Machado drives in four runs as Padres defeat Diamondbacks 9‑4

PHOENIX (Interstat) — Manny Machado drove in four runs and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Tuesday night at Chase Field.

Machado doubled home Fernando Tatis Jr. in the first inning and added run-scoring singles in the second and sixth. San Diego scored three runs in the first and three in the second to build a 6-0 lead. Jackson Merrill had two hits and drove in two runs. Xander Bogaerts had an RBI single in the first. Freddy Fermin doubled in a run in the seventh, and Jake Cronenworth singled in a run in the ninth.

Arizona scored all four of its runs in the seventh. Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer, and James McCann added a two-run homer.

Randy Vásquez (7-6) earned the win, and Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4) took the loss. San Diego improved to 59-55, while Arizona fell to 60-54. The Padres outhit the Diamondbacks 16-6. Attendance was 20,839, and the game lasted 2:46.