Upton's 8th-inning HR gets Padres over Arizona
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San Diego, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Justin Upton's two-out solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted San Diego over Arizona by a 3-2 count in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Upton ended up 3-for-4 and scored twice for the Padres, who received an RBI each in the series-clinching win from Matt Kemp and Yonder Alonso.
"Not really," Upton said if he still carried a grudge against his former club. "Not at all. Obviously, the first time I came back to Arizona, there was a little adrenaline. But now it's just another team."
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Joaquin Benoit (3-0) tossed a scoreless top of the eighth and Craig Kimbrel followed suit in the ninth for his third save.
Paul Goldschmidt's two-run, first-inning homer was the lone meaningful offense for the Diamondbacks. Ender Inciarte and Jake Lamb added two hits in the setback.
Randall Delgado (0-1) took the loss after surrendering Upton's deciding blast. He'd retired Derek Norris and Kemp on fly outs to begin the frame, but Upton took a pitch over the wall in left center and the Padres led by a run.
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"It was a little bit up," Delgado said. "It was a mistake and obviously I paid for it."
Kimbrel worked around a one-out single from Lamb, retiring the next two batters in turn to lock down the one-run result.
Goldschmidt's two-run shot to right put Arizona on the board in the first. Inciarte singled, went to second on A.J. Pollock's foul out and stole third before scoring on the homer.
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San Diego countered in the second when Upton hit a leadoff single and scored when Alonso followed with a double.
The Padres tied the game in the home sixth as Wil Myers reached with a leadoff double, Norris singled him to third and he scored on a Kemp fly. Alonso walked to put two on, then Will Middlebrooks singled but Norris was thrown out at home to end the inning.
Game Notes
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San Diego starter Brandon Morrow allowed seven hits and two runs while fanning five over his seven-inning outing, while Arizona counterpart Chase Anderson worked six full frames and gave up two runs on eight hits with five strikeouts ... The Padres open up a seven-game road trip at Wrigley Field on Friday, while the Diamondbacks take to the road on Thursday in San Francisco.