Padres close in on D'backs with seventh consecutive win
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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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Mike Piazza drove in two runs with a pair of bloop singles, and Mike Thompson earned his first victory in more than two months as the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Wednesday.
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San Diego's four-run seventh inning sends St. Louis to its seventh straight loss, a 7-5 decision which cuts the Cardinals' lead in the NL Central to 1 1/2 games.
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If it weren't for playing the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Diego Padres might be lagging in the NL West. Thanks to their domination of the Dodgers, the Padres instead are a half-game up in the division, passing Los Angeles with a 2-1 victory Sunday. San Diego has won eight of the last nine meetings. The Padres are 13-4 overall against Los Angeles and 7-1 at Dodger Stadium.
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Brandon Webb used his sadness for inspiration. Pitching one day after the death of a close friend in a Kentucky plane crash, Webb allowed six hits in 7 1-3 innings to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Diego Padres 7-4 on Monday night.
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Andruw Jones hit another big homer at Petco Park and had three RBIs, and Buddy Carlyle pitched eight strong innings against his former team as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 7-4 on Friday night.
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SAN DIEGO - Ryan Klesko singled in the go-ahead run with none out in the eighth inning and the San Diego Padres beat St. Louis 7-3 Monday night to keep alive their slim playoff hopes and end the Cardinals' nine-game winning streak...
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Orlando Hernandez outpitched All-Star Jake Peavy and outscored San Diego all by himself in leading the New York Mets to a 7-0 win over the Padres on Tuesday night.
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Ryan Klesko singled in the go-ahead run with none out in the eighth inning and the San Diego Padres beat St. Louis 7-3 Monday night to keep alive their slim playoff hopes and end the Cardinals' nine-game winning streak.
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Justin Germano drove in a run and gave up none to help the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 on Sunday, avoiding a three-game sweep.
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Rookie Josh Barfield hit a three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Monday night to keep their 1 1/2-game lead in the NL wild-card race.
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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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Putting some starch back into their playoff bid, the Padres crafted their best outing in some time last night. Ramon Vazquez, starting for the injured Mark Loretta, provided three hits, and
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Dodgers castoff Brett Tomko pitches six solid innings, rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff delivers two more hits and the Padres win their season-high seventh in a row, 6-3 over the Pirates.
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Ichiro Suzuki threw a strike from right field and countryman and catcher Kenji Johjima wasn&#039;t about to let it go to waste. Johjima held on to the ball despite being run over on the play at the plate by Josh Barfield in the fifth inning, a play that helped spark the Seattle Mariners to a 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
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Another game-tying single by Dave Roberts in the eighth inning. Barry Bonds standing on second base as the potential winning run with Pedro Feliz at the plate. This game had an eerily familiar feeling for the San Diego Padres, but a much more pleasant result.
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A week's worth of wins against two of the National League's cellar-dwellers has put the San Diego Padres right back in contention for a third straight West title.