D-Backs take series; Walker strikes out 11

Taijuan Walker matched a career high with 11 strikeouts in eight effective innings, Chris Owings hit a pair of solo homers and the Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 Thursday night.

The Diamondbacks jumped on Jered Weaver (0-2) with three homers a night after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth inning of a loss to San Diego.

Yasmany Tomas had a two-run homer and three RBIs to help Arizona match its best ever home start at 11-3.

Tomas also lined a run-scoring double and Walker (3-1) allowed two runs and four hits. The Diamondbacks have opened a season with four straight home series wins for the third time.

Ryan Schmipf had a solo home run for the Padres after hitting the go-ahead three-run homer the night before.

Walker got off to a shaky start, allowing a run in the first inning on Yangervis Solarte’s single. The right-hander had the Padres off-balance the rest of the night, retiring 12 of 13 batters — one was hit by a pitch — before Schmipf’s homer in the seventh.

Weaver had pitched well since losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in his first start of the season, yet had three straight no-decisions entering Thursday’s start despite allowing two earned runs in each. One problem: Giving up home runs. Weaver entered Thursday’s game allowing 2.74 homers per nine innings, most in the NL.

The hot-hitting Diamondbacks added to that ratio. Margot cf Diaz p ss Myers 1b Solarte 2b Renfroe rf Schimpf 3b Cordoba lf-cf Torrens c a-Spangenberg ph-lf Weaver p Yates p ph-c Pollock cf Peralta rf Goldschmidt 1b Lamb 3b Tomas lf Herrmann c Owings 2b Ahmed ss Walker p Hoover p a-struck out for Torrens in the 8th. b-struck out for Yates in the 8th. LOB—San Diego 2, Arizona 4. 2B—Aybar (4), Myers (7), Peralta (6), Tomas (7). HR—Schimpf (5), off Walker; Owings (3), off Weaver; Tomas (5), off Weaver; Owings (4), off Weaver. RBIs—Solarte (16), Schimpf (10), Tomas 3 (18), Owings 2 (19). SB—Solarte (2), Goldschmidt (6), Owings (6). Runners left in scoring position—San Diego 2 (Myers, Renfroe); Arizona 3 (Goldschmidt, Ahmed 2). RISP—San Diego 1 for 3; Arizona 2 for 7. Runners moved up—Lamb 2, Herrmann, Tomas. GIDP—Weaver. DP—Arizona 1 (Owings, Ahmed). Weaver, L, 0-2 Yates Diaz Diamondbacks 6, Padres 2 52⁄3 11⁄3

1 4 0 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 0 6 1 1

R0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

R0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 1

H0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

H1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 81 27 16 .271

--Aybar .203 .316 .295 .239 .125 .250 .091 .200 .000

--b-Sanchez .077 .316 .341 .321 .291 .308 .176 .325 .250 .100

--- 4.71 0.00 4.91 Walker, W, 3-1 8 4 2 2 0 11 104 3.94 Hoover 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.00 Inherited runners-scored—Yates 1-0. HBP—Walker (Cordoba). WP— Diaz 2. Umpires—Home, Eric Cooper; First, Adrian Johnson; Second, Gary Cederstrom; Third, Tom Woodring. T—2:21. A—15,452 (48,633).