Diamondbacks Hammer Padres to Tighten NL West
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Extending their mastery of San Diego's All-Star, the Arizona Diamondbacks hammer Chris Young  and win, 9-1, to pull within .001 of the division-leading Padres.
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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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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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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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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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The team-record 25th player used by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night came through in a big spot. Pinch-hitter Chris Snyder drove in Chris Young with a sacrifice fly in the 16th inning to lift Arizona over the Colorado Rockies 7-6.
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Danny Bautista hit a run-scoring double in the seventh and scored on Alex Cintron's sacrifice fly, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
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The Diamondbacks waste a chance to extend their lead in the NL West, losing to Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers.
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Mike Cameron hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the seventh and Mike Piazza and Adrian Gonzalez each drove in two runs as the San Diego Padres defeated the Washington Nationals 6-3 Saturday night.
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If the Mets and Padres meet in the playoffs, it might be hard to match the back-and-forth excitement of this week's series. Both teams could probably expect much more from their star closers, though. Adrian Gonzalez homered in the 10th inning and San Diego edged New York 9-8 on Thursday night at Shea Stadium in a wild game that included blown saves by Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman.
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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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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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Jose Vidro drove in four runs, Nick Johnson hit a two-run single and the Washington Nationals edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Monday night.
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Jim Edmonds tripled home the winning run in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 Friday night to reduce their magic number for clinching the NL Central to three.
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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.
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Trevor Hoffman notched his 478th   career save to tie Lee Smith's all-time record as the San Diego   Padres took control of the National League West with a 2-1 win   over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
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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.