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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...

Cubs Cruise Past Diamondbacks

Mitch Pritchard — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:35:39 CDT

Ted Lilly kept his glove on his hand this time. Lilly gave up another homer to Chris Young, but instead of throwing a tantrum the left-hander led the Chicago Cubs over Arizona 3-1 today in the first meeting between the teams since the Diamondbacks' sweep in last year's playoffs. Young...

Gonzalez's Homer Lifts Young, Padres Over Phillies

Doug Sweeney — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:53:16 CDT

Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and Chris Young pitched six effective innings to help the San Diego Padres beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 Wednesday night. After giving up a two-run homer to Chase Utley in the first, Young (2-2) kept the Phillies off balance with a variety of pitches,...

Pinch-Hitting Pitcher Keys Arizona Rally

Jesse Andrews — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:22:45 CDT

Pitcher Micah Owings' pinch-hit homer tied the game in the sixth and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from four runs down to beat the Houston Astros 8-7 on Wednesday. Owings, 4-0 as a starter and arguably the best-hitting pitcher in the game, hit the first pitch of the game from reliever...

Big Unit Beats Punchless Padres

Mike Buss — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:32:22 CDT

Randy Johnson got his first victory since having back surgery in August, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over San Diego on Friday night. Johnson held the Padres' popgun offense to one run on three hits while striking out seven in six innings. The last-place Padres lost for...

Aurilia's Homer Carries Giants

Jamie Buss — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:26:18 CDT

The San Diego Padres are struggling so badly that they allowed only four hits to the San Francisco Giants, and still lost. Rich Aurilia homered off Chris Young in the seventh inning to keep Tim Lincecum perfect this season and give San Francisco a 1-0 win last night in another...

Furcal, Ethier Lead Dodgers Over Padres

Mitch Pritchard — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:00:00 CDT

Andre Ethier went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, Rafael Furcal and Matt Kemp each hit their first homers of the season, and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a four-game losing streak with an 11-1 rout of the San Diego Padres last night. Derek Lowe (1-0) allowed a run and four...

Reynolds Homers Twice As D-Backs Cruise

Mike Buss — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:23:13 CDT

Mark Reynolds hit two of Arizona's four home runs Monday night, and the Diamondbacks won their home opener 9-3 over the Los Angeles Dodgers to stretch their winning streak to four games. Orlando Hudson had a two-run homer, and Chris Young added a solo shot and an RBI single after...

Young's 2 Homers Lift Diamondbacks

Mitch Pritchard — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:33:01 CDT

The Arizona Diamondbacks spoiled the unveiling of the Colorado's National League championship banner by beating the Rockies 7-2 last night. Chris Young hit two homers and Brandon Webb (2-0) allowed only one earned run and five hits over seven innings for the Diamondbacks. Justin Upton had a solo homer in...