Owings hits two HRs in D-backs victory
PHOENIX -- Chris Owings hit a pair of homers, and pitcher Taijuan Walker kept San Diego in check as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Padres 6-2 on Thursday night.
Owings hit solo homers in consecutive at-bats. His shot in the third inning tied the game 1-1, and his next in the fourth made it 4-1. In between, Yasmany Tomas hit a two-run blast in the fourth.
Walker matched a career high with 11 strikeouts while allowing two runs and four hits in eight innings. J.J. Hoover pitched a scoreless ninth for the D-backs.
The Diamondbacks (15-9) took a half-game lead over the Colorado Rockies, losers at home Thursday to Washington.
The Padres' Jered Weaver (0-2) gave up five runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out one and allowed three homers.
Ryan Schimpf, who hit a dramatic, game-winning, ninth-inning homer Wednesday night, hit a solo homer in the seventh.
The Padres opened the scoring in the first. With two out and nobody on, Wil Myers doubled to left and Yangervis Solarte drove him home with a single to right.
The Diamondbacks tied the game 1-1 when Owings cracked a line-drive home run over the left-field wall to lead off the bottom of the third.
In the fourth, Paul Goldschmidt led off with a walk, then -- with one out -- Tomas lofted a fly ball to right that cleared the wall for his fifth home run to make it 3-1. With two out, Owings hit a high fly to left that landed inside the foul pole.
NOTES: Diamondbacks RHP Shelby Miller has a flexor strain and a partial UCL tear in his right (pitching) elbow. He and the team will have to decide in the coming days whether he will undergo season-ending surgery or try rehab. ... Arizona RHP Archie Bradley, who has excelled in the bullpen this season, will be considered to fill Miller's spot in the rotation, manager Torey Lovullo said. ... The D-backs recalled LHP T.J. McFarland to fill a gap in the bullpen. They optioned RHP Zach Godley, who started the Wednesday game, to Triple-A Reno. ... Arizona 2B Brandon Drury, who collided with Padres RHP Trevor Cahill on Wednesday, sat out Thursday but should be OK to play Friday against the visiting Colorado Rockies. ... Padres C Christian Bethancourt, who was sent to Triple-A El Paso, will continue to try to pitch, manager Andy Green said. ... San Diego opens a weekend series at San Francisco on Friday.