PHOENIX -- Archie Bradley's status as an Arizona Diamondbacks fan favorite grew on Sunday, with the bearded reliever striking out the side in the ninth inning for his first career save.
Bradley, appreciated for his rah-rah energy and expressive nature along with a blazing fastball, got the call to finish the game in place of closer Fernando Rodney and came through, helping the Diamondbacks to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres.
"Keep that same mentality, attack, throw the ball the way you have all year," said Bradley, the Diamondbacks' top setup man with a 1.23 earned run average. "I love this team. I love everyone involved in it. I just want to win. Rodney's our guy. We believe in Rodney. I believe in Rodney more than anyone in the world.
"This is the best year of my life, 25 years or going on 25. ... I love being here every single day."
Bradley had been told beforehand that he'd finish the game in a save situation with Rodney unavailable a day after he faced six hitters while blowing a save in an 8-7 loss.
"He looked very comfortable in that environment," manager Torey Lovullo said of Bradley. "There's no controversy. Fernando's still our closer."
Paul Goldschmidt homered on his 30th birthday and J.D. Martinez went deep twice, helping Robbie Ray and the Diamondbacks avoid a three-game sweep.
Martinez hit solo drives in the second and sixth innings, the latter breaking a 2-2 tie. He has reached safely in 14 straight games and has 37 home runs this season. He hit 16 in 57 games with Detroit and 21 in 45 games since Arizona acquired him. Six of Martinez's seven career multi-home run games have come this season, four with Arizona.
Ray (13-5) won his fourth straight start, striking out 12 in six innings while allowing two runs and four hits. Arizona remained five games ahead of second-place Colorado for the NL's top wild card.
"The challenge with him is his fastball up looks so good to swing at and nobody hits it," Padres manager Andy Green said of Ray.
Goldschmidt's 34th home run, his first since Aug. 30, gave the Diamondbacks a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Yangervis Solarte tied the score with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Luis Perdomo (7-10) gave up three runs and five hits in six innings.
Luis Torrens hit an RBI single in the second, a hard-hit ball up the middle that just missed Ray's head as the crowd groaned. Ray missed almost a month after being struck by a line drive in late July.
"Comebackers are part of the game. Fortunately I was able to get out of the way of it," Ray said.
Wil Myers struck out twice and raised his season total to 162, two more than the previous Padres record set by Mike Cameron in 2007.
CALL-UPS DELAYED
Green prefers to let potential call-ups stay with El Paso for the Triple-A postseason.
"We're of the belief that guys being on the field consistently is probably better than having them sit on the bench at the big-league level," Green said.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
When Arizona wasted a 7-2 ninth-inning lead in its loss Saturday night, it marked the first time the Diamondbacks lost with a lead of five or more runs entering the ninth, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. They had won their first 436 games in that situation. Four franchises remain that have not lost when entering the ninth ahead by five or more: the Marlins, Padres, Rangers and Rockies.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: RHP Randall Delgado was placed on the 60-day DL with right elbow inflammation, and the club recalled INF-OF Christian Walker from Reno. Walker, the Pacific Coast League's MVP, pinch hit in the seventh inning and flied out. ... Goldschmidt told Lovullo he felt fine after playing Saturday, his first game after missing five with an elbow problem. ... C Chris Iannetta got the day off, a little sore after being hit on an arm by a pitch Saturday.
Padres: Pirela appeared to hurt a hand sliding into third base in the sixth and was checked by a trainer but stayed in the game.
UP NEXT
Padres: LHP Travis Wood (3-5) starts Tuesday's opener of a two-game series at Minnesota.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (16-6) opens a four-game series against Colorado on Monday. He is 13-1 in 16 home starts this season.
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Bradley, appreciated for his rah-rah energy and expressive nature along with a blazing fastball, got the call to finish the game in place of closer Fernando Rodney and came through, helping the Diamondbacks to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres.
"Keep that same mentality, attack, throw the ball the way you have all year," said Bradley, the Diamondbacks' top setup man with a 1.23 earned run average. "I love this team. I love everyone involved in it. I just want to win. Rodney's our guy. We believe in Rodney. I believe in Rodney more than anyone in the world.
"This is the best year of my life, 25 years or going on 25. ... I love being here every single day."
Bradley had been told beforehand that he'd finish the game in a save situation with Rodney unavailable a day after he faced six hitters while blowing a save in an 8-7 loss.
"He looked very comfortable in that environment," manager Torey Lovullo said of Bradley. "There's no controversy. Fernando's still our closer."
Paul Goldschmidt homered on his 30th birthday and J.D. Martinez went deep twice, helping Robbie Ray and the Diamondbacks avoid a three-game sweep.
Martinez hit solo drives in the second and sixth innings, the latter breaking a 2-2 tie. He has reached safely in 14 straight games and has 37 home runs this season. He hit 16 in 57 games with Detroit and 21 in 45 games since Arizona acquired him. Six of Martinez's seven career multi-home run games have come this season, four with Arizona.
Ray (13-5) won his fourth straight start, striking out 12 in six innings while allowing two runs and four hits. Arizona remained five games ahead of second-place Colorado for the NL's top wild card.
"The challenge with him is his fastball up looks so good to swing at and nobody hits it," Padres manager Andy Green said of Ray.
Goldschmidt's 34th home run, his first since Aug. 30, gave the Diamondbacks a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Yangervis Solarte tied the score with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Luis Perdomo (7-10) gave up three runs and five hits in six innings.
Luis Torrens hit an RBI single in the second, a hard-hit ball up the middle that just missed Ray's head as the crowd groaned. Ray missed almost a month after being struck by a line drive in late July.
"Comebackers are part of the game. Fortunately I was able to get out of the way of it," Ray said.
Wil Myers struck out twice and raised his season total to 162, two more than the previous Padres record set by Mike Cameron in 2007.
CALL-UPS DELAYED
Green prefers to let potential call-ups stay with El Paso for the Triple-A postseason.
"We're of the belief that guys being on the field consistently is probably better than having them sit on the bench at the big-league level," Green said.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
When Arizona wasted a 7-2 ninth-inning lead in its loss Saturday night, it marked the first time the Diamondbacks lost with a lead of five or more runs entering the ninth, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. They had won their first 436 games in that situation. Four franchises remain that have not lost when entering the ninth ahead by five or more: the Marlins, Padres, Rangers and Rockies.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: RHP Randall Delgado was placed on the 60-day DL with right elbow inflammation, and the club recalled INF-OF Christian Walker from Reno. Walker, the Pacific Coast League's MVP, pinch hit in the seventh inning and flied out. ... Goldschmidt told Lovullo he felt fine after playing Saturday, his first game after missing five with an elbow problem. ... C Chris Iannetta got the day off, a little sore after being hit on an arm by a pitch Saturday.
Padres: Pirela appeared to hurt a hand sliding into third base in the sixth and was checked by a trainer but stayed in the game.
UP NEXT
Padres: LHP Travis Wood (3-5) starts Tuesday's opener of a two-game series at Minnesota.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (16-6) opens a four-game series against Colorado on Monday. He is 13-1 in 16 home starts this season.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| San Diego - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Margot walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Aybar reached on infield single to third, Margot to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Pirela struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Myers struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Solarte struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Luis Perdomo pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Peralta walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury grounded out to shortstop, Peralta to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb grounded out to shortstop, Peralta to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Blash doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Spangenberg struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Torrens singled to center, Blash scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Perdomo struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Margot struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Luis Perdomo pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Martinez homered to left center (461 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Pollock grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Rosales grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Herrmann grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Aybar grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Pirela grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Myers walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Myers stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Solarte popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Luis Perdomo pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Ray struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Peralta flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Drury grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Blash struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Spangenberg struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Torrens struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Luis Perdomo pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Lamb grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt homered to left (452 feet). | 1 | 2 |
| Martinez struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| Pollock walked. | 1 | 2 |
| Rosales grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Pollock out at second. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Perdomo struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| Margot popped out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Aybar grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Luis Perdomo pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Herrmann grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Ray singled to right. | 1 | 2 |
| Peralta singled to right, Ray to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Drury safe at first on error by third baseman Spangenberg, Ray to third, Peralta to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Lamb grounded into double play, second to third to first, Drury out at second. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Pirela doubled to left. | 1 | 2 |
| Myers struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| Pirela to third on wild pitch by Ray. | 1 | 2 |
| Solarte hit sacrifice fly to center, Pirela scored. | 2 | 2 |
| Blash struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Luis Perdomo pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Martinez homered to center (406 feet). | 2 | 3 |
| Pollock grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Rosales struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| T.J. McFarland pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| McFarland relieved Ray. | 2 | 3 |
| Spangenberg grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Torrens flied out to left. | 2 | 3 |
| Szczur hit for Perdomo. | 2 | 3 |
| Sherfy relieved McFarland. | 2 | 3 |
| Szczur doubled to right. | 2 | 3 |
| Margot popped out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jose Torres pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Torres relieved Perdomo. | 2 | 3 |
| Herrmann struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| C. Walker hit for Sherfy. | 2 | 3 |
| C. Walker flied out to center. | 2 | 3 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| David Hernandez pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Hernandez relieved Sherfy. | 2 | 3 |
| Aybar flied out to right. | 2 | 3 |
| Pirela struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Myers reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 3 |
| Solarte grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jose Torres pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Drury singled to left center. | 2 | 3 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Asuaje at second base. | 2 | 3 |
| Yates relieved Torres. | 2 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Martinez struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Rosales at second base. | 2 | 3 |
| Marte at shortstop. | 2 | 3 |
| Bradley relieved Hernandez. | 2 | 3 |
| Blash struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Spangenberg struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Sánchez hit for Torrens. | 2 | 3 |
| Sánchez struck out looking. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego Padres | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Margot CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .269 | .318 | .425 |
| Aybar SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .236 | .299 | .363 |
| Pirela LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .288 | .347 | .490 |
| Myers 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .246 | .328 | .464 |
| Solarte 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .254 | .321 | .417 |
Yates P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Blash RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .218 | .348 | .368 |
| Spangenberg 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .266 | .319 | .414 |
| Torrens C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .171 | .248 | .214 |
b-Sánchez PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .230 | .258 | .459 |
| Perdomo P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .100 | .122 | .275 |
a-Szczur PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .229 | .349 | .366 |
Torres P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Asuaje 2B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .347 | .378 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 146 | |||
| a-doubled to right for L Perdomo in the 7th b-struck out looking for L Torrens in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Blash (5, Ray); Pirela (25, Ray); Szczur (11, Sherfy) RBI: Torrens (7), Solarte (58) SF: Solarte Padres RISP: 1-8 (Pirela 0-1, Spangenberg 0-1, Torrens 1-1, Solarte 0-2, Myers 0-2, Margot 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Myers (19, 2nd base off Ray/Herrmann) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Spangenberg (13, ground ball) DP: 1 (Solarte-Spangenberg-Myers). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 23,854 (49.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:58 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tom Woodring, First Base - Mike Everitt, Second Base - Bill Welke, Third Base - Jordan Baker |
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