Nick Pivetta held Arizona to two hits over seven innings and Jake Cronenworth homered as the San Diego Padres defeated the Diamondbacks 8-2 on Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak.

In their last four series, they are 8-4 with wins against the Braves, Mariners, and Padres. Their playoff odds on FanGraphs have gone from 25% to 37% in their last home stand. They still have four teams ahead of them, but they're one strong run away from being right in the thick of the race.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are not only stacking wins in June, they are mounting some of the wildest comebacks in team history.

The Arizona Diamondbacks open a nine-game, three-city road trip in Toronto on June 17, where they will play the Blue Jays.

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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Shelby Miller and his wife, Erika learned their son, Kyler, who was not even a year old, had a rare genetic disorder.

Diamondbacks lefty Andrew Saalfrank was reinstated on June 5 as his one-year ban for gambling on baseball ended.

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