Perdomo leads Padres past Diamondbacks
SAN DIEGO -- Right-hander Luis Perdomo took a shutout into the seventh inning and hit a run-scoring double, and fellow rookies Travis Jankowski and Alex Dickerson homered Sunday afternoon as the San Diego Padres defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-1 at Petco Park.
Patrick Kivlehan, the third rookie member of the Padres outfield, reached base in all four of his plate appearances Sunday and scored three runs. Kivlehan, who was 2-for-4 in his major-league debut Saturday night, was 2-for-2 with two walks Sunday, making him only the fourth player in franchise history to have multiple-hit games in his first two major-league games. The last Padre to reach base six time in his first two major-league games was Anthony Rizzo in 2011.
The Padres won three of the four games between the two teams, who entered the series tied for last in the National League West.
Perdomo, 23, allowed one unearned run on five hits and no walks over seven innings while striking out five in easily the best of his 14 starts this season. Perdomo improved to 6-7 while lowering his earned run average from 6.68 to 6.24.
Sunday marked the second time Perdomo went seven innings. It was only the third time in his 14 starts that he didn't walk a batter.
Jankowski gave Perdomo all the runs he needed with a two-run homer in the third off Arizona right-handed starter Braden Shipley (2-3), who allowed seven runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Kivlehan opened the bottom of the third with a single. With two outs, Jankowski drove a 1-1 pitch from Shipley 395 feet into the right-field stands for his second homer of the season -- and his first ever at Petco Park.
Perdomo had a hand in the Padres' production in the fifth when they widened their lead to 4-0.
Kivlehan drew a one-out walk and scored on Adam Rosales' triple to right-center. Perdomo then pulled a line drive into the left-field corner for a run-scoring double.
The Padres scored three more runs in the sixth.
Dickerson opened the inning by golfing a changeup from Shipley 394 feet into the right-field stands.
With one out, Christian Bethancourt singled and scored on a double by Brett Wallace. Kivlehan singled home Wallace.
A throwing error by Perdomo led to Arizona ending his shutout bid in the top of the seventh.
With one out, Phil Gosselin topped a ball between the mound and third. Perdomo threw wildly to first, allowing Gosselin to reach second. He scored on Brandon Drury's two-out single.
After Padres right-handed reliever Kevin Quackenbush struck out the side in the eighth, the Padres added two final runs.
Kivlehan drew a one-out walk and reached third on Rosales' double. Both scored on a two-run single by pinch-hitter Alexei Ramirez.
NOTES: Padres CF Jon Jay hit off the tee for the first time Sunday since going on the disabled list June 28 with a fractured right forearm. The Padres are hoping he will return during the first week of September after a rehab assignment. ... RF Jabari Blash missed a fifth straight start with a jammed ring finger on his right hand, leaving the Padres without a pure spare outfielder. ... Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt singled in the third inning Sunday to extend his streak of reaching base against the Padres to 12 games.