Nick Pivetta got one run of support from the San Diego Padres lineup, but he made that standup against the Washington Nationals and led his team to a 1-0 win at Petco Park, Wednesday.

Pivetta had a dominant outing for San Diego, completing seven innings, allowing just three hits and recording 10 strikeouts. Pivetta dominated a Washington lineup that seemed to be hitting its stride through the first two games of the series. He held the top four batters for the Nationals, C.J. Abrams, James Wood, Luis Garcia Jr. and Nathaniel Lowe without a hit.

The same four players combined for 10 hits for Washington in the first game of the series and Abrams added two more hits in the second game of the series. The most notable stat from the 1-0 win for the Padres, Wednesday was not just that Pivetta limited the damage by the top of the Nationals’ lineup, he recorded eight strikeouts against Abrams, Wood, Garcia Jr. and Lowe combined.

San Diego scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the second inning. Tyler Wade, who reached on a walk, came home on a Luis Arraez RBI-single to center to put the Padres ahead, 1-0.

Other than the second-inning run, Mackenzie Gore was good for Washington and limited the San Diego scoring opportunities while facing the new look lineup.

Arraez hit leadoff, Manny Machado batted second, Jackson Merrill hit third and Fernando Tatis Jr. hit cleanup. Also of note was Xander Bogaerts was scratched from the lineup prior to the start of the game and Jake Cronenworth had a scheduled day off with the Padres facing a left-handed starter.

Xander Bogaerts has been scratched from today’s lineup with left shoulder soreness.

Updated Padres lineup:

ARRAEZ 1B
MACHADO 3B
MERRILL CF
TATIS RF
SHEETS DH
IGLESIAS SS
JOHNSON LF
WADE 2B
DIAZ C

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Jeremiah Estrada, who seems to have bounced back from his recent struggles, pitched a scoreless eighth inning with one strikeout. Adrian Morejon got the save opportunity in the top of the ninth with Padres closer Robert Suarez serving the first of his two-game suspension, and faced the minimum three batters to earn his second save of the season.

San Diego is off Thursday and will return to action in Cincinnati against the Reds, Friday at 4:10 p.m.