Both teams homer three times for second consecutive night; Yu Darvish wins with National League-leading 21st quality start
The Padres hit three home runs for a second straight game for the first time this season and held off the Diamondbacks, who also hit three home runs, for a 6-3 victory Wednesday night.Yu Darvish was the second straight Padres starting pitcher to surrender three home runs. It was just the 12But, unlike Joe Musgrove a night earlier, Darvish limited the damage to the three solo shots and worked into the seventh inning.
It didn’t get worse for Darvish because of two double plays and a rare instance of a Padres catcher throwing out a would-be base stealer. After Darvish had completed six innings for the 19 straight start and the 24th time 26 starts, tied for most in the majors, he went out to start the seventh.
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