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Padres' Power Spoils Rockies Rookie's Debut

Mike Buss — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:01:46 CDT

Scott Hairston and Khalil Greene homered to spoil Greg Reynolds' first start, leading San Diego to a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday and their first series win in nearly a month. After winning for just the sixth time in 24 games, the Padres (14-24) continue to have...

Webb Improves to 5-0 as Diamondbacks Beat Giants 5-4

Doug Sweeney — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:12:08 CDT

Brandon Webb hit a two-run double and improved to 5-0 as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated San Francisco 5-4 on Tuesday night. Webb, off to the best start of his career, beat San Francisco's Barry Zito (0-5) for the second time in six days. Webb's five victories match the total of...

Webb improves to 4-0

Chip Bayers — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:24:07 CDT

Brandon Webb pitched another gem and, for the first time, has begun a season by winning his first four starts. Barry Zito has lost his opening four starts for the first time. Webb and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Zito and the San Francisco Giants 4-1 Wednesday in a matchup featuring...

Wolf Shuts Down Rockies, Leads Padres to 6-0 Win

Chip Bayers — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:14:37 CDT

Six and a half months later, Matt Holliday and the Colorado Rockies didn't get anywhere near home plate. Randy Wolf held the Rockies hitless for 6 2-3 innings and struck out nine, and Brian Giles collected his 1,000th RBI to lead the San Diego Padres to a 6-0 victory...

Kent, Martin Homer for Dodgers in Win

Chip Bayers — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:07:08 CDT

Jeff Kent and Russell Martin homered, James Loney extended his season-opening hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI single, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh 11-2 on Tuesday night to end the Pirates' four-game winning streak. Esteban Loaiza (1-2) got the victory in relief of starter Hong-Chih Kuo,...

Owings, Jackson Lead Diamondbacks Over Giants

Chip Bayers — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:11:31 CDT

Chris Young hit a two-run homer, Conor Jackson connected for the second consecutive game and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 8-2 on Tuesday. Micah Owings (3-0) struck out six in six innings and didn't give up a hit until Eugenio Velez singled leading off the fourth.

Randy Johnson Strikes Out 7 in 2008 Debut

Mike Buss — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:29:17 CDT

Randy Johnson had a hard time finding the strike zone in his season debut, eight months after back surgery. Still, the San Francisco Giants didn't get many good swings against him. The Big Unit did not allow an earned run in five innings, settling down to finish with seven strikeouts...