San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score on Aug 12, 2021

Pavin Smith drove in four runs, David Peralta smacked a two-run homer and Carson Kelly and Josh Rojas added two RBIs apiece as the Arizona Diamondbacks rolled to a 12-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday night in Phoenix.

Rojas went 4-for-5 with a walk, Kelly was 4-for-5 and Smith finished 3-for-5 as Arizona halted a four-game losing streak. The win was just the third in the past 12 games for the Diamondbacks.

Arizona left-hander Caleb Smith (4-8) gave up one unearned run and four hits in 5 1/3 innings of relief. He struck out five and walked one.

Sean Poppen recorded the final out in the seventh, Joe Mantiply pitched the eighth and Jake Faria worked the ninth.

Jake Cronenworth had three hits for San Diego, which lost its second straight game.

Padres right-hander Yu Darvish (7-7) allowed five runs, six hits, one walk and struck out four in 2 2/3 innings before being pulled due to lower-back tightness. Darvish is 0-5 over his past eight starts.

Arizona scored five runs off Darvish in the third inning. Pavin Smith knocked in the first two on a one-out double to right and scored the third on Kelly's single to right.

Peralta followed with a 418-foot blast into the pool area in right-center to make it 5-0. It was his sixth homer of the season.

One out later, Darvish came up ailing after a pitch to Josh VanMeter. Padres manager Jayce Tingler and a trainer rushed to the mound, and Darvish was pulled after a short conversation.

Matt Strahm replaced Darvish and he gave up three runs and four hits in the fourth inning. Pavin Smith dropped a two-run bloop single into left with one out, and Kelly followed with a run-scoring double off the left field wall to make it 8-2.

The Diamondbacks led by five when they loaded the bases in the seventh on two walk and a hit batter against Austin Adams. Craig Stammen entered with two outs and yielded Rojas' two-run single that boosted the lead to 10-3.

Arizona added two in the eighth on VanMeter's RBI single and Jake Hager's bases-loaded walk against Tim Hill.

The Diamondbacks scratched Taylor Widener (cold-like symptoms) prior to the game and placed him on the injured list, with fellow right-hander Matt Peacock starting in his place. San Diego wasted no time scoring in the first inning with the runs crossing on Adam Frazier's triple and Cronenworth's one-out single.

--Field Level Media