D-backs in precarious position on final day
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SAN DIEGO -- The D-backs face a must-win situation Sunday if they want to keep their postseason hopes alive after they were stunned by the Padres, 5-0, on Saturday night at Chase Field.
If the D-backs win their regular-season finale on Sunday, they would need some help, but still have a decent chance to earn an NL Wild Card spot. If they lose on Sunday then one more win by the Mets either on Sunday against the Brewers or in Monday's doubleheader against the Braves would eliminate Arizona.
The Padres, having already clinched the top Wild Card spot, sat half their regular players and called up Randy Vásquez to start the game.
Vásquez, though, held the game's top scoring offense in check through six innings, and the Padres scored five runs on three home runs off A.J. Puk and Scott McGough in the ninth.