Senzatela (1-0) earned his first career victory Tuesday against the Padres, allowing two runs on five hits and one walk across seven innings. He struck out five.
Senzatela allowed a solo homer in the first inning to Manuel Margot, but he settled down and cruised the rest of the way, allowing another run on a sac fly in the sixth. It looked as if he would miss out on the victory after throwing 94 pitches and leaving in a tie game, but Nolan Arenado's decisive solo shot in the bottom of the seventh put that to rest. Senzatela has been terrific through his first two big league starts and will carry a 1.50 ERA as well as a 0.92 WHIP into Sunday's start against the Giants.