Padres roll past Dodgers to keep West lead
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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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The Los Angeles Dodgers scored five runs in the ninth inning and edged the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Tuesday. The first-place Dodgers maintained their three-game lead over San Francisco in the National League West.
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The San Diego Padres swept back to   the top of the National League West on Tuesday with a 5-2 win   over the Arizona Diamondbacks at PETCO Park.
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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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San DiegoÃÂ packs up their wild-card lead and heads for a first-place showdown with the Dodgers after taking down Cincinnati, 4-2, Thursday.
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Brian Lawrence settled down after a shaky start to pitch six solid innings, and Brian Giles had three hits including a tiebreaking homer Wednesday night to lead the San Diego Padres over the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3.
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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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Phil Nevin homered, doubled and drove in five runs and the San Diego Padres built a big lead for Jake Peavy in beating the New York Mets 9-4 Monday night.
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Mike Piazza homered, Cla Meredith extended his scoreless streak to 27 1-3 innings and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Tuesday night to pull within one game of the NL West lead.
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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 Dodgers have been alone in first place in the National League West every day since July 8. That could change tonight, as Los Angeles tries to avoid being swept in a three-game series by the surging San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
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(Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres try to move closer to the wild card and NL West lead as they conclude a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight from Petco Park.
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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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Matt Kemp drove in the go-ahead run for the second game in a row, pulling the Los Angeles Dodgers back into a virtual tie for first place in the NL West.
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Derek Lowe pitched seven sharp innings, J.D. Drew broke a scoreless tie with a leadoff homer in the seventh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 Friday night to remain a half-game behind first-place San Diego in the NL West.
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Greg Maddux, as masterful as he was in his prime, no-hits San Diego through the first 6 1/3 innings, and the Dodgers beat the Padres 3-1 to build their NL West lead to 1 1/2 games.
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Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff's three-run homer broke a tie in a six-run fourth inning and the San Diego Padres defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 Friday night in a matchup of NL West rivals separated by a game.