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Gallen beats the Padres again, Pham and Moreno homer in the Diamondbacks' 3-1 victory

SAN DIEGO (AP) Top NL Cy Young Award contender Zac Gallen beat the San Diego Padres for the second straight start and Tommy Pham and Gabriel Moreno homered to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-1 victory Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series between teams trying to keep their wild-card hopes from slipping away.

Each team had just three hits. The Diamondbacks won their third straight and the Padres lost for the eighth time in 11 games.

Gallen (13-5) held the Padres to one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings while striking out three and walking one. The right-hander beat the Padres 3-0 in his previous start Saturday in Phoenix, throwing six innings of four-hit ball with eight strikeouts.

Rookie reliever Justin Martinez, pitching in just his fifth game, earned a four-out save, his first. He walked two in the ninth before punching out Jake Cronenworth to end it.

“A beautiful experience just to have the opportunity, right, and that it actually happened is a blessing,” Martinez said through an interpreter.

Martinez was recalled from Triple-A Reno earlier in the day after a tough series at Colorado taxed the Diamondbacks' bullpen.

“I'm really proud of him,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “Look, he got on a plane this morning in Reno and got here very, very early and his world was probably spinning super fast. As thin as we were in the bullpen, he had no idea what were looking to do with him tonight and he stepped up and did it and it was fun for us to watch.

“That was a pretty intense atmosphere. Our dugout erupted after that final strike was called,” Lovullo said. “We were all really excited for him. It was a good moment for this team. This team is playing good baseball. To be honest, we're gassed. I know this group is very tired coming out of the altitude in Colorado. This was a fatigued team today that went out there and won a baseball game and that's what I'm most proud of."

Arizona came into the night 1 1/2 games out of the third wild-card spot, while the Padres were 4 1/2 back. The Diamondbacks had been seven games above .500 on July 31 before losing nine straight games, including the opener of a three-game series against the Padres in Phoenix last weekend. They won the next two against the Padres and then took two of three at Colorado.

“We had taxed our bullpen pretty good the last couple of days so this was a game I knew I had to go as far as I possibly should,” Gallen said. “I didn't feel particularly sharp early. It was just trying to stay in counts, reduce some contact and get some outs.”

The Padres took two of three against the AL-leading Baltimore Orioles earlier this week but have failed to play up to the expectations that come with having baseball's third-highest payroll and making it to the NL Championship Series last fall.

Rich Hill (7-13), a 34-year-old lefty acquired from Pittsburgh at the trade deadline, lost his third straight start for the Padres. He retired the first 10 Diamondbacks batters before walking Corbin Carroll with one out in the fourth. Pham then drove the next pitch to center field, his 12th.

It was Pham's fifth homer against the Padres in 15 games since the start of the 2022 season. He was with the Padres in 2020-21.

Moreno sent a drive into the home run porch in the right field corner leading off the fifth, his fourth.

Hill allowed three runs and two hits in five innings.

The Padres broke through against Gallen in the fifth. Cronenworth sent a drive to deep center that bounced off Alek Thomas' glove as he and Pham, the left fielder, nearly collided. He scored on Trent Grisham’s single.

The top five in the Padres' order went 0 for 17.

STORM WATCH

With Hurricane Hilary moving up Mexico's Pacific coast, both teams are keeping an eye on the forecast for the weekend, particularly Sunday. “Sunday is the last time we'll play the Padres, so I think right now it's in Major League Baseball's hands as far as what buttons we can push and what buttons we can't push," Lovullo said. "We know the storm's coming ... and there's a chance we could get washed out. I think it's 50-50 right now.”

ROSTER MOVE

To make room for Martinez, the Diamondbacks optioned RHP Luis Frias to Reno.

UP NEXT

Diamondbacks RHP Brandon Pfaadt (0-6, 6.91 ERA) and Padres RHP Seth Lugo (4-6, 4.16) are scheduled to start Friday night.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Diamondbacks ARI62-60	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Padres SD58-64	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0

Petco ParkSan Diego, CA

W: Z. Gallen (13-5)L: R. Hill (7-13)S: J. Martinez (1)
HR: ARI - G. Moreno (7)

ARIDiamondbacks

SDPadres

.Z. GallenZac Gallen
P
6.1 IP, ER, BB, 3 SO, 100 P
.P. AvilaPedro Avila
P
4.0 IP, BB, 4 SO, 52 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
K. Lewis DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.178	.229	.289	.518	-1.0
C. Carroll RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.270	.352	.504	.855	1.5
T. Pham LF	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	.264	.341	.467	.808	6.5
C. Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.272	.347	.540	.886	-0.5
B. Kennedy 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	1.0
a- J. Peterson PH-3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.313	.312	.624	1.0
G. Moreno C	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	.268	.311	.370	.681	6.0
A. Thomas CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.234	.270	.407	.677	-0.5
N. Ahmed SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.265	.331	.597	1.5
G. Perdomo 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.367	.403	.770	0.0

HITTERS	AB
K. Lewis DH	4
C. Carroll RF	3
T. Pham LF	4
C. Walker 1B	4
B. Kennedy 3B	2
a- J. Peterson PH-3B	0
G. Moreno C	4
A. Thomas CF	3
N. Ahmed SS	3
G. Perdomo 2B	2

a-hit by pitch for Kennedy in the 9th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
H. Kim 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.281	.373	.440	.813	-0.5
F. Tatis RF	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.268	.327	.471	.797	2.0
J. Soto LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.263	.404	.495	.900	0.0
M. Machado DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.249	.313	.444	.757	-1.0
X. Bogaerts SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.270	.345	.397	.742	1.0
J. Cronenworth 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	.231	.316	.388	.704	2.0
L. Campusano C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.305	.326	.488	.813	0.0
G. Cooper 1B	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.254	.296	.431	.727	1.0
T. Grisham CF	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	.212	.317	.381	.698	1.0

HITTERS	AB
H. Kim 3B	4
F. Tatis RF	2
J. Soto LF	4
M. Machado DH	4
X. Bogaerts SS	3
J. Cronenworth 2B	4
L. Campusano C	3
G. Cooper 1B	3
T. Grisham CF	3

2B - N. Ahmed (10)
HR - T. Pham (12), G. Moreno (4)
SH - G. Perdomo (10)
RBI - T. Pham 2 (46), G. Moreno (30)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Carroll

2B - J. Cronenworth (24), G. Cooper (14)
RBI - T. Grisham (40)
2-Out RBI - T. Grisham
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - H. Kim, J. Cronenworth

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
Z. Gallen (W, 13-5)	6.1	3	1	1	1	3	3.17	1.05	25.5
K. Nelson (H, 8)	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	3.00	1.20	5.5
J. Martinez (S, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	2	3	13.50	3.21	10.5

PITCHERS	IP
Z. Gallen (W, 13-5)	6.1
K. Nelson (H, 8)	1.1
J. Martinez (S, 1)	1.1

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
R. Hill (L, 7-13)	5.0	2	3	3	1	3	2	5.18	1.47	5.5
P. Avila	4.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.81	1.12	11.0

PITCHERS	IP
R. Hill (L, 7-13)	5.0
P. Avila	4.0

Pitches-Strikes - Z. Gallen 100-59, K. Nelson 16-12, J. Martinez 29-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Z. Gallen 3-7, J. Martinez 1-0
Batters Faced - Z. Gallen 23, K. Nelson 4, J. Martinez 6

Pitches-Strikes - R. Hill 56-38, P. Avila 52-35
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - R. Hill 5-7, P. Avila 8-0
Batters Faced - R. Hill 18, P. Avila 15

.Z. GallenZac Gallen
P
6.1 IP, ER, BB, 3 SO, 100 P
.P. AvilaPedro Avila
P
4.0 IP, BB, 4 SO, 52 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Diamondbacks ARI62-60	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Padres SD58-64	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0

Petco ParkSan Diego, CA

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
K. Lewis DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.178	.229	.289	.518	-1.0
C. Carroll RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.270	.352	.504	.855	1.5
T. Pham LF	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	.264	.341	.467	.808	6.5
C. Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.272	.347	.540	.886	-0.5
B. Kennedy 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	1.0
a- J. Peterson PH-3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.313	.312	.624	1.0
G. Moreno C	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	.268	.311	.370	.681	6.0
A. Thomas CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.234	.270	.407	.677	-0.5
N. Ahmed SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.265	.331	.597	1.5
G. Perdomo 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.367	.403	.770	0.0
Total	29	3	3	3	2	2	7	5	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
K. Lewis DH	4
C. Carroll RF	3
T. Pham LF	4
C. Walker 1B	4
B. Kennedy 3B	2
a- J. Peterson PH-3B	0
G. Moreno C	4
A. Thomas CF	3
N. Ahmed SS	3
G. Perdomo 2B	2
Total	29

a-hit by pitch for Kennedy in the 9th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
H. Kim 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.281	.373	.440	.813	-0.5
F. Tatis RF	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.268	.327	.471	.797	2.0
J. Soto LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.263	.404	.495	.900	0.0
M. Machado DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.249	.313	.444	.757	-1.0
X. Bogaerts SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.270	.345	.397	.742	1.0
J. Cronenworth 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	.231	.316	.388	.704	2.0
L. Campusano C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.305	.326	.488	.813	0.0
G. Cooper 1B	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.254	.296	.431	.727	1.0
T. Grisham CF	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	.212	.317	.381	.698	1.0
Total	30	1	3	1	3	9	12	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
H. Kim 3B	4
F. Tatis RF	2
J. Soto LF	4
M. Machado DH	4
X. Bogaerts SS	3
J. Cronenworth 2B	4
L. Campusano C	3
G. Cooper 1B	3
T. Grisham CF	3
Total	30

2B - N. Ahmed (10)
HR - T. Pham (12), G. Moreno (4)
SH - G. Perdomo (10)
RBI - T. Pham 2 (46), G. Moreno (30)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Carroll

2B - J. Cronenworth (24), G. Cooper (14)
RBI - T. Grisham (40)
2-Out RBI - T. Grisham
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - H. Kim, J. Cronenworth

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
Z. Gallen (W, 13-5)	6.1	3	1	1	1	3	3.17	1.05	25.5
K. Nelson (H, 8)	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	3.00	1.20	5.5
J. Martinez (S, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	2	3	13.50	3.21	10.5
Total	9.0	3	1	1	3	9	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
Z. Gallen (W, 13-5)	6.1
K. Nelson (H, 8)	1.1
J. Martinez (S, 1)	1.1
Total	9.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
R. Hill (L, 7-13)	5.0	2	3	3	1	3	2	5.18	1.47	5.5
P. Avila	4.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.81	1.12	11.0
Total	9.0	3	3	3	2	7	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
R. Hill (L, 7-13)	5.0
P. Avila	4.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - Z. Gallen 100-59, K. Nelson 16-12, J. Martinez 29-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Z. Gallen 3-7, J. Martinez 1-0
Batters Faced - Z. Gallen 23, K. Nelson 4, J. Martinez 6

Pitches-Strikes - R. Hill 56-38, P. Avila 52-35
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - R. Hill 5-7, P. Avila 8-0
Batters Faced - R. Hill 18, P. Avila 15

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

4TH INNING
Pham homered to center, Carroll scored 2 0
5TH INNING
Moreno homered to right 3 0
Grisham singled to right, Cronenworth scored 3 1

4TH INNING
	Pham homered to center, Carroll scored	2	0

5TH INNING
	Moreno homered to right	3	0
	Grisham singled to right, Cronenworth scored	3	1

1ST INNING
Diamondbacks
R. Hill Pitching:
K. Lewis: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Lewis struck out swinging
C. Carroll: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Carroll lined out to right
T. Pham: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Pham grounded out to second
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Padres
Z. Gallen Pitching:
H. Kim: Foul, Ball, Kim lined out to left
F. Tatis: Strike looking, Ball, Tatis flied out to deep center
J. Soto: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Soto flied out to deep left
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Diamondbacks
R. Hill Pitching:
C. Walker: Ball, Ball, Walker flied out to right
B. Kennedy: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Kennedy grounded out to second
G. Moreno: Ball, Foul, Moreno lined out to center
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Padres
Z. Gallen Pitching:
M. Machado: Ball, Ball, Foul, Machado flied out to deep right
X. Bogaerts: Strike looking, Foul, Bogaerts popped out to third
J. Cronenworth: Ball, Cronenworth grounded out to first
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Diamondbacks
R. Hill Pitching:
A. Thomas: Ball, Strike looking, Thomas flied out to right
N. Ahmed: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ahmed struck out swinging
G. Perdomo: Perdomo flied out to deep right
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Padres
Z. Gallen Pitching:
L. Campusano: Strike looking, Ball, Campusano grounded out to shortstop
G. Cooper: Cooper doubled to deep left
T. Grisham: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Grisham struck out swinging
H. Kim: Ball, Foul, Ball, Kim flied out to deep left
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Diamondbacks
R. Hill Pitching:
K. Lewis: Strike looking, Lewis grounded out to third
C. Carroll: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Carroll walked
T. Pham: Pham homered to center, Carroll scored
C. Walker: Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Walker flied out to deep center
B. Kennedy: Kennedy flied out to right
Middle of the 4th (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Padres
Z. Gallen Pitching:
F. Tatis: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Tatis walked
J. Soto: Strike looking, Soto lined out to center
M. Machado: Strike (foul tip), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike looking, Machado struck out looking
X. Bogaerts: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Bogaerts lined out to left
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Diamondbacks
R. Hill Pitching:
G. Moreno: Moreno homered to right
A. Thomas: Foul, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Thomas struck out swinging
N. Ahmed: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ahmed grounded out to second
G. Perdomo: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Perdomo grounded out to second
Middle of the 5th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Padres
Z. Gallen Pitching:
J. Cronenworth: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Cronenworth doubled to left center
L. Campusano: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Campusano lined out to left
G. Cooper: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Cooper struck out looking
T. Grisham: Ball, Strike looking, Grisham singled to right, Cronenworth scored
H. Kim: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Kim lined out to right
End of the 5th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Diamondbacks
Pedro Avila relieved Rich Hill
K. Lewis: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul tip, Lewis struck out on foul tip
C. Carroll: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Carroll grounded out to second
T. Pham: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Pham struck out swinging
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Padres
Z. Gallen Pitching:
F. Tatis: Ball, Ball, Foul, Tatis flied out to deep right
J. Soto: Strike looking, Ball, Soto grounded out to shortstop
M. Machado: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Machado flied out to deep center
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Diamondbacks
P. Avila Pitching:
C. Walker: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Walker struck out swinging
B. Kennedy: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Kennedy walked
G. Moreno: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Moreno reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Kennedy out at second
A. Thomas: Foul, Ball, Thomas grounded out to first
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Padres
Z. Gallen Pitching:
X. Bogaerts: Ball, Ball, Bogaerts lined out to shortstop
Kyle Nelson relieved Zac Gallen
J. Cronenworth: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Cronenworth struck out looking
L. Campusano: Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Campusano lined out to left
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Diamondbacks
P. Avila Pitching:
N. Ahmed: Strike looking, Ahmed doubled to right
G. Perdomo: Strike (foul tip), Perdomo hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Ahmed to third
K. Lewis: Ball, Lewis grounded out to second
C. Carroll: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Carroll struck out looking
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Padres
K. Nelson Pitching:
G. Cooper: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Cooper struck out swinging
T. Grisham: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Grisham struck out swinging
Justin Martinez relieved Kyle Nelson
H. Kim: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Kim struck out looking
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Diamondbacks
P. Avila Pitching:
T. Pham: Ball, Ball, Pham grounded out to shortstop
C. Walker: Strike swinging, Walker grounded out to third
Jace Peterson hit for Buddy Kennedy
J. Peterson: Ball, Peterson hit by pitch
G. Moreno: Foul, Moreno grounded out to third
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Padres
Jace Peterson at third base
F. Tatis: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Tatis walked
J. Soto: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Soto reached on fielder's choice to second, Tatis out at second
M. Machado: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike looking, Machado struck out looking
X. Bogaerts: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Bogaerts walked, Soto to second
J. Cronenworth: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Cronenworth struck out looking
End of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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