Wed, 09/30/2009 - 11:41 by shalini.bahadur
San Diego, Sept. 30: The Los Angeles Dodgers came up short in their effort to clinch the National League West title Tuesday by losing to San Diego 3-1.
Six Padres pitchers combined to hold the Dodgers to four hits, including Ryan Webb (2-0), who picked up the win in relief, and Heath Bell, who struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth for his 41st save.
Tony Gwynn had a solo home run to lead the Padres' offense, which also mustered only four hits. Kevin Kouzmanoff singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning.
Kevin Billingsley (12-11) took the loss after giving up two runs on two hits in six innings. Billingsley walked five and struck out five.
Andre Ethier drove in the only Los Angeles run.
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Mon, 09/07/2009 - 10:06 by harsheeb
Los Angeles -- Kevin Kouzmanoff had three RBI and Adrian Gonzalez had a solo homer Sunday to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Padres' starter Tim Stauffer (4-6) got the win, going 6 2/3 innings and allowing three runs on seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts.
San Diego won the rubber match of a three-game series and has put together four straight series wins.
LA starter Hiroki Kuroda (5-6) -- who was activated from the 15-day disabled list before the game -- allowed four runs on four hits with three walks in five innings. He picked up the loss in his first start since he was hit in the head by a comeback liner by Arizona's Rusty Ryal Aug. 15.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 14:22 by preet_20
Los Angeles, Sept. 5: Wade LeBlanc and three relievers combined to shut down Los Angeles Friday in San Diego's 2-0 victory over the Dodgers.
The Padres, trying to avoid a last-place finish in the National League West, won their fourth straight game. Los Angeles saw its lead in the division over Colorado trimmed to 4 1/2 games.
LeBlanc (1-1) won for just the second time in his two-year major league career. He gave up two hits over six innings while striking out two and walking three.
Joe Thatcher and Luke Gregerson teamed to work 1 2/3 innings and Heath Bell recorded the final four outs for his 34th save.
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Thu, 09/03/2009 - 12:04 by preet_20
San Diego, Sept. 2: Kevin Correia and Edward Mujica combined on a four-hit shutout Wednesday, leading San Diego's 7-0 rout of Washington and a three-game sweep.
Correia (10-10) gave up just three hits in 7 2/3 innings with two walks and five strikeouts.
Mujica replaced him after he loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the eighth and ended the threat without a run scoring.
Chase Headley and Adrian Gonzalez had two RBI apiece.
One run scored on Kevin Kouzmanoff's non-RBI groundout in the eighth.
David Eckstein had three hits and Will Venable added two hits and one RBI for the Padres, who have won five of six.
Ryan Zimmerman had two of the four hits for the Nationals, who have lost six straight.
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Sat, 08/22/2009 - 10:22 by preet_20
San Diego, Aug. 22: Clayton Richard threw six shutout innings and struck out six Friday in San Diego's 4-0 victory over St. Louis.
It marked the Padres' first win over the Cardinals in 11 tries.
St. Louis entered the contest having won 11 of its last 13 games. But Richard and four relievers cooled the Cards.
Richard (7-3) has gone 3-0 since he came to the Padres in the trade that sent former NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy to the Chicago White Sox.
Nick Hundley gave the Padres the lead with a three-run homer in the second and they added a run in the eighth on an RBI single by Kevin Kouzmanoff.
Kyle Lohse (4-8), who pitched four innings, gave up the Hundley homer.
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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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Tue, 08/04/2009 - 11:32 by preet_20
San Diego, Aug. 4: Mat Latos pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Will Venable had three hits, one RBI and one run scored and the San Diego Padres beat Atlanta 4-3 Monday.
Latos (3-1), a rookie, limited the Braves to six hits while walking two and striking out three in earning his third straight victory in just four career starts.
Heath Bell pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to get his 27th save.
Kyle Blanks homered and Kevin Kouzmanoff and Oscar Salazar each drove in a run for San Diego, which has won six of its last seven games.
Adam LaRoche homered and Brian McCann drove in a run for Atlanta, which lost its second straight game and its fifth out of seven.
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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 11:46 by surajdogra
Cincinnati, July 28: Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in two runs Tuesday to lead the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Kevin Correia (7-8) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings for San Diego, which halted a three-game losing streak.
Adrian Gonzalez hit his 27th home run of the season in the win.
Bronson Arroyo (10-10) started for Cincinnati, which has lost seven of its last eight games. Arroyo allowed three runs on nine hits over 6 1/3 innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:28 by surajdogra
Cincinnati, July 27: Jonny Gomes hit two solo home runs Monday to help the Cincinnati Reds post a 6-4 victory over the San Diego Padres.
Brandon Phillips hit a three-run homer and Edwin Encarnacion added a solo shot for the Reds, who ended a season-high six-game losing streak.
Homer Bailey (2-2) got his first win in a month after he allowed three runs on six hits with a walk over 7 1/3 innings.
Willy Taveras had two outfield assists for Cincinnati, which included throwing out Kyle Blanks at home for the third out of the second inning.
Adrian Gonzalez, Everth Cabrera and Kevin Kouzmanoff each hit a solo home run for the Padres, who have lost eight of their last nine games.
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Tue, 07/21/2009 - 11:37 by surajdogra
San Diego, July 21: Emilio Bonifacio drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded walk Monday and the Florida Marlins beat San Diego 3-2.
Hanley Ramirez stroked a solo home run and Dan Uggla and Jeremy Hermida had two hits apiece for the Marlins, who were coming off a three-game sweep by the Phillies and won for just the second time in their last five games.
Florida starter Rick VandenHurk (1-0) went six innings, allowing two runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts to get the victory.
Leo Nunez earned his fifth save with a scoreless ninth.
Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit back-to-back sixth-inning homers to give the Padres a 2-1 lead.
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Mon, 07/20/2009 - 11:46 by surajdogra
San Diego, July 19: Colorado's Jason Marquis became major league baseball's first 12-game winner of the season Sunday in a 6-1 Rockies win over the San Diego Padres.
Marquis (12-6) worked eight innings, allowing a run and five hits. He also drove in two runs with a double.
Brad Hawpe and Ian Stewart each belted a solo home run for Colorado, which has won eight of its last 11 contests.
Kevin Kouzmanoff produced a sacrifice fly to score a run in San Diego's 13th loss in 16 games this month.
Loser Mat Latos (0-1) yielded two runs and three hits over four innings in his major league debut.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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