San Diego Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill is one of the brightest young stars in baseball. Selected No. 27 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft, Merrill made his debut last season. Appearing in 156 games for San Diego, the 22-year-old posted a 126 OPS+ and drove in 90 runs.

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Fernando Tatís and Manny Machado each drove in two runs in the 7th inning that gave the San Diego Padres the lead against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Arizona responded in the bottom half of the seventh drawing back-to-back two-out walks off Jeremiah Estrada. However, Estrada got Marte to ground out to Jake Cronenworth at second base to end the threat and the inning.

Corbin Carroll and Josh Naylor homered and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Friday night to extend their winning streak to four games. With the win, the Diamondbacks improved to 35-34 and moved past .

Corbin Carroll has now hit 20 or more homers in each of his three MLB seasons and the struggling Diamondbacks have won four straight games.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are at a crossroads. Will injuries and a .500 record force Mike Hazen’s hand at the trade deadline?

The Arizona Diamondbacks (34-34) host the San Diego Padres (38-29) this weekend at Chase Field for a critical three game series. This is the first of 13 matchup