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Arizona Diamondbacks @ San Diego Padres

9/26/2026, 8:40:00 PM ET · Petco Park

Arizona Diamondbacks7
San Diego Padres10
FINALtotal 7.544,698 attendance

Arizona Diamondbacks

86–74 · last 5: 5–0

DateOppResultRunsvs 7.5
09-25@ SDW 11–415O
09-24@ COLW 12–820O
09-23@ COLW 5–38O
09-22@ COLW 7–29O
09-20vs NYYW 8–412O

San Diego Padres

89–71 · last 5: 3–2

DateOppResultRunsvs 7.5
09-25vs ARIL 4–1115O
09-24@ LADW 4–26U
09-23@ LADW 5–16U
09-22@ LADL 0–77U
09-20vs MIAW 7–310O

Probable pitchers

Expected to throw the bulk of the game.

Taylor Clarke

Arizona Diamondbacks · RHP Projected

SplitGSIPERAWHIPOBAK%K/9HR/9
20267173.02.961.00.21515.6%5.50.86
2026 Away3335.03.861.20.25513.2%4.90.77
2026 Day2628.11.590.74.17822.1%7.30.32
20255155.13.250.85.19321.4%7.21.30
SplitBFHRBBOBASLGBRL%HH%K%
2026 vs LHB16447.253.3936.8%34.1%13.4%
2026 vs RHB12437.184.29811.8%35.5%18.5%
2025 vs LHB9655.211.4118.5%45.1%19.8%
2025 vs RHB11034.179.3117.4%37.0%22.7%
Hits Allowedo1.5+160

Walker Buehler

San Diego Padres · RHP Projected

SplitGSIPERAWHIPOBAK%K/9HR/9
202633156.24.601.35.25319.8%7.51.26
2026 Home1990.04.201.26.23818.7%6.91.20
2026 Day1153.25.031.16.23623.0%8.41.84
202526126.04.931.52.25816.3%6.61.57
SplitBFHRBBOBASLGBRL%HH%K%
2026 vs LHB3731036.273.4177.0%37.4%20.4%
2026 vs RHB2781221.234.42110.1%40.2%19.8%
2025 vs LHB305734.295.4287.4%37.3%15.7%
2025 vs RHB2371325.220.42412.0%38.0%16.9%
Strikeoutso3.5-110
Hits Allowedo4.5+112
Pitching Outso15.5+160
Earned Runso2.5+127

Batting orders

Arizona Diamondbacks

Confirmed

3 LHB, 4 RHB, 2 SW · 2026

#BatterPosABHHRAVGSLGK%BRL%HH%Hits
1Lars NootbaarLLF285688.239.37921.1%10.1%49.5%—
2Ketel MarteSW2B56214022.249.43214.0%9.4%43.0%—
3Gabriel MorenoRDH47314716.311.48615.0%7.7%42.2%o0.5 -200
4Geraldo PerdomoSWSS5621479.262.37713.1%3.0%31.8%o0.5 +550
5Corbin CarrollLRF58213922.239.46723.1%12.1%47.6%o0.5 +426
6Nolan ArenadoR3B53313630.255.47520.5%7.0%31.3%—
7Pavin SmithL1B109203.183.29420.7%4.7%37.6%—
8James McCannRC156447.282.45525.9%11.1%43.6%o0.5 +600
9Tim TawaRCF3137511.240.39324.7%10.4%43.8%o0.5 -235

San Diego Padres

Confirmed

5 LHB, 4 RHB, 0 SW · 2026

#BatterPosABHHRAVGSLGK%BRL%HH%Hits
1Fernando Tatis Jr.RRF65018527.285.46819.0%12.8%54.1%o1.5 +115
2Dustin HarrisLLF150420.280.36013.6%1.7%19.0%o0.5 +110
3Manny MachadoR3B60913531.222.41421.3%9.7%43.6%—
4Jackson MerrillLCF63716326.256.43524.7%12.5%48.8%—
5Ty FranceR1B46213721.297.49622.4%9.2%47.5%—
6Gavin SheetsLDH3667818.213.40420.7%7.1%38.2%—
7Xander BogaertsRSS54112614.233.34918.2%5.6%42.1%o0.5 +280
8Jake CronenworthL2B394888.223.32223.4%3.9%30.0%—
9Ethan SalasLC47112.234.40426.5%3.3%33.3%—