Sat, 09/26/2009 - 12:54 by shalini.bahadur
Phoenix, Sept. 26: Kevin Correia reached a career milestone Friday by throwing a six-hit shutout that gave San Diego a 4-0 victory over Arizona.
In the 78th start of his major league career, spread over seven seasons, Correia threw his first shutout and first complete game. He has also made 124 relief appearances.
Correia (12-10) struck out seven and walked only one.
Will Venable and Chase Headley drove in runs in the fourth, Adrian Gonzalez had an RBI single in the fifth and David Eckstein delivered another score with a single in the seventh.
The loss went to Max Scherzer (9-11), who surrendered three runs on five hits in five innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:10 by preet_20
Miami, Aug. 28: Kyle Blanks and three other San Diego players had two RBI each Friday in the Padres' 9-5 win over the Florida Marlins.
Blanks's two-run homer, his only hit, came during a six-run second.
David Eckstein had three hits and two RBI.
Everth Cabrera and Will Venable had two hits and two RBI apiece.
Chase Headley had three hits and one RBI for the Padres, who have won three of four.
The winner was starter Kevin Correia (9-10).
Florida's Wes Helms had two hits and two RBI.
Chris Coghlan had three hits and one RBI.
Cody Ross had two hits and one RBI.
John Baker drove in a run, and Hanley Ramirez had two hits for the Marlins, who have lost seven of 11.
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Thu, 08/27/2009 - 11:59 by preet_20
Atlanta, Aug. 26: A two-run single by Luis Rodriguez highlighted a six-run sixth inning Wednesday that rallied San Diego to a 12-5 decision over Atlanta.
The Braves took a 3-0 lead into the sixth, but then saw the Padres score their 12 runs over the final four innings. San Diego banged out 18 of the game's 30 hits.
Atlanta slipped out of a second-place tie with Florida in the National League East and fell eight games behind Philadelphia for the division lead.
David Eckstein and Adrian Gonzalez each had three hits and two RBI for the Padres.
Will Venable and Nick Hundley had run-scoring doubles in the big sixth inning.
San Diego went 9-for-21 with runners in scoring position and stranded 12 men.
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Wed, 08/26/2009 - 10:46 by preet_20
Atlanta, Aug. 26: David Eckstein's two-out double in the 12th drove in Nick Hundley from second Tuesday to give San Diego a 2-1 win over Atlanta.
The Braves, down to their final out in the ninth, forced extra innings when Adam LaRoche drove in the tying run off closer Heath Bell.
Atlanta then wasted a chance in the 10th by leaving the bases loaded, and San Diego finally came through in the 12th against Kris Medlen (3-4).
Hundley opened the inning with a double and, after Tony Gwynn struck out, Luis Rodriguez drew a walk.
Evereth Cabrera struck out to give the Braves a chance to escape the inning, but Eckstein doubled on Medlen's first pitch.
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Fri, 08/21/2009 - 11:27 by preet_20
San Diego, Aug. 21: A grand slam homer by Brendan Ryan and a four-hit performance by Joel Pineiro Thursday lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over San Diego.
The Cardinals are 3-1 on a seven-game western road trip and have reached 70 victories for the season.
Ryan's homer -- his second long ball of the season in 272 at bats -- came in the second inning. Pineiro (12-9) took over from there, carrying a two-hitter into the eighth inning.
Pineiro eventually loaded the bases with two away in the eighth and was replaced by Kyle McClellan, who got David Eckstein on a grounder to shortstop to end the threat.
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Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:18 by Jaspreet Virk
San Diego, Aug. 18: Kyle Blanks hit a two-out, three-run homer to highlight a four-run ninth inning Monday and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1.
Cubs' starter Ted Lilly and relievers John Grabow and Carlos Marmol had shut out the Padres on four hits through eight innings but closer Kevin Gregg (4-5) was unable to protect a 1-0 lead in the ninth. He issued a one-out walk to David Eckstein, who scored on a two-out double by Chase Headley to make it 1-1.
After walking Kevin Kouzmanoff intentionally, Gregg served up the home run ball to Blanks that allowed San Diego to win for the first time in its last five games.
Blanks and Headley had two hits each for the Padres.
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Thu, 08/13/2009 - 10:21 by preet_20
Milwaukee, Aug. 13: Kevin Kouzmanoff's RBI single completed a four-run seventh Wednesday and the San Diego Padres held on to edge Milwaukee 6-5.
Adrian Gonzalez delivered two hits and scored twice one night after producing a career-best six hits.
The Padres trailed 3-2 going into the seventh but they sent 10 men to the plate in the frame while collecting four runs on five hits.
David Eckstein drove in the first run with a bases-loaded, fielder's choice grounder. A ground-rule double by Gonzalez brought home another run and, after Chase Headley was walked intentionally to load the bases, Will Venable drew a walk to force in a run.
Kouzmanoff then singled to left, driving in what turned out to be the winning run.
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Sat, 08/01/2009 - 11:07 by preet_20
San Diego, Aug. 1: A two-run homer by Will Venable in the fourth inning Friday started a San Diego comeback that brought the Padres an 11-7 victory over Milwaukee.
The Brewers produced a seven-run second inning for a six-run lead, but they could not hold it while trying to win three games in a row for the first time in more than a month.
San Diego captured its fourth straight, thanks to a 17-hit attack.
Venable's homer was followed in the fourth by a two-run double from David Eckstein and the Padres closed to within one in the following inning on a solo homer by Kyle Blanks.
San Diego then took the lead with a three-run sixth. Oscar Salazar doubled home the tying run and scored the go-ahead tally on a sacrifice fly by Eckstein.
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Sun, 07/05/2009 - 11:37 by preet_20
San Diego, July 4: Everth Cabrera's two hits and three RBI Saturday led the San Diego Padres to a 7-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cabrera's bases-loaded two-run single gave San Diego a 3-2 lead with one out in the bottom of the seventh. He added an RBI single in the eighth, San Diego's second three-run inning of the game.
David Eckstein hit two RBI singles. Adrian Gonzalez had two hits and one RBI and a run scored on Casey Blake's eighth-inning throwing error to help the Padres break a three-game losing streak.
The winner was reliever Greg Burke (1-0).
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Sun, 06/28/2009 - 13:28 by preet_20
Arlington, Texas June 27: Kyle Blanks had two hits and three RBI Saturday when the San Diego Padres recorded a 7-3 inter-league win over the Texas Rangers.
Blanks, hitting just .190 coming into the game, had two doubles and drove in three runs -- one in the second inning and two in the fifth.
David Eckstein had two hits and two RBI. Everth Cabrera and Henry Blanco both had two hits and one RBI, while both Chase Headley and Kevin Kouzmanoff had two runs and three hits for the Padres, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
Winner Kevin Correia (5-5) yielded three earned runs and five hits in seven innings with one walk and nine strikeouts.
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Wed, 06/24/2009 - 12:50 by preet_20
Seattle, June 24: Chad Gaudin struck out 11 Tuesday and the San Diego bullpen held on to down the Seattle Mariners 9-7 in inter-league play.
Gaudin (3-6) gave up two runs on four hits over seven innings before turning the game over to three relievers, including Heath Bell who gave up a run en route to his 20th save.
Adrian Gonzalez had a two-run homer for the Padres and David Eckstein went 3-for-5 with two RBI.
Ken Griffey Jr. hit the 5,000th home run in Mariners history and Russell Banyan also added a two-run homer.
San Diego scored all nine of their runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Seattle scored four runs in the eighth and another in the ninth.
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