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09/07 19:09 CDT Nick Pivetta throws 5 shutout innings in return from injured
list as Padres beat Nationals 3-2
Nick Pivetta throws 5 shutout innings in return from injured list as Padres
beat Nationals 3-2
By RICHARD J. MARCUS
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) --- Nick Pivetta pitched five shutout innings in his return from
a long stay on the injured list and the San Diego Padres beat the skidding
Washington Nationals 3-2 on Monday to keep pace in the National League playoff
race.
Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr. both finished with three hits for the
Padres, who remained a half-game behind Arizona for the final NL wild card. The
Diamondbacks won 5-4 in 10 innings at Kansas City.
Merrill had two RBI singles that drove in Manny Machado. Tatis scored on
Machado's single in the third.
Pivetta (2-2) allowed two hits in his fifth start this season and first win
since April 1. He was placed on the 15-day injured list April 14 with right
elbow inflammation and transferred to the 60-day IL on June 2. The right-hander
struck out two and walked none while throwing 63 pitches, 39 for strikes.
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