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| Padres' Tomko to DL, among other moves for San Diego |
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07/09/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres placed pitcher Brett Tomko on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right elbow. The move is retroactive to July 1. The journeyman right-hander has made two relief appearances for the Padres since being signed by the club after his release from the Kansas City Royals on June 21. Tomko signed a one-year, $3 million contract in the off-season with Kansas City, but struggled to a 2-7 mark with a 6.97 earned run average. This is Tomko's third stint w |
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| Headley leads Padres offensive outburst to beat Marlins |
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07/09/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Chase Headley had a career night, going 3- for-5 with four runs batted in, while Randy Wolf hurled seven solid innings as the San Diego Padres took care of the Florida Marlins, 10-1, in the second meeting of a three-game series. Wolf (6-8) halted a personal four-start losing streak, giving up just one run on five hits while striking out seven and walking one to carry the Padres, who snapped a nine-game home losing streak. Scott Hairston kept up his torrid stretch, going 3-for-5 |
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| Marlins continue series with Padres |
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07/08/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins are gradually battling their way back to the top of the National League East standings, as they resume a three-game series tonight against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Florida has won two in a row after a three-game losing streak and opened this current set with San Diego by recording a 3-1 victory. Starter Ricky Nolasco hurled eight solid innings of one-run ball and allowed five hits to win his fifth straight decision. Bespectacled closer Kevin Gregg tossed a 1-2- |
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| Webb goes for win No. 13 in DC |
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07/08/2008 |
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| rts - against Arizona, posting a 3.45 ERA in 104 1/3 innings. On Sunday in Arizona, Randy Johnson snapped a six-start losing streak with 6 1/3 vintage innings, as the Diamondbacks hung on for a 3-2 win to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the San Diego Padres. Johnson (5-7) struck out 10 and allowed one run on a leadoff homer, one of just three hits surrendered for the veteran lefty, who had not won since tossing six shutout innings against the Detroit Tigers on May 18. Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds bot |
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| Marlins extend Maddux's winless streak |
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07/08/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Ricky Nolasco tossed eight strong innings and the Florida Marlins defeated Greg Maddux and the San Diego Padres, 3-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Petco Park. Nolasco (10-4) allowed one run on five hits and struck out seven. The right- hander has won a career-high five straight decisions and owns a 9-1 mark in his previous 12 games. Kevin Gregg tossed a 1-2-3 ninth to notch his 16th save. "Command of the fastball, throwing strikes and pitching ahead," said Nolasco on th |
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| Padres hope to cure home woes in opener with Marlins |
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07/07/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres hope to put a lengthy home losing streak in the rear-view mirror when the National League West cellar-dwellers begin a three-game series with the Florida Marlins tonight at Petco Park. San Diego has lost its last eight contests as the host and will be attempting to avert the franchise's first nine-game home slide since August 11-30, 1980, when the Padres played at what was then known as Jack Murphy Stadium. The Padres return home off a moderately-successful six-game road |
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| Big Unit snaps losing streak as Arizona avoids sweep by San Diego |
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07/06/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Randy Johnson snapped a six-start losing streak with 6 1/3 vintage innings, as the Arizona Diamondbacks hung on for a 3-2 win to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the San Diego Padres. Johnson (5-7) struck out 10 and allowed one run on a leadoff homer, one of just three hits surrendered for the veteran lefty, who had not won since tossing six shutout innings against the Detroit Tigers on May 18. "Obviously things were a lot better today, but it was just one game," Johnson |
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| Diamondbacks place P Cruz on DL |
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07/06/2008 |
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| ced relief pitcher Juan Cruz on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday with a strained left oblique. Cruz, who leads all relievers with a 10.83 strikeout-per-nine-innings ratio, aggravated the injury in the ninth inning of Saturday's contest against the San Diego Padres. The oblique has hampered the diminutive, 145-pound reliever all season, but he is still 2-0 with a 3.23 earned run average in 37 appearances this season. Arizona called up pitcher Connor Robertson from Triple-A Tucson to replace Cruz. The 26-year o |
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| Hurting D'Backs take on Padres in finale at Chase Field |
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07/06/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The struggling Arizona Diamondbacks will try to maintain their lead in the NL West, as they wrap up a three-game series versus the division-rival San Diego Padres at Chase Field. Arizona has dropped two straight, four of five and seven of the last 10 games to watch its lead in the NL West shrink to just a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres are last at eight games off the pace. In Saturday's 4-2 setback in the second test of this series, starter Doug Davis was reached for |
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| Peavy, Pads clip D'Backs |
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07/06/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Scott Hairston's two home runs and three RBI gave enough insurance to Jake Peavy, as the San Diego Padres escaped with a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a well pitched, middle installment of a three-game set. Peavy (6-5) showcased his All-Star form by scattering three hits -- all doubles -- and two walks, while striking out six in seven shutout innings for the Padres, winners of back-to-back affairs for the first time since June 11-12. Adrian Gonzalez added a solo home r |
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