Diamondbacks rally without dramatics

The Arizona Diamondbacks staged another comeback Thursday night. This time they did it early, and without the high drama.

The Diamondbacks fell behind by three runs in the first inning, then rallied behind a pair of old-timers to beat the San Diego Padres, 7-4.

Tony Clark had his second two-homer game of the season, and Livan Hernandez silenced the Padres after a tough first inning.

The victory came 24 hours after Stephen Drew hit a two-run homer off Trevor Graham with two outs in the ninth to give the Diamondbacks a stunning 3-2 win that spoiled Jake Peavy’s 16-strikeout, seven-inning performance in which he struck out nine in a row.

“I think there probably was a little bit of carry-over,” Arizona Manager Bob Melvin said.

Clark and Hernandez made Thursday’s game much less thrilling.

“The comforting thing is knowing that we’ve got Livan on the hill, who’s been there, done that,” Clark said. “You hope with nine innings left you can hold them steady and we can find some ways to scratch some runs across.”

Scratch indeed.

Clark broke a 3-3 tie with a 409-foot shot. He drove in two more with a towering homer with no outs in the sixth.

Hernandez (2-1) gave up a three-run homer to Adrian Gonzalez in the first, then blanked the Padres for the next six innings. He allowed three runs on four hits in seven innings, striking out two and walking three.