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MLB: Yu Darvish earns 15th win with six impressive innings

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Starting pitcher Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks during a baseball game on Sept. 18, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Getty/Kyodo)

PHOENIX, Arizona (Kyodo) — Yu Darvish threw six innings of one-hit ball to earn his 15th win of the season Sunday as the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1.

Darvish (15-7), who won his fifth straight start, started with four 1-2-3 innings, moving within a win of his MLB-best 16 from his 2012 Texas Rangers debut. His career high is 18 achieved with the Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan’s Pacific League in 2011.

A two-run first-inning Manny Machado home run, a third-inning sacrifice fly and a Juan Soto fifth-inning solo shot made it 4-0 before Darvish faced his only jam in the bottom of the fifth.

With two outs and two on from a single and a walk, the only ones Darvish would allow, his fielding error loaded the bases. Geraldo Perdomo battled, fouling off three 3-2 pitches before looking at a slider for a called third strike.

“My pitching was good overall. I had a good feel for the fastball,” Darvish said. “My pitching form got better and I could keep attacking with my fastball.”

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani had his 139th hit of the year, eclipsing his MLB high of 138 from last season, as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 for their third straight win.

Ohtani singled and went 1-for-3 with a walk. New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, a strong rival to Ohtani in this year’s MVP race, hit his 58th and 59th home runs, moving to within two of Roger Maris’ AL record, set in 1961.

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