Rosales, Padres pass Diamondbacks in NL West
SAN DIEGO -- Adam Rosales drove in four runs with a pair of sacrifice flies and a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth inning Tuesday night to lead the Padres to a 5-2, rain-delayed victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park.
The Padres' second straight win over Arizona moved them into sole possession of fourth place in the National League West.
Both teams finished with four hits. The Padres' four hits were Rosales’ homer, two doubles by Alex Dickerson and Wil Myers’ double. Paul Goldschmidt had two of Arizona’s four hits, including a tying two-run homer in the sixth. Yasmany Tomas had two doubles for the Diamondbacks.
Left-handed reliever Keith Hessler (1-0) retired the only hitter he faced to pick up the win. Brandon Maurer got his second save in as many nights against the Diamondbacks and 12th in 14 chances this season.
Right-handed Arizona starter Archie Bradley gave up only two hits in five innings. Both were doubles by Padres left fielder Dickerson. And both resulted in runs that staked the Padres to a 2-0 lead after five innings.
Ryan Schimpf scored the Padres' first two runs after opening the second and fourth innings by reaching base in front of Dickerson's doubles.
In the second, Bradley hit Schimpf with a pitch. The rookie second baseman then raced home on Dickerson's double to the wall in left-center. In the fourth, Schimpf drew a leadoff walk, moved to third on Dickerson's double over the head of Arizona right fielder Yasmany Tomas and scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Rosales.
In both innings, Dickerson was on second with one out or none. Neither time did he advance.
Meanwhile, Padres starter Paul Clemens was cruising and should have gotten through six innings without allowing a run. The Diamondbacks didn't have a hit until Goldschmidt rifled a line drive past second baseman Rosales with two out in the fourth.
But, with two outs in the sixth, Padres shortstop Luis Sardinas fumbled a grounder by Chris Owings in front of second for an error. Three pitches later, Goldschmidt tied the game with a 418-foot rocket to center.
Schimpf opened the sixth with a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch as Dickerson struck out. Rosales then hit a 360-foot liner into the left-field stands off right-handed Diamondbacks reliever Zack Godley (4-4) to snap a 2-2 tie. The home run was Rosales' 11th of the season and second in three games.
The Padres' fifth run came in the eighth. Myers opened the inning with his 28th double to set the Padres' record with his 88th at Petco Park. Myers stole third (his 26th steal of the season) and scored on Rosales' second sacrifice fly to left.
Bradley allowed two runs on two hits, three walks and a hit batter in five innings. He struck out seven.
Clemens, in his longest outing in 10 starts for the Padres, allowed two unearned runs on three hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
NOTES: The start of the game was delayed 70 minutes by rain, marking only the seventh time in the 13-year history of Petco Park that there was any type of game delay (five rain delays, one rain suspension and one delay caused by a swarm of bees). There have been only two rainouts at Petco Park and 11 total rainouts in the 48-season history of the Padres. ... The Padres are expected to expand their major league roster Wednesday following El Paso's 3-1 loss to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees) in the Triple-A Championship Game in Memphis, Tenn. El Paso won the Pacific Coast League title.