Jarvis doubles in go-ahead run in 6-run 8th inning as Braves hold on in 9th to edge Padres 7-6

ATLANTA (AP) — Rookie Jim Jarvis drilled a run-scoring double into the right-field corner to give Atlanta the lead in a six-run eighth inning and the Braves survived a ninth-inning scare to beat the San Diego Padres 7-6 on Wednesday night.

With one out in the eighth, Mauricio Dubón singled off left-hander Wandy Peralta (1-1). Jarvis followed with the double that allowed Dubón to score from first base for a 2-1 lead.

Brewer Hicklen drove in Jarvis with a double to left field. Ozzie Albies, Matt Olson, Austin Riley and Dominic Smith added run-scoring singles off Randy Vásquez. The Braves collected seven of their 14 hits in the inning.

Right-hander Víctor Mederos gave up a run-scoring single to Gavin Sheets and a two-run triple to Fernando Tatis Jr. in the ninth. Raisel Iglesias gave up a two-run homer to Luis Rengifo before recording the final two outs for his 20th save.

Dylan Lee (5-0) pitched a scoreless eighth.

San Diego right-hander Michael King opened the game with two strikes to Drake Baldwin before loading the bases with three straight walks. A grounder to first base by Michael Harris II drove in Baldwin for a 1-0 lead that held until the seventh inning.

King regrouped to allow one run with four walks and seven strikeouts in six innings.

Jackson Merrill tied the game with a homer to center field off Didier Fuentes in the seventh.

Braves left-hander Martín Pérez, who suffered a left forearm contusion when he was hit by Juan Soto's liner on July 5, was reinstated from the injured list to start the game. Pérez gave up one hit with four walks in four scoreless innings.

Right-hander JR Ritchie was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett.

Braves LHP Chris Sale (10-6, 2.06 ERA) is scheduled to face Padres RHP Griffin Canning (1-8, 6.67) in Thursday's final game of the four-game series.

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San Diego Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts tags second base in the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Jim Jarvis hits a single in the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

San Diego Padres pitcher Michael King delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Jim Jarvis rounds second base in the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves pitcher Martín Pérez delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

PHOENIX (AP) — Amish Shah won the Democratic primary Wednesday in a hotly contested congressional district in Arizona, delivering another defeat to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which backed a rival, as more voters reject the preferences of party leaders in Washington.

Shah, an emergency physician, will face Republican Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker who was endorsed by President Donald Trump in his primary, in the fall. Before becoming political opponents, Feely and Shah were part of the same team — the New York Jets. Shah was a doctor on the sidelines, while Feely was the kicker.

The DCCC backed Marlene Galán-Woods, a former Republican who switched parties at the beginning of Trump’s first term.

The competition for the 1st Congressional District, an affluent area that includes northeast Phoenix, Scottsdale, Fountain Hills and Paradise Valley, is expected to help determine control of the U.S. House. Although Republicans hold a voter registration advantage, the district has shifted toward the center over the last decade.

The seat is open because Republican Rep. David Schweikert ran for governor, losing to Rep. Andy Biggs in the GOP primary on Tuesday.

The DCCC's decision to endorse Galán-Woods, a former television journalist in Phoenix, puzzled local Democrats because there was little ideological difference between her and Shah. Both are moderates, and the race was not a proxy fight in the party's deepening feud between progressives and centrists.

“Our victory in this primary was a grassroots victory where Arizona voters made their voices heard,” Shah said Wednesday night in a statement that did not address the DCCC snub. “Now, it’s my job to earn the support of every voter in this district.”

The race was in some ways a replay of 2024, when Shah narrowly won in a crowded primary field that included Galán-Woods and lost in the general election. The DCCC did not endorse in the primary that year but backed Shah in the general.

When the Galán-Woods endorsement was announced in May, DCCC chair and U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene talked up her experience in broadcast journalism but said nothing about Shah.

“I wasn’t exactly my party’s pick,” Shah told supporters Tuesday night. “And I was willing to stand up to that establishment. And that’s what the voters of this district want.”

Still, he has said he would work with the DCCC if nominated. He will need support from the party and its donors to win what's likely to be a tough race in a district Trump carried narrowly in 2024. Former Democratic President Joe Biden won the district in 2020 even as Schweikert was reelected.

Antiestablishment fervor has spooked congressional leaders, who fear that swing voters will see some insurgent candidates as too extreme and squander Democrats’ opportunity to take advantage of Trump’s unpopularity.

Last month progressive Randy Villegas beat a DCCC-backed candidate for a top battleground district in California's Central Valley. And similarly in Maine, Matt Dunlap defeated a more moderate rival backed by the party.

DCCC support generally brings an influx of money and staffing, both from the party itself and from the donors and interest groups that take its cues. But establishment support has been a turnoff for some voters.

“The Democratic Party needs to grow up and wake up,” said Maria Liong, a 24-year-old medical student who volunteered for Shah’s campaign. “They need to realize that they want candidates who listen to their people.”

In the GOP primary, Feely defeated Joseph Chaplik, a former state lawmaker popular with grassroots activists, for the party's nomination. He was in the NFL with seven teams over 14 seasons, including with the Arizona Cardinals from 2010 to 2013. He became an NFL broadcaster after retiring in 2014.

Feely and Shah overlapped on the Jets during the 2008 and 2009 seasons, when Shah worked home games as an airway management physician, according to his campaign. Every NFL game has an airway management doctor on the sideline to intubate and resuscitate a catastrophically injured player.

“It’s an old relationship,” Feely said of Shah on Tuesday night, before it was clear which Democrat he would face in November. “But whoever it is, I want to do this the right way. I want to run this the right way.”

Associated Press writers Jacques Billeaud and Wufei Yu contributed.

Democratic candidate for Arizona's 1st Congressional Dr. Amish Shah poses, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democratic candidate for Arizona's 1st Congressional Dr. Amish Shah poses, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Amish Shah, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Arizona's 1st Congressional District, speaks to supporters at a friend's home on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Wufei Yu)