Bratt Fans 9 in 7 Innings for First Win as D-backs Rout Padres
The 23-year-old Canadian left one hit on the board in seven innings, and Ildemaro Vargas drove in four runs as Arizona beat San Diego 10-4 on Wednesday night.
PHOENIX — Mitch Bratt struck out nine and allowed one hit in seven innings for the first victory of his major league career, and Ildemaro Vargas drove in four runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 10-4 on Wednesday night.
Bratt (1-1) broke through in his sixth start in the majors, all of them this season. The 23-year-old Canadian set career highs for innings, strikeouts and fewest hits allowed.
Arizona has won 16 of its last 23 games and holds the second wild-card spot in the National League.
Gabriel Moreno opened the scoring in the third with a sacrifice fly. Four pitches later, Tim Tawa drove a 414-foot shot to left-center for his sixth home run of the year.
Lars Nootbaar, acquired at the trade deadline, collected his first hit and RBI as a Diamondback to begin a six-run fourth inning. Corbin Carroll added an RBI single, and Moreno walked with the bases loaded to end Casey Mize's first start as a Padre.
Mize (4-7) allowed eight runs on nine hits, walking three and striking out one.
Tawa added a sacrifice fly in the same inning and Vargas doubled home two runs before San Diego escaped. Vargas later tripled in two more in the eighth to push the lead to 10.
The Padres got one run back in the ninth on Fernando Tatis Jr.'s solo home run, and Gage Workman followed with a three-run double. Paul Sewald recorded the final out after Kevin Ginkel allowed two hits and two walks.
Padres right-hander Walker Buehler (6-5, 5.18 ERA) was set to face left-hander Kohl Drake (0-0, 4.85) in the final game of the series Thursday.
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