Paddack returns, Tatis homers, Padres edge D-backs 7-5

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paddack gave up one run over 4 2/3 innings in his return from the injured list, Fernando Tatis Jr. added a homer, double and three RBIs, and the San Diego Padres held on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 on Monday night.

It was Paddack's first outing since July 27 and the hard-throwing right hander gave the Padres a lift they needed, allowing just three hits. He missed more than a month with a strained left oblique.

San Diego won for only the fourth time in 17 games, pulling a half-game behind the Cincinnati Reds for the final NL playoff spot.

The Diamondbacks trailed by five runs entering the seventh but Ketel Marte hit a two-out grand slam off Emilio Pagán to pull Arizona within 6-5. It was Marte's third career grand slam.

That's all the D-backs would get. Pagán bounced back with a scoreless eighth before Tatis added an insurance run in the ninth with an RBI double. Mark Melancon earned his 35th save by handling the ninth.

D-backs rookie starter Tyler Gilbert was hit hard by the Padres a little more than two weeks after he threw a no-hitter against them on Aug. 14. He was just the fourth pitcher in MLB history — and the first since 1953 — to throw a no-hitter in his initial big league start.

Gilbert (1-2) gave up five runs, including three earned, over five innings. He gave up eight hits, walked one and struck out four. Arizona has lost four straight.

Tatis made the Diamondbacks pay for a first-inning error with his 36th homer of the year — a no-doubter to deep left center field.

Gilbert looked like he was going to get the third out of the first when he picked off Trent Grisham, who broke early for second on a stolen base attempt. But Josh Rojas mishandled the throw from first baseman Christian Walker, allowing Grisham to reach second.

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