Wood leads Padres past Diamondbacks
SAN DIEGO -- Travis Wood gave up only a pair of A.J. Pollock solo homers over six innings and added a two-run, two-out single in the third inning Tuesday night, leading the San Diego Padres to a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park.
The win was the Padres' second straight over Arizona and the fourth win in the last five games against the Diamondbacks. Arizona's lead over the Colorado Rockies for the first National League wild card remains 4 1/2 games.
Wood (3-3) gave up three hits and two walks with three strikeouts his 10th start as a Padre.
San Diego relievers Phil Maton and Buddy Baumann each struck out one in a perfect inning following Wood. Pollock opened the ninth with his third hit, a double off Jose Torres, who then retired the next three Diamondbacks to complete the four-hitter.
Right-hander Zack Godley (8-8) took the loss after giving up five runs on eight hits in five innings. He finished with three walks and six strikeouts.
Pollock wasted no time giving the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead. The leadoff hitter, who went 3-for-3, lined the fifth pitch from Wood 422 feet for his second game-opening homer of the season.
The Padres responded with two runs in the first and a total of five unanswered runs before the Diamondbacks scored with one out in the sixth as Pollock hit his second homer of the game and 12th of the season.
Manuel Margot, Carlos Asuaje and Wil Myers opened the bottom of the first with singles, Myers' drive off the wall in left plating Margot. Asuaje then scored on Yangervis Solarte's sacrifice fly to center to make it 2-1.
Myers, who likely cost the Padres a run in the first by not reaching second on his drive off the wall, hustled his way to a run while leading off the Padres' three-run third.
The first baseman legged a short single to right into a double, then scored on Solarte's single to left. Cory Spangenberg followed with a single and both he and Solarte advanced when Travis Jankowski struck out on a wild pitch.
Wood then got into a battle with Godley, fouling off four pitches to work a full-count with the bases loaded. On the eighth pitch of the at-bat, Wood lined a two-run single to left.
The Padres answered Pollock's second homer with a run in the bottom of the sixth. Margot drew a one-out walk, moved to second on a wild pitch by reliever Jake Barrett and scored on Asuaje's second single of the game.
Margot, Asuaje and Myers -- the top three hitters in the San Diego order -- all had three hits.
NOTES: The injured fingers on the left hand of Jose Pirela kept the fielder out of his seventh straight start Tuesday. San Diego manager Andy Green said Pirela could be shut down for the rest of the season if the situation doesn't improve soon. Pirela hit in the indoor cages Tuesday. ... OF Travis Jankowski made his first start for the Padres since April 22 on Tuesday. That was the night he fractured a bone in his right foot. After a lengthy stint on the disabled list, Jankowski finished the Pacific Coast League season with Triple-A El Paso. ... Arizona LF David Peralta didn't play Tuesday after leaving Monday night's game with a tight quad. He was available to pinch-hit and is expected to be back in the lineup Wednesday. ... SS Chris Owings could rejoin the Diamondbacks for the season-ending series against the Royals. Owings, who has been on the disabled list since July 31 with a fractured right middle finger, will be re-examined on Friday.