 and advanced to second on a groundout by Eric Hosmer. Yoshihisa Hirano replaced Chafin and intentionally walked Hunter Renfroe.Villanueva hit for Craig Stammen (6-2) and drove a 2-2 pitch into left field to score Jankowski and give San Diego its first win against Arizona at Petco Park this season. Stammen worked two scoreless innings.Paul Goldschmidt had four hits and drove in four runs while tying a Diamondbacks record by reaching base safely in nine straight plate appearances. Goldschmidt also extended his hitting streak to 11 games.The Diamondbacks' three-game winning streak ended, and their NL West lead over the Colorado Rockies fell to one-half game.Arizona built an early lead thanks to doubles by A. J. Pollack and Eduardo Escobar. Goldschmidt singled to give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 advantage, a familiar position for a team that leads the majors in first-inning runs with 107.San Diego evened the score in the fourth with a three-run inning. Goldschmidt doubled home Escobar in the fifth to build a 5-3 lead.The Padres answered with three more runs in the fifth. Cory Spangenberg's single gave San Diego its first lead of the series at 6-5.Goldschmidt struck again in the seventh after another double by Pollack, singling against Phil Maton to tie the game.Both starters struggled. Arizona's Zack Godley allowed six runs on eight hits in five innings. Clayton Richard went five for the Padres, allowing five runs on nine hits.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: RHP Zack Grienke (12-8, 3.00 ERA) looks to continue his dominance of the Padres in the finale of the four-game series. Grienke is 11-2 with a 2.10 ERA in his career against San Diego.Padres: RHP Brett Kennedy (0-2, 11.00) will make his third career start. In his previous outing, he allowed five runs in five innings against the Los Angeles Angels.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/tag/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
StubHubStubHubDiamondbacks aim to stay perfect in San Diego 7m ago• 2 min read SAN DIEGO -- Padres left-hander Clayton Richard has pitched 1,230 2/3 innings in his career with a 4.41 earned run average and a 68-78 record.But the 34-year-old veteran is a bit of a different beast when he's pitching at Petco Park in San Diego.Richard has a 32-29 career record at Petco Park with a 3.28 ERA in 513 1/3 innings. This season, Richard is 2-3 on the Padres' home turf with a 3.59 ERA in 11 starts. Opposing batters have hit .242 against Richard at Petco Park compared to .258 on the road. And he has a 1.18 WHIP at Petco Park compared to a 1.46 WHIP on the road, where his ERA is 6.28.Saturday night Richard will be testing his prowess at Petco Park against another element that is performing very well in San Diego -- the Arizona Diamondbacks.In fact, Arizona hasn't lost yet this season at Petco Park, winning a fifth straight game at that venue Friday night with five more to play on the 2018 schedule.Overall, the Diamondbacks are 9-3 against the Padres this season and halfway to a sweep of a four-game series the Padres set aside last winter to celebrate Trevor Hoffman's induction into baseball's Hall of Fame. Before Saturday night's game, the Padres will unveil a statue of the first closer to reach the 500- and 600-save plateaus.Enter Richard, who is 7-10 with a 4.98 ERA for the season. He's the best bet to stop the Padres' latest five-game losing streak.The 6-foot-5 left-hander will be making his third start of the season against Arizona as he faces right-hander Zack Godley, who has a 13-6 record and a 4.20 ERA.Thus far, Richard has struggled against the Diamondbacks in 2018, going 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA. In each of those starts, Richard gave up three runs on five hits in five innings. But each of those starts was made in Arizona.When Richard faced the Diamondbacks in San Diego last year, he went 2-0 with a 1.15 ERA -- giving up two earned runs in 15 2/3 innings. During his career, Richard has a 10-6 record with a 4.20 ERA in 19 starts against the Diamondbacks. The Padres are 12-7 in those games.Meanwhile, the 6-foot-3, 240-pound Godley is 2-0 against the Padres in three games (two starts) this season. He has allowed three runs on 11 hits and three walks with 17 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings. But all three of those outings were in Arizona. Saturday will be his first appearance of the season at Petco Park.Overall, the 28-year-old has a career 3-3 record against the Padres with a 4.66 ERA in 12 games (eight starts). He has given up 25 runs on 52 hits and 16 walks with 49 strikeouts in 48 1/3 innings.Godley is tied for second in the National League in wins and has allowed 72 runs (64 earned) on 133 hits and 61 walks with 143 strikeouts in 137 innings for a .254 opponents' batting average and a 1.42 WHIP. He ranks 10th among National League pitchers in strikeouts.Godley is 7-4 on the road in 13 starts this season despite a 5.06 ERA, a .270 opponents' batting average and a 1.60 WHIP.
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