NL Wrap: Padres Edge Giants, Astros Soar to Wild-Card Lead
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Mark Loretta hit a bases-loaded  sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th to lift the San Diego  Padres a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants in National  League action on Wednesday.
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Trevor Hoffman earned his 477th career save to pull within one of tying Lee Smith's all-time record and Mike Cameron hit a two-run triple for the San Diego Padres, who beat Arizona 3-1 Thursday night to keep their slim lead atop the NL West.
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Houston Astros players celebrate their NL wild-card-clinching win over the Colorado Rockies. The Astros finalized the playoff pairing by beating the Colorado Rockies 5-3 Sunday in Houston to edge the San Francisco Giants for a playoff berth.
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The San Francisco Giants kept pace with Houston in the wild-card race, and gave themselves an outside chance of overtaking Los Angeles in the NL West.
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Pinch-hitter Terrmel Sledge singled   home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to propel the San   Diego Padres to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers and top   spot in the NL West standings on Sunday.
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SAN DIEGO -- The San Francisco Giants lost both the wild-card lead and right fielder Dustan Mohr in a 4-3, 10-inning loss to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.
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Jerome Williams pitched seven solid  innings in his first start in two months to help the San  Francisco Giants beat the Padres 4-1 in San Diego on Thursday.
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Bee Staff Writer. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres returned the favor, and the playoff-chasing Giants gladly accepted it before a disappointed record crowd of 45,389 at Petco Park.
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Rookie Josh Barfield hit a three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Monday night to keep their 1 1/2-game lead in the NL wild-card race.
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Edgardo Alfonzo's two-run double capped a six-run rally in the fourth inning, and the San Francisco Giants tied the Chicago Cubs for the wild-card lead by beating San Diego 7-5 on Tuesday night.
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Greg Maddux slogged through five innings &#151; issuing his first walk in 10 starts &#151; and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Tuesday night, the fifth straight win for the NL wild-card leaders.
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Brett Tomko won his sixth consecutive decision and San Francisco beat the visiting Houston Astros, 9-2, to maintain their wild-card lead and move within 1Â½ games of first-place Los Angeles in the National League West.
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SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants continue to battle for a berth in the National League playoffs when the teams conclude a three-game series at PETCO Park on Thursday.
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PHOENIX - 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 San Diego Padres pulled off a vital 6-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday when Brian Giles hit a three-run home run with two out in the ninth inning.
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Mark Loretta hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th to lift the San Diego Padres a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants in National League action on Wednesday.
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Trevor Hoffman tied Lee Smith's career saves record with No. 478 and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night to retain their lead in the NL West.