Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez had found some consistency — until July 4, when the Kansas City Royals tagged him for eight earned runs.

Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt entered the game with a 5.42 ERA and went eight innings for the first time in his career. The Padres scored both their runs and managed four hits against the right-hander, who had not had a quality start in any of his eight starts leading up to Wednesday.

Luis Arraez homered in the seventh inning to break up a scoreless tie Tuesday night and five San Diego Padres pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.

Nick Pivetta is an out away from 11th quality start, Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr. rob home runs in Padres win over Diamondbacks

San Diego Padres star third baseman Manny Machado recorded his 2,000 career hit in the team's loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.

San Diego Padres right-hander Yu Darvish made his season debut on Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks ( GameTracker ). Darvish, 38, had been sidelined by right elbow inflammation.

The Diamondbacks will not have the services of Ketel Marte in Monday night's series opener on the road against the Padres.