Giants top Padres, trade for Hillenbrand
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The San Francisco Giants are on their best roll yet, and they finally found their new first baseman well before the trading deadline.
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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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Barry Bonds had better watch out. JT Snow seems to have designs on the slugger&#39;s spot in the San Francisco Giants&#39; lineup.
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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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com. The Padres made a move Monday, acquiring left-hander Darrell May and right-hander Ryan Bukvich from the Royals in exchange for outfielder Terrence Long and right-hander Dennis Tankersley.
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The Boston Red SoxÃÂ trade David Wells to his hometown San Diego Padres --ÃÂ who lead the NL wild-card race by a game -- on Thursday.
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After last year&#39;s stunning NL Division Series loss to the Marlins, one of the major knocks on the Giants was their relative lack of speed and their inability to put pressure on the opposing team.
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Things are going so well for the San Diego Padres' final-month surge, they could afford to give Trevor Hoffman the day off.
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The San Diego Padres bolstered their   post-season hopes on Thursday, acquiring veteran pitcher David   Wells from the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named or cash.
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Shea Hillenbrand homered for the second straight game for No. 100 in his career and Noah Lowry won back-to-back starts for the first time all season, leading the San Francisco Giants past the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 Saturday.
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Even with Jake Peavy on the mound, the San Diego Padres were unable to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks to take the lead in the NL West. The Philadelphia Phillies were in perfect position to pick up a game on the New York Mets in the NL East, before a shocking comeback by the Atlanta Braves handed them a most deflating loss.
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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.
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Jay Payton'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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The San Francisco Giants need Jason Schmidt to bounce back from his recent struggles as they try to catch the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West and hold off the Chicago Cubs in the wild-card race.
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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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SAN DIEGO -- With their chances in the NL West looking bleaker, the San Francisco Giants at least gave themselves a big boost in the wild card race.
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The Seattle Mariner traded left-handed pitcher Randy Williams to the San Diego Padres on Friday for infielder Billy Hogan.