Padres trim back Dodgers' NL West lead
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San Diego's offense was missing in the first game of an important series against Los Angeles. It showed up in a big way Saturday night. Mike Cameron, Todd Walker and Adrian Gonzalez each hit two-run homers during an eight-run outburst in the third inning of an 11-2 victory that shaved the Dodgers' NL West lead back to one-half game.
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The San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Thursday to record their seventh consecutive win, moving to within a half-game of National League West leaders Arizona.
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The San Diego Padres pulled out their second straight extra-inning victory after four straight losses. This one came against the fading Los Angeles Dodgers, who haven't had any success in extra-inning games &#151; or nine-inning ones, for that matter.
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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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The Los Angeles Dodgers hope to move a step closer to clinching the NL West when they continue their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies.
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Adam Eaton allowed five hits over seven innings for his career-high 10th victory, Brian Giles homered for the second straight game, and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 Thursday night.
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LOS ANGELES - Jose Lima pitched into the seventh inning, Jayson Werth homered for the third game in a row and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 6-3 Tuesday night.    The Dodgers maintained their 4 1/2-game NL West lead over San Francisco, a 3-2 winner at Milwaukee...
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Mike Cameron's two-run double capped San Diego's four-run seventh inning against Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter, and free-falling St. Louis saw its lead in the NL Central shrink to 1 1/2 games following the Padres' 7-5 victory Tuesday night.
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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.
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Chad Billingsley did an excellent job filling in for the injured Derek Lowe by limiting San Diego to one run over six innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Padres 6-1 on Wednesday night.
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San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - Adrian Beltre recorded three hits and two runs scored to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-6 victory over the San Diego Padres in the finale of a three-game series at Petco Park.
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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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Phil Nevin belted two homers and drove in four runs Tuesday to lead San Diego past the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7. Shawn Green hit two home runs for the Dodgers, who lead the National
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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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Kenny Lofton singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers moved into first place in the NL West, defeating the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Thursday night.
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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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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.