The Arizona Diamondbacks were set to introduce outfielder Lars Nootbaar, whom they acquired in a trade-deadline deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Recaps [AZ Central] Diamondbacks manage just 2 hits in rain-delayed loss to Guardians – The Guardians scored five runs off Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly (8-9), who allowed eight hits. Kelly walked four with five strikeouts in five innings of work,

The Diamondbacks fell behind early against the Padres, who evened the series. That sets up Arizona's rookie starters in the last two games of the set.

The Diamondbacks and Mets were close to a trade deadline deal involving Clay Holmes before it was scotched following a review of medical records.

After such a deadline, the D-Backs were put on blast by former MLB general manager Jim Bowden of The Athletic, for their "clunker" of a trade deadline. He gave them a lousy D+ grade as well, the worst graded buyer for this year's deadline.

All three teams in the NL Wild Card spots won Saturday and kept the Diamondbacks' gaps at five games to the Cubs in the first slot and one game to the Phillies behind Arizona.

Manny Machado had three hits and drove in four runs, Randy Vasquez pitched six scoreless innings, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Tuesday in ​the second game of a four-game series in Phoenix.