Padres grab top spot in topsy-turvy NL West
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The San Diego Padres swept back to   the top of the National League West on Tuesday with a 5-2 win   over the Arizona Diamondbacks at PETCO Park.
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Greg Maddux, as masterful as he was in his prime, no-hit San Diego through the first 6 1/3 innings, and the Dodgers beat the Padres, 3-1, last night in Los Angeles to build their NL West lead to 1 1/2 games.
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Home-field advantage has never looked so good to the San Diego Padres and their healthy ace, Jake Peavy.
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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 old man knew how to rise to the occasion. David Wells saved his best of the season for when it was needed most, a dominating performance that has the San Diego Padres in the postseason for the second year in a row.
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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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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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Theoretically, Jake Peavy pitched well enough to win. Realistically, though, the San Diego Padres simply couldn't score enough runs for their All-Star ace.
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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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Adrian Gonzalez&#039;s second home run of the game, a three-run shot in San Diego&#039;s four-run seventh inning, led the Padres to an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.
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There was no doubt for whom the heavy metal bells were tolling on Sunday &#151; Trevor Hoffman and his 479 career saves. The San Diego Padres' 38-year-old closer pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in front of a roaring crowd to become baseball's career saves leader in a memorable 2-1 win for the NL West leaders over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Mike Cameron hit a two-run triple for the Padres, who beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-1, last night in San Diego, to keep their slim lead atop the NL West.
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Khalil Greene&#039;s game-winning, two-run single in the ninth inning set off quite the celebration among the San Diego Padres.
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Greg Maddux, as masterful as he was in his prime, no-hits San Diego through the first 6 1/3 innings, and the Dodgers beat the Padres 3-1 to build their NL West lead to 1 1/2 games.
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Greg Maddux didn't walk a batter for the sixth straight start and the San Diego Padres inched past Arizona and back into the NL West lead with a 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
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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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The San Diego Padres clinched the NL West title Sunday as Trevor Hoffman held on in a rough ninth inning for a 7-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.