Arizona Diamondbacks vs San Diego Padres Match Player Stats On May 20, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 21, 2017

SAN DIEGO -- For the second consecutive game, the Arizona Diamondbacks rode a huge first inning and excellent starting pitching to a rout of the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

A night after scoring eight runs in the first, the Diamondbacks got five in the opening inning on Saturday with the big hits being a two-run single by Paul Goldschmidt, an RBI double by Jake Lamb and a two-run homer by Chris Herrmann.

Meanwhile, left-hander Robbie Ray shut out the Padres on two singles and three walks over 7 2/3 innings in the Diamondbacks' 9-1 victory. Ray lowered his road ERA to 1.03.

David Peralta led the 12-hit Arizona attack with four singles -- two of which were lined to the left side, beating the Padres' shift. Herrmann, Lamb, Goldschmidt and Yasmany Tomas each had two RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who have outscored the Padres 19-2 in the first two games of the series and out-hit San Diego 30-8.

The top four hitters in the Diamondbacks' starting lineup -- Chris Owings, Peralta, Goldschmidt and Lamb -- were a combined 10-for-16 with eight runs and four RBIs. The quartet reached base 13 times.

Arizona (26-18) won its fifth straight and eighth in the past 10 games. The Padres (15-30) have lost five in a row and 13 of their past 16 games.

After the Diamondbacks scored five runs in the first, they added two in the second and one in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead for the second day in a row.

Owings and Peralta opened the game with back-to-back, first-pitch singles against Padres right-hander Luis Perdomo (0-1). After they both advanced a base on a wild pitch, the two scored on a single by Goldschmidt.

After Lamb doubled home Goldschmidt, Perdomo retired two straight Diamondbacks before Herrmann unloaded on a two-run, 413-foot homer to straightaway center.

Arizona's second-inning rally started with a two-out single by Peralta. Perdomo then hit Goldschmidt with a pitch and walked Lamb to load the bases ahead of a two-run single by Tomas.

The Diamondbacks opened the fourth with three straight singles by Peralta, Goldschmidt and Lamb to produce a run and end Perdomo's night.

It was the worst start of the season by the 2015 Rule 5 pick. He allowed a season-worst eight runs on 11 hits and a walk with two strikeouts in three-plus innings. His ERA shot up from 4.19 to 5.79.

Right-hander Jose Valdez, whom the Padres promoted from Triple-A El Paso earlier in the day after their bullpen worked 8 1/3 innings Friday night, worked his way out of the fourth without further damage and finished with three scoreless innings.

For the second straight game, the Padres broke up the Diamondbacks' shutout bid by scoring with two outs in the ninth, this time on Allen Cordoba's RBI infield single.

NOTES: The Padres placed RHP Jered Weaver on the 10-day disabled list due to left hip inflammation. The move came a day after Weaver allowed seven runs in five hits (two homers) and two walks in two-thirds of an inning. His ERA climbed from 6.05 to 7.44 on Friday. ... The Diamondbacks activated C Chris Iannetta from the seven-day concussion disabled list and optioned RHP Silvino Bracho to Triple-A Reno. ... The Diamondbacks traded RHP Enrique Burgos to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations. Burgos was designated for assignment on May 15. ... C Chris Herrmann's two-run homer in the opening inning Saturday was the major-league-leading 12th long ball in the first frame by the Diamondbacks this season.