero singled in a run to make it 5-3 in the fifth.
Perdomo gave up five hits, five runs and four walks in four innings. He struck out one.
NOTES: Arizona RHP Taijuan Walker (blister) threw a 64-pitch simulated game at the Diamondbacks' training facility Wednesday. The blister was covered, and the Diamondbacks have not projected when Walker could return to the rotation. ... San Diego OF Hunter Renfroe has 13 homers, the second most by a Padres rookie before the All-Star break. 1B Nate Colbert had 14 in 1969. ... Arizona C Chris Herrmann (hand) did not play Wednesday after being removed from the Tuesday game in the fifth inning, but manager Torey Lovullo said the injury was not serious.
Jun 8, 2017
PHOENIX -- Jake Lamb hit a three-run homer to take over the major league RBI lead, and Zack Greinke earned his eighth win in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday at Chase Field.
Lamb and Brandon Drury homered in a five-run third inning.
Greinke (8-3) scattered seven hits in five innings while moving into a tie for the National League lead in victories. He yielded three runs, struck out eight and walked one.
Lamb has 53 RBIs, seven in the last two games, as the Diamondbacks (36-25) won for the fifth time in eight games.
Yangervis Solarte had two hits, including his fifth homer, for the Padres (23-37). San Diego has lost four in a row after a five-game winning streak.
Chris Owings hit a sacrifice fly to cap Arizona's two-run seventh inning for a 7-3 lead before Jose Pirela singled home a run in the eighth.
Fernando Rodney pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 15th save.
Solarte homered as the second batter of the game for a 1-0 lead. In the third, he flipped an RBI single into left field after right fielder David Peralta misplayed Franchy Cordero's fly ball into a triple.
Solarte entered the game as a career .336 hitter at Chase Field.
Padres right-hander Luis Perdomo walked two batters with two outs in the third before Lamb's three-run homer, his 15th home run of the season and the Diamondbacks' first hit of the game.
After Owings beat out an infield single down the third base line, Drury hit his fifth homer of the season for a 5-2 lead.
Cordero singled in a run to make it 5-3 in the fifth.
Perdomo gave up five hits, five runs and four walks in four innings. He struck out one.
NOTES: Arizona RHP Taijuan Walker (blister) threw a 64-pitch simulated game at the Diamondbacks' training facility Wednesday. The blister was covered, and the Diamondbacks have not projected when Walker could return to the rotation. ... San Diego OF Hunter Renfroe has 13 homers, the second most by a Padres rookie before the All-Star break. 1B Nate Colbert had 14 in 1969. ... Arizona C Chris Herrmann (hand) did not play Wednesday after being removed from the Tuesday game in the fifth inning, but manager Torey Lovullo said the injury was not serious.
