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Peavy, Hairston lift Padres past Arizona (AP)
Peavy, Hairston lift Padres past Arizona (AP)
Jake Peavy threw seven scoreless innings and Scott Hairston homered twice in the San Diego Padres' 4-2 victory over the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. Adrian Gonzalez also homered for the Padres, who have won two straight after dropping 10 of their previous 11. Stephen Drew homered for the Diamondbacks, who lost for the fifth time in eight games to fall two games under .500 for...
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Diamondbacks 2, Padres 4 - Still first, by our fingernails
AZ Snakepit — ... "It’s just kind of the same old theme here. They get a couple of runs and we have a hard time coming back. We just have to start playing better. We have to start scoring runs, getting some good at-bats and getting a different feeling from the group. We don’t have as confident a look in our eye." -- Bob Melvin ...

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