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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-26 · by Bernie Wilson The Associated Press
Nolan Arenado and Geraldo Perdomo led the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 11-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night in San Diego. This win kept Arizona’s hopes alive for the final National League wild-card spot, as they remain one game behind the Philadelphia Phillies with two games left to play. Lars Nootbar and Jordan Lawlar also hit home runs for Arizona, while Brandon Pfaadt pitched 7 2/3 innings allowing four runs and nine hits. The Diamondbacks’ win prevented the Padres from clinching the No. 4 seed in the wild-card round.
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Story summary
On Friday night, Nolan Arenado hit one of three home runs for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they beat the San Diego Padres 11-4. Geraldo Perdomo contributed four RBIs in the victory, keeping San Diego from clinching the No. 4 seed and home-field advantage for the wild-card round next week. Brandon Pfaadt pitched seven-plus innings for Arizona, allowing only four runs while striking out seven batters. With Chicago and San Diego securing their spots earlier, Arizona remains one game behind Philadelphia in the race for the third and final wild-card spot with two games left to play. The Diamondbacks' win came after learning that both Boston had swept the Cubs and Tampa Bay had beaten Philadelphia. Casey Mize's poor performance, allowing three home runs, put his spot on the wild-card roster at risk, leading to some boos from fans for San Diego despite their postseason berth.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nolan Arenado hit one of Arizona’s three home runs and Geraldo Perdomo drove in four runs for the Diamondbacks, who beat San Diego 11-4 on Friday night to remain alive for the National League’s final wild-card spot.
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who → hit → spot
Lars Nootbar and Jordan Lawlar also homered in the victory, which kept San Diego from clinching the No. 4 seed and home-field advantage in the wild-card round next week.
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which → homer → round
Brandon Pfaadt (8-3) beat the Padres for the third time this season with 7 2/3 innings.
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Pfaadt → beat → innings
He allowed four runs and nine hits, struck out seven and walked two.
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He → allow → two
San Diego and Chicago clinched wild-card berths on Thursday, leaving Philadelphia and Arizona to fight it out for the third spot.
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Diego → clinch → spot
Arizona is one game behind the Phillies with two to play.
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Arizona → play → two
The Diamondbacks and Padres knew that the Cubs had been swept by Boston in a doubleheader and that Philadelphia had lost to Tampa Bay.
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Philadelphia → know → Bay
The Padres then just needed to beat the Diamondbacks to clinch the No. 4 seed.
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Padres → need → seed
But Casey Mize (6-10) allowed the three home runs to jeopardize his spot on the wild-card roster and the Padres were booed a few times a night after clinching their club-record third straight postseason berth with a 4-2 win at the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Padres → allow → Dodgers
Nootbar drove Mize’s first pitch into the home-run porch in the right-field corner.
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Nootbar → drive → corner
Perdomo hit an RBI triple and Corbin Carroll a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
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Carroll → hit → it
Lawlar homered to right field with one out in the second.
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Lawlar → homer → second
Arenado drove a two-run shot off the third level of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner with two outs in the third, his 30th, for a 6-2 lead.
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Arenado → drive → lead
Gabriel Moreno hit an RBI single in the fourth and, after Kyle Hart walked the bases loaded in the sixth, Perdomo cleared them with a double that bounced off the glove of retreating center fielder Jackson Merrill and then off the padded fence.
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that → hit → fence
Padres center fielder Jase Bowen robbed Perdomo of a home run to end the eighth and then stole one from Tim Tawa to end the ninth.
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Bowen → rob → ninth
Up next
Arizona was pondering its options for Saturday night after placing RHP Corbin Burnes on the injured list with shoulder inflammation.
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Arizona → ponder → inflammation
The Padres will go with RHP Walker Buehler (9-6, 4.56 ERA).
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Padres → go → Buehler
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