It wasn’t pretty early on, but at the end of the night, Taylor Widener only allowed two runs through five innings and he managed to do it on 89 pitches. The bullpen, which had an amazing night on Friday, was decidedly less spectacular on Saturday.
Taylor Widener has earned himself a few more starts to see how he continues to adapt to the Majors as a full-time starter.
The Diamondbacks fanned 12 times against Darvish without managing a walk. Still, the game was tied at two when the Padres’ starter left the game. Then Manny Machado went to work against the Arizona bullpen, knocking in the go-ahead run as part of a four-run eighth inning for San Diego.