San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks Match Player Stats On Sep 16, 2022

Joe Musgrove pitched six scoreless innings and Luis Campusano hit the second homer of his career to cap a fourth-inning uprising against Zac Gallen on Saturday night as the visiting San Diego Padres defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2-0.

Gallen fell to 12-3 and had his eight-decision winning streak snapped for Arizona (68-77).

Musgrove (10-7), meanwhile, picked up only his second win since June 16.

The win kept the Padres (80-66) 1 1/2 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in the race for the third wild-card berth in the National League playoffs. Further, the Padres moved to within a game of the Phillies for the No. 2 position in the wild-card race.

Musgrove allowed four hits and no walks while striking out eight in his 95-pitch outing. Only one Diamondback reached third against Musgrove, who had streaks of retiring seven and six batters in succession.

Nick Martinez worked a perfect seventh and eighth.

In the ninth, Josh Hader gave up a one-out single but then was helped by a sliding catch by Juan Soto of a sinking liner by Christian Walker to right center. Hader retired pinch-hitter Ketel Marte on a fly to left to close out the five-hitter -- the Padres' 13th shutout of the season.

It was Hader's fourth save as a Padre and 33rd of the season.

Gallen allowed two runs on four hits and three walks, with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. The Padres drove up Gallen's pitch count early as they loaded the bases in the first on a single and two walks without scoring. Gallen threw 29 pitches in the first and 20 in the second.

Jake Cronenworth opened the Padres' fourth inning with a double, moved to third on Josh Bell's groundout and scored on Ha-Seong Kim's sacrifice fly to center to break up the scoreless tie.

Campusano, who had been ranked the Padres' top prospect earlier this season, then homered to left on a 1-and-1 pitch, reaching the first row in left center. The homer was Campusano's first since he homered in his Major League debut on Sept. 4, 2020.

--Field Level Media