Manny Machado dominated and Jackson Merrill struck in three points while the Padres de San Diego passed for the qualifying series of the National League with a rout of 12-4 of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
JP Sears (9-11) swirled 5 2/3 innings and launched a summit of 113 throws for the victory, granting two points on seven strokes and three goals on balls, with four stick withdrawals. San Diego (90-72) has consecutive seasons of 90 victories for the first time.
Brandon Pfaadt (13-9) was shaken for eight points (seven deserved) on six strokes in four and more rounds, not walking and taking up five. The Arizona (80-82) has lost its last five games of the year after being in a match of the last Joker point between Wednesday.
Ketel Marte led the match with a circuit, his 28th of the year, but it was one of the rare highlights of Diamondbacks. The Padres responded with five consecutive strokes to open the bottom of the first on the first 10 pfaadt throws.
Singles of Fernando Tatis Jr., Ryan O’Hearn and Machado equaled the match. Merrill doubled on the right for a race and Xander Bogaerts bordered a double left of two points, then scored two strikers later on the jake Cronenworth sacrifice fly.
Arizona obtained a race in its half of the third on the double game of Tim Tawa in the third, but Machado led half of the Channel of San Diego with its 27th circuit from the year to the left.
The Padres opened it in the fifth with three other points of PFAADT and the lifter Philip Abner. Merrill has lacé a double of two right -right points with the loaded bases, and Gavin leaves brought the other race on the field of choice of a defender field.
San Diego collected three other points with two withdrawals in the seventh. Cronenworth completed a simple RBI in the center left and Jose Iglesias reduced a double of two points on the line of the left field.
O’Hearn, Machado and Merrill each collected two of the 11 strokes of the Padres. They open the playoffs on Tuesday when they start a series of three games at the Chicago Cubs.
Arizona scored twice in the ninth on an error of exit by O’Hearn at the start. Geraldo Perdomo was credited with an RBI on the play, giving it a career summit of 100 for the year.
The Padres will open their Wild-Card NL series at the Best Of-Three Tuesday evening in Chicago against the Cubs.
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