Perdomo hits grand slam, Pfaadt throws 8 innings to help the Diamondbacks beat the Padres

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Geraldo Perdomo hit a grand slam and All-Stars Eugenio Suárez and Corbin Carroll, as well as James McCann, also homered for the Arizona Diamondbacks in an 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.

Brandon Pfaadt (9-6) held the Padres to two runs and four hits in a career-high eight innings, with four strikeouts and no walks. His only big mistake was allowing Gavin Sheets' 437-foot home run deep into the seats in right field leading off the seventh, his 14th.

Perdomo, Suárez and McCann homered off starter Dylan Cease (3-9). Carroll, who struck out in his first four at-bats, connected off Eduarniel Núñez leading off the ninth.

Perdomo hit his third career slam and 10th homer this season with two outs in the fifth. It was the third slam given up by Cease in his seven seasons imn the majors. Cease allowed two walks — including to McCann — and allowed a single ahead of Perdomo's slam.

Arizona has nine grand slams this season, two off the team record set last year.

McCann hit a 434-foot homer into the upper deck in left field with one out in the third, his second, and Suárez also homered to left with two outs in the fourth, his 29th. Carroll's homer to right was his 21st.

Cease allowed six runs and five hits in six innings, with eight strikeouts and three walks.

Perdomo's slam gave Arizona a 6-0 lead.

Carroll had four strikeouts for the second time in four games.

Diamondbacks LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (3-5, 5.78 ERA) and Padres RHP Randy Vásquez (3-4, 3.79) were scheduled to start Thursday night in the series finale.

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San Diego Padres' Gavin Sheets is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Dylan Cease looks on after a grand slam home run by Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo, right, is congratulated by Alek Thomas (5) after hitting a grand slam home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon Pfaadt works against a San Diego Padres batter during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo celebrates while rounding the bases after hitting a grand slam home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)