Vargas solid as Diamondbacks nip Astros
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A sacrifice bunt by the cleanup batter, spectacular defense by a rookie shortstop and yet another double by Luis Gonzalez.
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Josh Bard homers and drives in a career-high four runs, David Wells throws five solid innings in the rain and the San Diego Padres beat the Nationals, 7-3, on Sunday.
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The streaking Houston Astros used seven pitchers and a Jeff Bagwell home run to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Friday to hold on to their share of the lead in the National League wild card race.
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Mike Piazza drove in two runs with a pair of bloop singles, and Mike Thompson earned his first victory in more than two months as the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Wednesday.
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Livan Hernandez blanks his former Washington teammates for seven innings and four Arizona players hit solo home runs to help the Diamondbacks finally beat the Nationals, 4-2.
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Marquis Grissom hit a grand slam homer and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a six run deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 in National League play on Saturday.
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David Wright&#039;s drive to the center-field wall capped a ninth-inning comeback in the New York Mets&#039; 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
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Dan Ortmeier tripled to start the eighth inning and scored the go-ahead run on Pedro Feliz's sacrifice fly, and the San Francisco Giants snapped Arizona's six-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
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The San Diego Padres found out between the second and third innings that they were eliminated from wild-card contention, then rallied for a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks have made a habit of winning most of their close games this season.
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Brandon Backe, a little-known local,  who arrived in the shadow of famous hometown heroes Roger  Clemens and Andy Pettitte last winter, brought the Houston  Astros to within a game of the franchise's first postseason  series victory in an 8-5 win over the Atlanta Braves Saturday.
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Brandon Webb threw a six-hitter to become the National League's second 16-game winner and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Friday night.
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Carlos Beltran hit a pair of homers and drove in four to lead Houston to an easy 15-7 win over the Chicago Cubs in a slugfest Friday.
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Pinch-hitter Robin Ventura hit his 18th career grand slam to tie Willie McCovey for third place on the career list, Hideo Nomo won for the first time in 11 decisions and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 Tuesday night.
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Marquis Grissom hit a grand slam  homer and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a six run  deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 in National  League play on Saturday.
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Deivi Cruz capped a four-run eighth-inning rally with a two-run single Saturday to give the San Francisco Giants a 9-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks keep steaming along, one nailbiter at a time. Chris Young homered in the first and second innings and drove in four runs as the Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Sunday to take the three-game series between NL division leaders.