Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres
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Diamondbacks miss playoffs on season's final day, losing 9-4 to Padres after Phillies clinch
The Diamondbacks (86-76) began the regular season's final day with the chance to advance if they won and the Phillies lost, but neither happened. Arizona made a six-win improvement on last season's 80-82 mark, but a stunning World Series run in 2023 remains its only postseason appearance since 2017 despite five winning records in that stretch.
Gavin Sheets homered and Freddy Fermin drove in three runs for the Padres, who rested Fernando Tatis Jr., Jackson Merrill and Xavier Bogaerts in their meaningless season finale. San Diego locked up the top NL wild card berth on Saturday before finishing 91-71, topping last year’s 90-win campaign with a club-record fifth consecutive winning season.
The Padres finished on a 17-3 surge, winning their final seven series. After sitting with a losing record in late July, Chicago Cubs starting Tuesday night in their third consecutive trip to the postseason, another franchise first.
Arizona catcher Gabriel Moreno won the NL batting title despite being scratched about an hour before first pitch with a sore hamstring. Moreno became the first catcher to win a batting crown since Buster Posey in 2012, finishing at .311 — barely ahead of Philadelphia’s Luis Arraez (.310), who was out this weekend with a sprained ankle.
The Phillies led Tampa Bay 4-0 when the Diamondbacks took the field at Petco Park, and Philly never gave Arizona’s scoreboard-watchers much hope.
Randy Vásquez pitched six outstanding innings of one-run ball for San Diego, but reliever Griffin Canning (5-9) blew a three-run lead in the seventh with Corbin Carroll, Tim Tawa and Lars Nootbaar delivering RBI for Arizona.
Jake Cronenworth then drew a bases-loaded walk from Justin Martinez (3-1) at almost the same moment the Phillies finished their 7-3 win over Tampa Bay. Fermin added a two-run single shortly afterward.
Manny Machado singled in Sung-Mun Song in the third and then left for a pinch-runner. The slugger ended the regular season with 399 career homers, third-most among active players behind Giancarlo Stanton and Mike Trout.
Sheets led off the fourth with his 17th homer in his second game back from a four-week absence with a left foot injury.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | McCann grounded out to third. |
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9th Inning | Tawa flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Smith grounded out to second. |
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8th Inning | Cronenworth struck out swinging. |
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8th Inning | Hays singled to center, Harris scored and France scored. |
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8th Inning | Campusano grounded out to third, France to second, Harris to third. |
Statistics
 ARI |
 SD |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 11 | Ground Balls | 11 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 9 |
| 4 | Runs Batted In | 9 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 1 |
| 8 | Hits | 11 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 1 | Walks | 6 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 4 | Runs | 9 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 34 | At Bats | 34 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 9 | Runners Left On Base | 19 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 1 |
| 19 | Fly Balls | 15 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 132 | Pitches | 168 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 2 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 10 | Total Bases | 15 |
| 35 | Plate Appearances | 42 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 2 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 2.3 | Runs Created | 7.4 |
| .235 | Batting Average | .324 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .294 | Slugging Percentage | .441 |
| .118 | Secondary Average | .324 |
| .257 | On Base Percentage | .439 |
| .551 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .880 |
| 0.6 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
| 2.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 8.3 |
| 29.0 | Batter Rating | 53.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 34.0 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 3.77 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.00 |
| .059 | Isolated Power | .118 |
| 0.25 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.67 |
| .029 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .143 |
| -.118 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .000 |
| 8.0 | Runs Produced | 18.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 78.0 | MLB Rating | 97.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: San Diego, California
Attendance: 44,471 | Capacity:
2026 National League West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Los Angeles |
- | 62 | W3 | 0.61728394 | 100 |
| San Diego |
9 | 71 | W2 | 0.5617284 | 91 |
| Arizona |
14 | 76 | L2 | 0.5308642 | 86 |
 San Francisco |
35 | 97 | L5 | 0.40123457 | 65 |
 Colorado |
42 | 104 | L1 | 0.3580247 | 58 |