Dbacks recap and news

Arenado went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday’s 3-1 win over the Padres.

Arenado provided the last run of the game when he took Yuki Matsui deep in the sixth inning. This was Arenado’s third homer in his last nine games, though he’s also struck out 11 times in that span while batting .294 (10-for-34). Overall, the third baseman is batting .243 with a .718 OPS, 11 homers, 38 RBI, 40 runs scored, 16 doubles and three stolen bases over 87 contests.

The Diamondbacks recalled Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports.

Waldschmidt will make his return to the big leagues after being optioned on June 15. In his last 15 games in Triple-A, the 23-year-old slugged just .192/.250/.269 with no homers and just one RBI. With Jordan Lawlar (hamstring) on the 10-day IL and likely facing a 4-6 week absence, Waldschmidt will see a ton of action in center field. In order to make room on the active roster for Waldschmidt, Arizona DFA’d Pavin Smith.

Sewald struck out two in a perfect inning to earn the save in Thursday’s 3-1 win over the Padres.

Sewald had allowed at least one baserunners in each of his previous seven outings, but he created no drama in converting his 21st save of the year. The veteran reliever has earned seven of those saves since the start of June, but he’s also allowed seven runs over 11.2 innings in that span. For the season, he has a 4.36 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 37:8 K:BB across 33 innings.

Kelly (7-8) allowed one run on three hits and three walks while striking out six over seven innings to earn the win over the Padres on Thursday.

Kelly turned in a quality start in this outing, allowing just a solo home run to Manny Machado in the second inning. This was Kelly’s second win in a row, and he heads into the All-Star break having allowed just three runs over his last 12 innings. Overall, he’s still at a 5.38 ERA, 1.51 WHIP and 59:38 K:BB through 93.2 innings over 16 starts this season. He’s also given up 20 homers, putting him on pace to allow a career high in long balls — his worst campaign in that regard was 2019, when he gave up 29 homers.