Bratt Ks 9 in 7 1-hit innings for 1st win in majors, helping Diamondbacks rout Padres 10-4

PHOENIX (AP) — Mitch Bratt struck out nine and allowed one hit in seven innings for his first career victory, Ildemaro Vargas drove in four runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 10-4 on Wednesday night.

Bratt (1-1) finally broke through in his sixth start in the majors, all this year. The 23-year-old Canadian set career marks for innings, strikeouts and hits.

Arizona is 16-7 in its last 23 games. It holds the second wild-card spot in the National League.

Gabriel Moreno started the scoring in the third with a sac fly. Four pitches later, Tim Tawa launched a 414-foot blast to left-center for his sixth homer.

Trade deadline acquisition Lars Nootbaar had his first hit and RBI as a Diamondback to begin a six-run fourth. Corbin Carroll also had an RBI single and Moreno walked with the bases loaded to end Casey Mize's first start as a Padre.

Mize (4-7) allowed eight runs on nine hits, walking three and striking out one.

Tawa tacked on a sac fly and Vargas doubled to drive in two before San Diego got out of the inning. Vargas added a two-run triple in the eighth to extend the lead to 10.

The Padres got one back in the ninth thanks to Fernando Tatis Jr.'s solo homer, and Gage Workman added more with a three-run double. Paul Sewald came in to record the final out after Kevin Ginkel allowed two hits and two walks.

Padres RHP Walker Buehler (6-5, 5.18 ERA) was set to face LHP Kohl Drake (0-0, 4.85) in the final game of the series Thursday.

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Arizona Diamondbacks catcher James McCann, center, makes a foul ball catch against San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. as home plate umpire umpire James Jean looks on during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno, right, jogs to first base after earning a bases loaded walk as Diamondbacks' Lars Nootbaar, left, comes in to score a run against the San Diego Padres during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the San Diego Padres during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Mitch Bratt throws against the San Diego Padres during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Mitch Bratt throws against the San Diego Padres during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since the implementation of a shaky truce between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in June.

Four other soldiers were seriously wounded, the military said. The deaths had been reported by Israeli media a day earlier.

The Israeli army launched strikes Wednesday in southern Lebanon in response to what it described as Hezbollah’s violation of the ceasefire and issued a call for residents of the village of Mansouri to flee — the first such warning Israel has issued in Lebanon for weeks.

There was no immediate statement from Hezbollah.

The escalation came as Lebanese and Israeli negotiators met in Rome to discuss implementation of a June 26 deal under which Israeli forces are supposed to withdraw from areas they occupy in southern Lebanon and allow the Lebanese army to take control, in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament.

Wednesday’s talks ended early due to the escalation on the ground. It was not immediately clear if they would resume Thursday.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said one person was killed and 12 wounded in an Israeli strike in the town of Tebnine Wednesday. The state-run National News Agency reported more people wounded in overnight strikes on the village of Burj al-Shemali, but the number was not clear. Artillery shelling also targeted the areas of Mansouri and Majdal Zoun, it said.

The latest Israel-Hezbollah war erupted on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets across the border two days after the U.S. and Israel launched their attacks on Iran. More than 4,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon since then, including hundreds of civilians About 40 soldiers and three civilians - including a military contractor - have been killed on the Israeli side.

A shaky truce between Israel and Hezbollah has largely held since June 20, but Israeli forces have continued to occupy swaths of southern Lebanon and to carry out periodic airstrikes and shelling.

The talks in Rome have focused on implementation of “pilot zones” where Israeli forces would withdraw and the Lebanese army would take control. Implementation began last month with an initial pilot zone in an area that wasn’t occupied by Israeli forces but had previously sustained Israeli fire.

The Lebanese army entered the town of Zawtar al-Gharbieh and some civilians returned, although many came only to find their homes destroyed and left again.

A diplomat familiar with the negotiations said earlier this week that Lebanon had asked to be either in the town of Khiam or Bint Jbeil. Both areas saw heavy fighting in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war and are currently occupied by Israeli forces.

But U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa suggested ahead of the three-day talks that no new pilot zones would be immediately implemented, saying that “moving too quickly risks jeopardizing the very civilians this process is meant to protect.”

Israeli tanks, left, stationed among homes in the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, occupied by Israeli forces, is seen from the southern village of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

A Lebanese man sits outside his damaged house in the village of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, south Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Israeli military vehicles, left, are seen stationed among homes in the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, occupied by Israeli forces, is seen from the southern village of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)