ATLANTA – Yu Darvish dominated the slumping Braves offense and extended his career-high scoreless inning streak to 25 while earning his 200th professional win as the San Diego Padres beat Atlanta 9-1 on Sunday night.
Darvish (4-1) gave up just two hits, struck out nine and walked one on 99 pitches in seven innings, and lowered his ERA to 2.08.
He became the third Japanese pitcher to reach 200 career wins between MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball, joining Hiroki Huroda (203) and Hideo Nomo (201). Darvish, who has won his last four starts, has 107 major league wins and 93 in NPB.
Jake Cronenworth, Luis Campusano and Ha-Saeong Kim all hit home runs for the Padres, who entered without an extra-base hit in their previous three games. Jurickson Profar was 3-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI.
Luis Arraez went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run and a stolen base to extend his base streak to 23 games, the longest active stretch in the major leagues.
Atlanta starter Bryce Elder (1-2) struggled from the start and allowed six earned runs in three innings. He gave up nine hits, walked three and struck out three.
Braves backup shortstop Luke Williams pitched a perfect ninth.
Meanwhile, the Padres’ pitching dominated the Braves in the first two games of the four-game series, limiting Atlanta to two runs and 11 hits while recording 29 strikeouts.
San Diego took a 3-0 lead into the first inning. Cronenworth hit a two-run homer off the Chop House restaurant in right field with two outs. Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts and Jackson Merrill followed with singles to drive in the third run.
The Padres added four runs in the fourth, helped by a ground ball from Ronald Acuña Jr. Fernando Tatis Jr. had a two-run double, Profar had a scoring double and Bogaerts had a sacrifice fly in what would have been the third out if Acuña hadn’t knocked down Machado’s sinking fly in the previous at-bat.
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The Braves and Padres will play a doubleheader on Monday to close out the four-game series due to Saturday’s rain. In the opening game, Braves RHP Reynaldo Lopez (2-1, 1.34) will face Padres RHP Dylan Cease (5-3, 2.45). On the night, it will be LHP Chris Sale (6=1, 2.54) for Atlanta against San Diego’s Randy Vasquez (0-2, 6.32).
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