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PHOENIX (明星黑料) 鈥� Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jake Cronenworth hit back-to-back homers, Dylan Cease pitched 6 2/3 strong innings and the San Diego Padres won their third game in a row, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1 on Friday night.

Manny Machado hit a two-run homer. Cronenworth finished with three extra-base hits, adding two doubles.

The Padres had a big offensive game on the same night they learned they might be adding another good hitter. San Diego is close to acquiring two-time batting champion Luis Arr谩ez in a deal with the Marlins.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 great 鈥� you鈥檙e always looking for more offense and a left-handed bat to balance out the lineup,鈥� Padres manager Mike Shildt said. 鈥淏ut listen, nothing鈥檚 official. We鈥檒l leave it at that.鈥�

The Diamondbacks have lost 10 straight series openers after beating the Colorado Rockies on opening day.

D-backs pitcher Slade Cecconi (1-2) retired the first nine batters he faced, but ran into trouble in the fourth. Jurickson Profar walked to start the inning and Tatis launched a shot to left-center 鈥� his seventh homer of the season.

Cronenworth followed with another homer to make it 3-0 and rookie Jackson Merrill broke an 0-for-20 stretch at the plate with a one-out RBI double for a 4-0 lead.

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Cronenworth had a down 2023 season, but has looked much more like the hitter who was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022 through the first month of this season. He鈥檚 batting .279 with six homers and 25 RBIs.

It was Cronenworth鈥檚 second straight game with a homer. He hit a grand slam in the team鈥檚 6-2 victory over the Reds on Wednesday.

鈥淚t鈥檚 the right approach with the right swing,鈥� Shildt said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 married both. He鈥檚 driving the ball to all different parts of the field and not trying to do to much.鈥�

Cecconi didn鈥檛 make it out of the fifth, giving up six runs over 4 1/3 innings.

The Padres鈥� three-homer outburst provided plenty of support for Cease (4-2), the hard-throwing right-hander who gave up just one run on three hits while striking out eight. He didn鈥檛 allow a walk.

鈥淚 think my fastball command was a lot better, which is really a lot of the battle,鈥� Cease said. 鈥淲hen I鈥檓 getting my fastball where it needs to go, it opens up a lot of stuff.鈥�

Machado made it 7-0 in the fifth with a two-run homer to left center off reliever Matt Bowman. The scorched line drive came off Machado鈥檚 bat at 111.7 mph.

The sliding D-backs 鈥� defending National League champions 鈥� have lost 10 of their past 15 games and fell to 14-19 for the season.

鈥淲e got beat tonight,鈥� D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. 鈥淲e got out-managed, we got out-pitched, we got out-hit, we got out-coached. We鈥檝e got to find a way to get the job done and play our type of baseball. That鈥檚 the bottom line.

鈥淲e鈥檙e grinding away. We鈥檙e trying.鈥�

Arizona finished with just three hits. Eugenio Su谩rez had an RBI single in the fifth.

TRAINER鈥橲 ROOM

Diamondbacks: Lovullo told reporters that closer Paul Sewald (oblique) and OF Alex Thomas (hamstring) could return to the active roster as soon as Tuesday against the Reds.

UP NEXT

The D-backs will throw RHP Brandon Pfaadt (1-1, 4.63 ERA) while the Padres will counter with RHP Michael King (2-3, 5.00 ERA) on Saturday night.

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