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(Sports Network) - Randy Wolf was nearly perfect last time out for San Diego. He might have to do that again if he hopes to slow down the red-hot Arizona Diamondbacks, who play the finale of their three-game series with the Padres this afternoon at Chase Field.

Wolf notched his first win as a Padre last time out, but it will be one tough act to follow. After taking two no decisions, Wolf hurled 6 2/3 no-hit innings versus the Rockies before allowing a single in the seventh frame.

The left-hander recorded the final out of the seventh to end his day and that hit was the only one he allowed in addition to four walks and nine strikeouts while lowering his earned run average to 1.42.

Wolf, 31, is 5-2 with a 4.11 ERA in 10 career starts against Arizona, though he went 1-1 with a 6.94 ERA in two starts against them last year as a member of the Dodgers.

The lefty will have to contend with an Arizona team today that is off to its best start in franchise history. The Diamondbacks lead the majors with a 13-4 record and have outscored their opponents 31-6 over a four-game winning streak.

They have easily handed the Padres meager offense, posting a 9-0 win on Friday and a 10-3 thumping on Saturday. Arizona is now in position to record its first three-game sweep over the Padres at home since April 22-24, 2005.

Arizona won 10 of its 18 matchups with San Diego last year, winning six of nine at home.

The Diamondbacks exploded for nine runs over the final three innings of yesterday's win. Justin Upton finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored, while Eric Byrnes had one hit -- a two-run double -- to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. Stephen Drew had an RBI double and scored twice.

Arizona leads the National League with a .281 team batting average, and is tops in the majors in runs scored (112) and RBI (107). Despite not going deep in Saturday's win, the Diamondbacks are second in the league in homers with 25.

The Padres, meanwhile, have the fourth-worst club batting average at .238 and are tied for last in the majors with San Francisco with 53 runs scored. San Diego is also near the bottom in team home runs with eight, despite getting long balls from Paul McAnulty and Brian Giles in Saturday's setback.

Chris Young, who had his start pushed back a day due to a sore elbow, allowed two runs on three hits with four strikeouts and three walks in a no decision for the Padres, who have dropped four in a row and have been outscored 31-6 in that span.

Joe Thatcher (0-2) surrendered two runs on three hits in one inning of relief. Kevin Cameron was roughed up for six runs -- one earned -- on three hits and three walks in two-thirds of an inning.

Arizona's Randy Johnson will toe the rubber for the second time this season this afternoon. Johnson pitched in his first major league game since June 28 on Monday and got a no decision are yielding three unearned runs and three hits over five innings. He also walked four while striking out seven.

The big left-hander's season ended early last year due to injury, as he has his second back surgery in two years in August.

The 44-year-old has faced the Padres 23 times, 22 of those starts, and is an excellent 14-4 against them with three shutouts and a 2.34 ERA. He did face them once last year, taking a loss after five innings of six-run ball.

Giles is hitting just .100 (3-for-30) with a homer in his career against Johnson, while Jim Edmonds is batting .240 (6-for-25) with a pair of home runs against him.