The Diamondbacks won two of three this week and they did it against a tough Padres team. Things didn’t start out all that well because on Tuesday, the Diamondbacks lost their fifth straight game and it wasn’t a happy return for Randy Johnson. He was hit hard for six runs on six hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in five pretty poor innings. Carlos Quentin hit a two run homer in the 10-5 loss and Stephen Drew went two for five with a run and two RBIs.
The Diamondbacks got back on track on Wednesday though. Jake Peavy shutdown the Diamondbacks but Brandon Webb did the same to the Padres. In the end, Peavy left and the Diamondbacks jumped all over the Padres’ pen. The big hit was a two run, walk off homer in the ninth that pushed the Diamondbacks to a 3-2 win. Miguel Montero drove in the other run with a solo shot. Webb gave up two runs on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in eight solid innings and Trevor Hoffman picked up the win with a shutout ninth.
Yesterday’s win was a big cleaner and while the Diamondbacks had to come back from three runs down in the first inning, they had the lead for good in the fifth. Tony Clark had a big game with two homers and three RBIs and Chad Tracy went two for four with two runs in the 7-4 win. Livan Hernandez improved to 2-1 with the win and he gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts in seven innings of work.
The Dodgers have hit the skids so the Diamondbacks sit just a game and a half back of first. There’s three teams in front of them but one of them the Diamondbacks can take care of this weekend. It’ll be three against the red hot giants at home and Doug Davis gets the start tomorrow.
