Giants take 1st place in West from Padres
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Jason Schmidt won for the first time in more than six weeks, and the San Francisco Giants took over first place in the NL West with a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
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The San Francisco Giants moved within a half-game of first-place Los Angeles in the NL West and maintained a half-game lead over the Chicago Cubs in the wild-card race by beating the Houston Astros 5-1 Wednesday night. The Giants are 9-1 in their last 10 games, with Noah Lowry winning three times...
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SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- After one final day off, the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants resume their quest to reach the postseason when they begin a three-game series.
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The Cubs suffered a stunning loss yesterday, and their closest rival in the wild-card race took advantage of the situation, the Giants beating Los Angeles to close within a half-game of Chicago and 1 1/2 games of the West-leading Dodgers.
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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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The San Francisco Giants, trying to battle their way out of the National League West basement, scored an 8-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday to close the second leg of a three-city road trip.
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LOS ANGELES - Steve Finley's grand slam capped a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West, beating the San Francisco Giants 7-3 Saturday.    The Dodgers reached the postseason for the first time since making it as the wild card in 1996...
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Jake Peavy won his third straight decision, Brian Giles drove in three runs and the San Diego Padres maintained a one-game NL West lead with a 12-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night.
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Trevor Hoffman notched his 478th   career save to tie Lee Smith's all-time record as the San Diego   Padres took control of the National League West with a 2-1 win   over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
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Barry Bonds is headed back to the All-Star game. If Tim Lincecum keeps this up, it won't be long before the rookie right-hander is there, too. Lincecum struck out a career-high 12 batters and got a key hit &#151; and rare praise &#151; from Bonds as the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-0 on Sunday.
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Pedro Feliz tripled in Steve Finley with the go-ahead run with one out in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 4-1 on Saturday to split a day-night doubleheader.
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Barry Bonds hit his 699th home run, and the San Francisco Giants regained the wild-card lead with a 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday in Phoenix.
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Jake Peavy is putting together an impressive Cy Young resume. Peavy lowered his major league-leading ERA to 2.39, struck out 10 to take over the big league lead and pitched the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the last-place San Francisco Giants on Sunday.
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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 on Saturday, despite a 701st career  blast from Barry Bonds.
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The San Francisco Giants finally found a way to win a one-run game.
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The Giants outhit the Rockies, 16-5...Bonds is now one walk shy of the major league record of 198, which he set in 2002...San Francisco won the season series from Colorado, 11-8.
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The San Diego Padres maintained their slight edge in the National League West with a 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.