Piazza snaps slump as Padres beat L.A.
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Mike Piazza snapped a 0-for-26 slump with an RBI single and Jake Peavy threw seven dominating innings as the San Diego Padres beat Los Angeles 1-0 on Tuesday night to pull within two-games of the NL West-leading Dodgers.
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Mike Piazza's return was overshadowed by the news that Kris Benson would miss at least his next start with a strained right shoulder.
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SAN DIEGO - Cesar Izturis homered and Adrian Beltre had three hits for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who survived a shaky start by Kazuhisa Ishii and beat San Diego 9-6 on Thursday night to take a 1 1/2-game lead over San Francisco in the NL West.    San Francisco lost 7-3 to Houston...
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The San Diego Padres rocked Los   Angeles 11-2 on Saturday to cut the Dodgers' lead in the   National League West to a half-game.
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NEW YORK - The Angels&#39; surprise trade of Jose Guillen to the Expos Friday eliminated one potential addition to the Mets&#39; lineup, and possibly one of the suitors for high-priced catcher Mike Piazza.
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While it didn't have the dramatic impact of four straight homers or the magnitude of a September game, the San Diego Padres showed the rival Los Angeles Dodgers that they're capable of staging an improbable comeback, too. Russell Branyan drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the ninth to complete a five-run rally as the Padres stunned the Dodgers 6-5 Thursday night to finish a three-game sweep.
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Albert Pujols belted his major-league leading 43rd homer and Jim Edmonds followed with a two-run shot as the St Louis Cardinals eased to a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres in National League action Thursday.
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Chad Billingsley has this starting pitcher thing down. Billingsley tossed three-hit ball for seven innings, Matt Kemp and Rafael Furcal homered, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-0 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
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Edgardo Alfonzo's two-run double capped a six-run rally in the fourth inning, and the San Francisco Giants tied the Chicago Cubs for the wild-card lead by beating the Padres, 7-5, last night at San Diego.
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Russell Martin scored the go-ahead run on Mike Stanton's wild pitch in the ninth inning after pinch-hitter Olmedo Saenz singled in the tying run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 Friday night to tie San Diego for the NL West lead.
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Jake Peavy struck out seven in six innings and Marcus Giles and Khalil Greene drove in three runs apiece to lead the Padres to a 12-6 win over Baltimore last night at San Diego, handing the Orioles their ninth straight loss.
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Mike Cameron tripled leading off the 12th inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Eric Young, and the San Diego Padres avoided their first four-game sweep in San Francisco in nearly 13 years with a 6-5 victory over the Giants on Sunday.
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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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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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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.
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The San Diego Padres edged   Cincinnati 4-2 on Thursday to set up a crucial four-game   showdown with Los Angeles.
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Big league ERA leader Jake Peavy pitched seven brilliant innings and Mike Cameron hit a grand slam for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0 Saturday night to maintain their slim lead in the NL West.