As part of the roster move to bring Sears back up to the Majors, the Padres are optioning right-handed pitcher Ron Marinaccio to Triple-A El Paso. Marinaccio appeared in one game for the Padres, a two-inning scoreless outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The D-backs went 9-16 in July, prompting a sell-off that might have been foreshadowed when new ace Corbin Burnes was lost for the year to Tommy John surgery. Arizona has since traded off the likes of Eugenio Suarez, Josh Naylor and Merrill Kelly. The D-backs had lost six in a row before winning their last two games in Sacramento.

Corbin Carroll and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each drove in two runs, Brandon Pfaadt pitched into the sixth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 6-2.

The San Diego Padres (62-51) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (54-59) meet in the middle contest of a 3-game series Tuesday at Chase Field in Phoenix. First pitch is scheduled for 9:40 p.m. ET (MLB ...

Go to the East Village, and you’ll see no World Series banner near the corner of Tony Gwynn Drive and Trevor Hoffman Way. The Padres last won a National League pennant in 1998, the Diamondbacks’ first year of existence. The Diamondbacks have since won two pennants — one in 2001 and another in 2023 — and captured one world title.