SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — The San Diego Padres defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Sunday afternoon at PETCO Park. San Diego improved to 91-71, while Arizona dropped to 87-76. Griffin Canning earned the win in relief, moving to 5-9, and Justin Martinez took the loss, falling to 3-1. Randy Vásquez paced San Diego with six innings, one earned run and two strikeouts. Freddy Fermin went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, Gavin Sheets homered, Austin Hays went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Ty France added two hits and an RBI. Michael Soroka allowed three earned runs over 4 2/3 innings with two walks and four strikeouts in the Arizona loss. Corbin Carroll had an RBI for the Diamondbacks. San Diego finished with 11 hits to Arizona’s eight before an announced crowd of 44,471. The Padres pulled away with a late burst after a close afternoon game. The game lasted 2 hours, 47 minutes.