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Corbin Carroll and Josh Naylor homered and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Friday night to extend their winning streak to four games. With the win, the Diamondbacks improved to 35-34 and moved past .
After some early hiccups, the Diamondbacks played another quality all-around game, shutting out the Padres after the first inning for a victory.
Padres first. Fernando Tatis doubles to deep right field. Luis Arraez lines out to center field to Alek Thomas. Fernando Tatis scores. Throwing error by Alek Thomas. Manny Machado called out
The San Diego Padres are considered buyers as they are currently in a Wild Card spot and two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Dodgers' left fielder, who homered in the Dodgers' 5-2 victory Wednesday at Petco Park, praised the sold-out crowd of 45,481 following the series finale.
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Josh Naylor and Corbin Carroll homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Friday in Phoenix during the first meeting between the National League West rivals this season.
The San Diego Padres joined Major League Baseball as an expansion franchise in 1969. There was an expansion draft to select players from other organizations, but teams could protect 40 players — the equivalent of their entire MLB roster plus 15 prospects — and only the National League was involved.
ESPN MLB writer Bradford Doolittle linked Chicago White Sox All-Star center fielder Luis Robert Jr. to the San Diego Padres as a possible solution to their left