Padres lose; maintain NL West lead
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Edgar Gonzalez held San Diego to six hits in seven innings while his teammates knocked around David Wells, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-2 win over the Padres on Wednesday night.
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Dave Roberts had four hits and drove   in a pair of runs as the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona   Diamondbacks 4-1 to maintain their lead in the National League   wild card race on Wednesday in Phoenix.
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(Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres continue a three-game series versus the San Francisco Giants tonight at PETCO Park. The Padres lost 7-5 last night.
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David Wells pitched well in his return to his hometown, Josh Bard hit a bases-loaded single in the eighth to bring in the go-ahead run, and the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds, 2-1, yesterday to retain the National League wild-card lead.
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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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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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Albert Pujols's three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning was the difference in the Cardinals' 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres last night in St. Louis, ending a seven-game losing streak during which the Cardinals' NL Central lead shriveled to 1 1/2 games.
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The skinny: Suppan picked up the win Thursday, allowing the Padres two runs in six innings. In the same game, the Padres lost for the first time in Peavy&#39;s last 10 starts.
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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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Jake Peavy wins his NL-leading 19th game and the Padres spoil Barry Bonds' home finale for San Francisco with a much-needed victory over the Giants.
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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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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.
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Stephen Drew homered to help the Arizona Diamondbacks overcome a horrendous third inning and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 Saturday night to take a two-game lead in the NL West over San Diego.
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The San Diego Padres are right back in the NL West race thanks to another sweep of their biggest rival, the suddenly rattled Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Pinch-runner Khalil Greene scored the winning run on third baseman Chad Tracy's fielding error with one out in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres kept their slim playoff hopes alive by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 Friday night.
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San Diego ace Jake Peavy wanted so badly to face Arizona. Then he went out and pitched badly. Pitching on three days' rest, San Diego's ace gave up eight runs and the Diamondbacks defeated the Padres 9-6 on Wednesday night to take a one-game lead over San Diego in the NL West.
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Todd Walker, Josh Barfield and Mike Cameron homered in the fourth inning off newcomer Jason Hirsh, and the San Diego Padres stopped a four-game losing streak by beating the Houston Astros 6-3 Saturday night.