NL Wrap: Padres Ease Past Giants Despite Bonds Homer
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Jay Payton&#39;s three-run homer led the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in National League play Saturday, despite a 701st career blast from Barry Bonds.
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Scott Hairston hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and the San Diego Padres rallied past Pittsburgh 5-3 Wednesday night to increase their NL wild-card lead.
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Barry Bonds homered for the third time in two days to help lead the San Francisco Giants to a 14-4 rout of the Montreal Expos in the second game of a doubleheader after losing the opener Wednesday.
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(Sports Network) - Barry Bonds tries to homer for a third straight game and move closer to Babe Ruth on the all-time list, as the San Francisco Giants play the rubber contest of a three-game series versus the San Diego Padres today at SBC Park.
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Jerome Williams pitched seven strong innings in his first start in two months and the San Francisco Giants jumped back into a tie for the wild-card lead by beating the Padres, 4-1, last night in San Diego.
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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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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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Barry Bonds went 3-for-3 with a walk  but failed to hit his 700th career home run Thursday as the San  Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 in National  League play at Miller Park.
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The San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 7-5 Tuesday and tied Chicago for the National League wild card lead. The Giants pounded San Diego pitchers for 17 hits and scored six
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Jake Peavy wins his NL-leading 19th game and the Padres spoil Barry Bonds' home finale for San Francisco with a much-needed victory over the Giants.
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Mike Cameron tripled leading off the 12th inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Eric Young, and the San Diego Padres avoided their first four-game sweep in San Francisco in nearly 13 years with a 6-5 victory over the Giants on Sunday.
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Brett Tomko pitched six solid innings and the San Diego Padres won their season-high seventh in a row yesterday, defeating the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3, and pulling to half a game behind first-place Arizona in the National League West.
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Each time Matt Cain has taken the mound against San Diego this season, the game has been meaningful. He has pitched well every outing &#151; and his latest gem helped the Giants gain ground on their division rival in the wild card race. Cain carried a no-hit bid into the sixth on the way to his fourth straight victory, and San Francisco pulled within 2 1/2 games of the NL wild-card leading Padres with a 4-0 win Friday night.
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SAN DIEGO - 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.    The Giants remained three games behind NL West leader Los Angeles after the Dodgers' 5-4 comeback victory against Colorado...
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The Giants batted around to score six runs in the fourth and held on for a 7-5 win over the Padres on Tuesday in front of 35,529 to open the three-game series.
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Bronson Arroyo outfoxed Barry Bonds &#151; and outhomered him, too. Bonds managed only a modest single Thursday night, stalling his chase of the home run record, while the Cincinnati Reds rolled to a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants behind their power-hitting pitcher.
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The San Diego Padres moved above the Arizona Diamondbacks at the top of the National League West with a 3-1 home victory over their division rivals on Wednesday.