SAN DIEGO -- Shelby Miller hopes he's on his way to putting his awful 2016 season behind him.
Backed by Yasmany Tomas' three-run homer, Miller pitched 7 1/3 innings of four-hit ball and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the San Diego Padres 11-2 on Tuesday night.
The Padres lost their fifth straight game. They were coming off a four-game sweep at Atlanta.
Miller (2-1) kept the Padres off balance most of the night, including four 1-2-3 innings, as he pitched into the eighth for the first time this season. San Diego broke through in the third with Wil Myers' two-out RBI single to center, but otherwise was frustrated.
Miller was not. He needs just one win to match his total from last year, when he went 3-12 with 6.15 ERA in his first season with Arizona. He was even demoted at one point, making eight starts in Triple-A.
"It's great. The biggest thing is just trying to go out there and compete, no matter what the circumstances are," Miller said. "Last year, I only won three games and the year before that only six. My biggest thing was trying to get back to winning, not only for myself but for the team. I think we're in a great place. It's just all kind of coming together for us and we've got to continue going and just continue to play the best ball we're doing and I think we'll be in good shape."
Miller allowed a double to Travis Jankowski leading off the eighth, struck out Christian Bethancourt and then made way for Randall Delgado. Miller struck out five and walked two.
"I thought it was a great outing for him. I was excited because of all the hard work he's putting in and he deserves moments like that," manager Torey Lovullo said.
"For us to send him back out in the eighth inning meant a lot to him, I'm sure, but it also helped us win the ballgame by the way he performed today, and that's what it's all about," the manager said. "He was just very effective and controlled all the pitches in all innings. I think he had only one inning where he threw more than 20 pitches. That's crucial."
Tomas' line-shot homer to left capped the four-run fifth and gave the Diamondbacks a 7-1 lead. His second, it went an estimated 378 feet. Paul Goldschmidt was aboard on a walk and Jake Lamb on an RBI single.
Arizona's Chris Ianetta homered to right-center off Zach Lee in the eighth, his second.
Padres starter Jarred Cosart (0-1) left after 3 2/3 innings with a strained right hamstring. He came out after walking Brandon Drury with the bases loaded. Craig Stammen came on and promptly threw away Chris Owings' comebacker for a two-run error.
"It was a tough loss," San Diego manager Andy Green said. "Today's game is just that kind of a painful baseball game where you lose your starter when he's throwing very, very well."
Cosart allowed three runs, one earned, and two hits. He struck out two and walked two.
Cosart said he got hurt running out a bunt in the third inning.
"It didn't quite feel right and then progressively pitch by pitch the next inning it started getting tighter and tighter," Cosart said. "I continued to try to get through it. I was hoping it was a cramp or something like that and it just didn't go away and it started affecting command a lot, and that's when I came out and it was done."
REBUILDING WOES
The game got so out of hand that 33-year-old Padres shortstop Erick Aybar made his big league pitching debut in the eighth, taking over from Bethancourt to get Chris Hermann to ground out.
"I started cranking my arm toward him at shortstop to see if he wanted to pitch and he cranked it back at me," Green said. "So at that point I felt like Christian had thrown enough pitches, and frankly at some point in time you've got to smile, you've got to enjoy the moment, that smile relaxes them going into tomorrow and I think Erick coming in relieves a little bit of the tension from the game today."
As it is, the Padres are experimenting with having Bethancourt pitch. Normally, he's a catcher. He allowed two unearned runs and one hit in one inning, with two strikeouts and two walks.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (1-1, 4.32) looks to bounce back from a 7-1 loss to Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 8-1 with a 2.02 ERA in 16 career starts against San Diego.
Padres: RHP Jhoulys Chacin (1-2, 7.80), who spent part of the 2015 season with Arizona, is scheduled to make his fourth start for San Diego. He is 5-3 in 14 career appearances, including 13 starts, with a 3.04 ERA against the Diamondbacks.
Arizona Diamondbacks
Backed by Yasmany Tomas' three-run homer, Miller pitched 7 1/3 innings of four-hit ball and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the San Diego Padres 11-2 on Tuesday night.
The Padres lost their fifth straight game. They were coming off a four-game sweep at Atlanta.
Miller (2-1) kept the Padres off balance most of the night, including four 1-2-3 innings, as he pitched into the eighth for the first time this season. San Diego broke through in the third with Wil Myers' two-out RBI single to center, but otherwise was frustrated.
Miller was not. He needs just one win to match his total from last year, when he went 3-12 with 6.15 ERA in his first season with Arizona. He was even demoted at one point, making eight starts in Triple-A.
"It's great. The biggest thing is just trying to go out there and compete, no matter what the circumstances are," Miller said. "Last year, I only won three games and the year before that only six. My biggest thing was trying to get back to winning, not only for myself but for the team. I think we're in a great place. It's just all kind of coming together for us and we've got to continue going and just continue to play the best ball we're doing and I think we'll be in good shape."
Miller allowed a double to Travis Jankowski leading off the eighth, struck out Christian Bethancourt and then made way for Randall Delgado. Miller struck out five and walked two.
"I thought it was a great outing for him. I was excited because of all the hard work he's putting in and he deserves moments like that," manager Torey Lovullo said.
"For us to send him back out in the eighth inning meant a lot to him, I'm sure, but it also helped us win the ballgame by the way he performed today, and that's what it's all about," the manager said. "He was just very effective and controlled all the pitches in all innings. I think he had only one inning where he threw more than 20 pitches. That's crucial."
Tomas' line-shot homer to left capped the four-run fifth and gave the Diamondbacks a 7-1 lead. His second, it went an estimated 378 feet. Paul Goldschmidt was aboard on a walk and Jake Lamb on an RBI single.
Arizona's Chris Ianetta homered to right-center off Zach Lee in the eighth, his second.
Padres starter Jarred Cosart (0-1) left after 3 2/3 innings with a strained right hamstring. He came out after walking Brandon Drury with the bases loaded. Craig Stammen came on and promptly threw away Chris Owings' comebacker for a two-run error.
"It was a tough loss," San Diego manager Andy Green said. "Today's game is just that kind of a painful baseball game where you lose your starter when he's throwing very, very well."
Cosart allowed three runs, one earned, and two hits. He struck out two and walked two.
Cosart said he got hurt running out a bunt in the third inning.
"It didn't quite feel right and then progressively pitch by pitch the next inning it started getting tighter and tighter," Cosart said. "I continued to try to get through it. I was hoping it was a cramp or something like that and it just didn't go away and it started affecting command a lot, and that's when I came out and it was done."
REBUILDING WOES
The game got so out of hand that 33-year-old Padres shortstop Erick Aybar made his big league pitching debut in the eighth, taking over from Bethancourt to get Chris Hermann to ground out.
"I started cranking my arm toward him at shortstop to see if he wanted to pitch and he cranked it back at me," Green said. "So at that point I felt like Christian had thrown enough pitches, and frankly at some point in time you've got to smile, you've got to enjoy the moment, that smile relaxes them going into tomorrow and I think Erick coming in relieves a little bit of the tension from the game today."
As it is, the Padres are experimenting with having Bethancourt pitch. Normally, he's a catcher. He allowed two unearned runs and one hit in one inning, with two strikeouts and two walks.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (1-1, 4.32) looks to bounce back from a 7-1 loss to Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 8-1 with a 2.02 ERA in 16 career starts against San Diego.
Padres: RHP Jhoulys Chacin (1-2, 7.80), who spent part of the 2015 season with Arizona, is scheduled to make his fourth start for San Diego. He is 5-3 in 14 career appearances, including 13 starts, with a 3.04 ERA against the Diamondbacks.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jarred Cosart pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Pollock fouled out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta grounded out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Margot flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Myers struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Solarte grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jarred Cosart pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Lamb grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Tomás grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Schimpf struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Renfroe struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Hedges grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jarred Cosart pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Owings flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Iannetta grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Aybar walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Jankowski singled to right, Aybar to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Cosart bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, Aybar out at third, Jankowski to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Margot flied out to right, Jankowski to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Myers singled to center, Jankowski scored, Cosart to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Solarte popped out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jarred Cosart pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Pollock lined out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Peralta reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt walked, Peralta to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Tomás reached on infield single to shortstop, Peralta to third, Goldschmidt to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Drury walked, Peralta scored, Goldschmidt to third, Tomás to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Stammen relieved Cosart. | 1 | 1 |
| Owings safe at first on throwing error by pitcher Stammen, Goldschmidt and Tomás scored, Drury to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Iannetta struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Schimpf walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Renfroe flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Hedges grounded into double play, third to second to first, Schimpf out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Craig Stammen pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Miller flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Pollock walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Peralta flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| Pollock stole second. | 3 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Lamb singled to center, Pollock scored, Goldschmidt to second. | 4 | 1 |
| Tomás homered to left (380 feet), Goldschmidt and Lamb scored. | 7 | 1 |
| Drury popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| 4 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Aybar grounded out to first. | 7 | 1 |
| Jankowski lined out to center. | 7 | 1 |
| Sardiñas hit for Stammen. | 7 | 1 |
| Sardiñas lined out to left. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Zach Lee pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Lee relieved Stammen. | 7 | 1 |
| Owings grounded out to third. | 7 | 1 |
| Iannetta popped out to first. | 7 | 1 |
| Miller walked. | 7 | 1 |
| Pollock reached on infield single to third, Miller to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Peralta singled to center, Miller to third, Pollock to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to third. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Margot grounded out to third. | 7 | 1 |
| Myers struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Solarte grounded out to first. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Zach Lee pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Córdoba at second base. | 7 | 1 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Tomás safe at first on error by pitcher Lee. | 7 | 1 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Schimpf grounded out to first. | 7 | 1 |
| Renfroe singled to left. | 7 | 1 |
| Hedges grounded out to third, Renfroe to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Aybar grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Zach Lee pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Torrens catching. | 7 | 1 |
| Iannetta homered to right center (409 feet). | 8 | 1 |
| Miller walked. | 8 | 1 |
| Pollock reached on infield single to third, Miller to second, Miller to third on throwing error by third baseman Schimpf. | 8 | 1 |
| Hazelbaker ran for Pollock. | 8 | 1 |
| Peralta flied out to left. | 8 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt walked, Hazelbaker to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Herrmann ran for Goldschmidt. | 8 | 1 |
| Lamb hit sacrifice fly to center, Miller scored, Hazelbaker to third. | 9 | 1 |
| Bethancourt relieved Lee. | 9 | 1 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Hazelbaker in center field. | 9 | 1 |
| Herrmann at first base. | 9 | 1 |
| Ahmed at shortstop. | 9 | 1 |
| Jankowski doubled to left. | 9 | 1 |
| Bethancourt struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| Delgado relieved Miller. | 9 | 1 |
| Margot lined out to right. | 9 | 1 |
| Myers grounded out to third. | 9 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Christian Bethancourt pitching for San Diego | ARI | SD |
| Sánchez at first base. | 9 | 1 |
| Drury popped out to shortstop. | 9 | 1 |
| Ahmed safe at first on error by first baseman Sánchez. | 9 | 1 |
| Iannetta struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| Descalso hit for Delgado. | 9 | 1 |
| Descalso walked, Ahmed to second. | 9 | 1 |
| Hazelbaker tripled to right, Ahmed and Descalso scored. | 11 | 1 |
| Peralta walked. | 11 | 1 |
| Córdoba at shortstop. | 11 | 1 |
| Aybar relieved Bethancourt. | 11 | 1 |
| Bethancourt at second base. | 11 | 1 |
| Herrmann grounded out to third. | 11 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tom Wilhelmsen pitching for Arizona | ARI | SD |
| Wilhelmsen relieved Delgado. | 11 | 1 |
| Descalso at third base. | 11 | 1 |
| Córdoba singled to center. | 11 | 1 |
| Schimpf flied out to left. | 11 | 1 |
| Renfroe singled to right, Córdoba to second. | 11 | 1 |
| Torrens singled to center, Córdoba scored, Renfroe to second. | 11 | 2 |
| Aybar grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Torrens out at second. | 11 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Arizona Diamondbacks
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollock CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .267 | .302 | .400 |
Hazelbaker PR-CF
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .563 | .714 |
| Peralta RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .255 | .300 | .418 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | .255 | .424 | .431 |
Herrmann PR-1B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .222 | .176 |
| Lamb 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .308 | .393 | .577 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Tomás LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .286 | .314 | .531 |
| Drury 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | .271 | .300 | .354 |
| Owings SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .308 | .345 | .423 |
Ahmed SS
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .316 | .350 | .526 |
| Iannetta C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .238 | .333 | .524 |
| Miller P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | .000 | .375 | .000 |
Delgado P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Descalso PH-3B
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .136 | .269 | .136 |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 196 | |||
| a-walked for R Delgado in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Hazelbaker (1, Bethancourt) HR: Tomás (2, 5th inning off Stammen 2 on, 2 Out); Iannetta (2, 8th inning off Lee 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Drury (7), Lamb 2 (14), Tomás 3 (8), Iannetta (3), Hazelbaker 2 (4) SF: Lamb 2-out RBI: Drury, Lamb, Tomás 3, Hazelbaker 2 Diamondbacks RISP: 5-12 (Peralta 1-2, Lamb 1-2, Tomás 2-3, Herrmann 0-1, Iannetta 0-1, Goldschmidt 0-1, Hazelbaker 1-1, Owings 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Pollock (2, 2nd base off Stammen/Hedges) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (Lamb-Drury-Goldschmidt, Drury-Ahmed-Herrmann). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Petco Park, San Diego, CA |
| Attendance | 19,869 (48.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:20 |
| Weather | 67 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Tony Randazzo, Second Base - Gerry Davis, Third Base - Pat Hoberg |
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