The Padres scraped across a run in the top of the eighth inning off Diamondbacks lefty Jorge De La Rosa, cutting the Diamondbacks lead to 7-4 as play entered the bottom of the eighth inning.
The Padres collected three singles in the inning, the third a run-scoring hit by Jose Pirela, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the fifth and has three hits in as many at-bats.
Barring another run by the Diamondbacks, the Padres’ run in the eighth manages to set up a save situation for Fernando Rodney. The Padres rallied against Rodney on on April 26 at Chase Field, scoring five runs off him in the top of the ninth inning to erase a two-run deficit.