Padres back in first place in NL West
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With two weeks left in the regular season, San Diego manager Bruce Bochy figures the NL West race will remain tight down the stretch.
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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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Rookie Paul McAnulty hit his first career homer, a two-run shot with one out in the 11th inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Wednesday night to remain within one game of the NL West lead.
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Russell Branyan tripled in two runs and Chris Young pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings as the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in National League Division Series play on Saturday in St. Louis.
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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.
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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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Dice-K was OK at Petco Park, again. Daisuke Matsuzaka escaped a first-inning jam to outpitch Greg Maddux, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres in a matchup of two of baseball's top teams Friday night.
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Jim Edmonds belted two solo homers to  lead the host St Louis Cardinals to an easy 9-3 win over the  San Diego Padres in National League action at Busch Stadium  Tuesday.
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Chris Young came within two outs of   pitching the first no-hitter in San Diego team history as the   Padres eased to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on   Friday to remain ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL   West.
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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 strong innings in his first start in two months and the San Francisco Giants jumped back into a tie for the wild-card lead by beating the San Diego Padres 4-1 on Thursday night.
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Trevor Hoffman earned his 477th career save to pull within one of tying Lee Smith's all-time record and Mike Cameron hit a two-run triple for the San Diego Padres, who beat Arizona 3-1 Thursday night to keep their slim lead atop the NL West.
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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 Saturday, despite a 701st career blast  from Barry Bonds.
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Padres general manager Kevin Towers expects the last-place San Francisco Giants to be back in the division race by the trade deadline next month. The Giants' last three games have given them the confidence it could happen, even though they trail NL West-leading Arizona by 10 games.
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LOS ANGELES - 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.    The NL West-leading Dodgers' lead was cut to 2 1/2 games over San Francisco - their smallest since July 31...
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Phil Nevin gave the San Diego Padres a superb start to a key road swing. Nevin homered, doubled and drove in five runs and the Padres built a big lead for Jake Peavy in beating the New York Mets 9-4 on Monday night.
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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.