PHOENIX (AP) — Yu Darvish pitched effectively into the sixth inning before leaving with an apparent injury, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 on Sunday.
Darvish (1-2) had the Diamondbacks beating balls into the ground most of the afternoon, allowing two hits in 5 2/3 innings. He left two pitches into an at-bat by Pavin Smith after San Diego's trainer checked on his right leg.
Matt Carpenter homered for San Diego and drove in five runs. Jake Cronenworth had two hits, scored twice and drove in two runs.
The Padres scored three runs in the first inning off Drew Jameson (2-1). Carpenter hit a two-run double in the first, a solo homer in the fifth and a run-scoring double in the seventh that gave the Padres a 7-1 lead. He also had a sacrifice fly in the third.
Arizona rallied after Darvish left.
Alek Thomas and Nick Ahmed hit consecutive homers off Brent Honeywell in the seventh. Corbin Carroll scored on a groundout and Jake McCarthy followed with a solo homer off Tim Hill to pull the Diamondbacks within 7-5 in the eighth.
Josh Hader worked a perfect ninth inning for his eighth save in as many chances.
Darvish struck out 12 in seven innings against Milwaukee in his last start, but took the loss when he got no runs of support.
San Diego gave Darvish a lead before he even took the mound on Sunday. The Padres hit Jameson hard from the start, scoring in the first on Cronenworth's sacrifice fly and Carpenter's double to the base of the wall in center.
That was it for Jameson, who allowed three hits and walked three in the 43-pitch first inning.
Darvish didn't allow a hit until Ketel Marte's leadoff triple in the fourth inning. Evan Longoria followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1, but Padres third baseman Manny Machado prevented another run from scoring with a diving catch on Smith's liner.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Diamondbacks: 2B Christian Walker was out of the lineup after being hit by a pitch on the left forearm against the Padres on Saturday night.
Padres: LHP Drew Pomeranz is expected to make one more rehab start before the Padres look at activating him. He hasn't pitched in the majors since elbow surgery in 2021.
UP NEXT
Padres: San Diego gets its first off day since April 5 on Monday before LHP Blake Snell (0-3, 6.00 ERA) opens a three-game series at the Chicago Cubs.
Diamondbacks: LHP Tommy Henry will make his first start of the season Monday against Kansas City. He held Milwaukee to a run in 6 1/3 innings his last start on Oct. 2.
