05/11/2024

Padres on deck: Home for D-backs to start final homestand before All-Star break

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Padres on deck: Home for D-backs to start final homestand before All-Star break

Previewing the Padres’ three-game series at Petco Park vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks: 6:40 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 1:10 p.m. Sunday

Previewing the Padres’ three-game series at Petco Park vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks: 6:40 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 1:10 p.m. Sunday

In the standings

Arizona Diamondbacks (43-44, 3rd in NL West)

The D-backs took two of three at Dodger Stadium and have won four of their last six games to move without 2½-games of the Cardinals in their push for at least the NL’s third wild-card. Over those last six games, the team has a .920 OPS, led by 1B Christian Walker blasting five home runs over the last week. Arizona is 21-23 on the road. They’ve scored as many runs as they’ve allowed this season. Arizona ranks fifth in on-base percentage, but 29th in ERA (4.64) and 23rd in bullpen ERA (4.38).

San Diego Padres (48-43, 2nd in NL West)

The Padres went 4-2 on their road trip through Boston and Texas and have won seven of their last 10 games to move 6½ games within the Dodgers in the division and two games of the Braves, the NL’s top wild-card team. The Padres rank 12th with a plus-31 run differential. They’ve won four of their first seven meetings against Arizona, outscoring the Diamondbacks 53-30 in the process.

Clubhouse leaders

  • OPS: D-backs – DH Joc Pederson (.897), 1B Christian Walker (.871), 2B Ketel Marte (.869); Padres – OF Jurickson Profar (.893), OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (.822), OF Jackson Merrill (.774).
  • Homers: D-backs – Walker (22), Marte (17), Pederson (12), OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (12); Padres – Tatis (14), 1B Jake Cronenworth (12), Merrill (12), Profar (12).
  • RBIs: D-backs – Walker (62), Gurriel (53), Marte (51); Padres – Profar (56), Cronenworth (53), 3B Manny Machado (47).
  • Steals: D-backs – OF Corbin Carroll (15), OF Jake McCarthy (13), Marte (4), Pederson (4); Padres – SS Ha-Seong Kim (17), Merrill (10), Tatis (8).
  • Saves: D-backs – RHP Paul Sewald (11-for-12, 1.56 ERA), RHP Kevin Ginkel (5-for-9, 2.80 ERA); Padres – RHP Robert Suarez (22-for-23, 1.02 ERA).
  • Appearances: D-backs – LHP Joe Mantiply (39, 4.13 ERA), Ginkel (36), RHP Bryce Jarvis (35, 3.44 ERA); Padres – LHP Yuki Matsui (40, 3.38 ERA), RHP Enyel De Los Santos (38, 3.67 ERA), LHP Wandy Peralta (38, 3.94 ERA).

 

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Slade Cecconi throws against the Oakland Athletics during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 28, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Slade Cecconi throws against the Oakland Athletics during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 28, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Pitching matchups

Friday

D-backs RHP Slade Cecconi (2-6, 5.81 ERA)   |   The 25-year-old has allowed nine runs in 8⅔ innings on 12 hits and three walks in two starts this year against the Padres. Both Jake Cronenworth and Kyle Higashioka have homers off Cecconi, who has a 3.35 ERA in 40⅓ innings on the road and a 11.65 ERA in 17 innings at home.

Padres RHP Randy Vásquez (2-4, 4.88 ERA)   |   He’s making his first start since a comebacker off his elbow knocked him out of a game in Boston on June 28 after 4⅓ innings of one-run ball. Vásquez allowed three runs in 6⅔ innings in a start against the Diamondbacks at Petco Park last month.

Saturday

D-backs RHP Brandon Pfaadt (3-6, 4.28 ERA)   |   He’s making fifth career start against the Padres and third this year. The D-backs have lost the first two this season as Pfaadt has a 6.35 ERA over 11⅓ innings. He’s coming off striking out eight over six innings of one-run ball.

Padres RHP Matt Waldron (5-7, 3.56 ERA)   |   The four runs that he allowed in his last start were his most since allowing eight runs in three innings against the D-backs on May 5, a 10-start stretch in which he has a 2.26 ERA. The 4⅓ innings in that Sunday start was also his shortest in that stretch. Waldron allowed the D-backs one run in six innings in his last meeting in a win.

Sunday

D-backs RHP Ryne Nelson (5-6, 5.42 ERA)   |   He served as a bulk reliever against the Dodgers in his last appearance, allowing a run over five innings. Nelson has a 6.95 ERA in seven career starts against the Padres, which includes allowing nine earned runs in 8⅓ innings in two starts this year. Jake Cronenworth, Manny Machado, Ha-Seong Kim and Jackson Merrill all have homers off Nelson.

Padres RHP Dylan Cease (7-7, 4.24 ERA)   |   He tied a season low with 3 ⅔ innings in a loss in Texas to start the week, allowing two home runs and six runs. Cease has a 3.66 ERA in eight starts at Petco Park. He beat the Diamondbacks with eight strikeouts over 6 ⅔ innings of one-run ball in May.

 

Training room

Arizona   |   LHP Jordan Montgomery missed his last start with knee inflammation and has since been placed on the injured list. RHP Zac Gallen is back with the big-league team, but Arizona’s rotation is still without RHP Merrill Kelly (shoulder) and LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (lat). The staff as a whole is also missing LHP Kyle Nelson (thoracic outlet syndrome), RHP Drey Jameson (Tommy John), LHP Blake Walston (elbow) and RHP Miguel Castro (shoulder).

San Diego   |   2B Xander Bogaerts (shoulder) began a minor league rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A El Paso, while C Luis Campusano (thumb) could return from his rehab assignment with low Single-A Lake Elsinore as soon as Friday. LHP Tom Cosgrove is on the 15-day injured list with elbow inflammation. RF Fernando Tatis Jr. (quad) remains without a timetable, while RHPs Yu Darvish (elbow) and Joe Musgrove (elbow) are at least playing catch.

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