Piazza's pinch-hit homer lifts Padres
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Even Bruce Bochy marveled at San Diego&#039;s latest win.
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The skinny: Suppan picked up the win Thursday, allowing the Padres two runs in six innings. In the same game, the Padres lost for the first time in Peavy&#39;s last 10 starts.
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Clay Hensley scattered seven hits over seven innings and Josh Bard drove in two runs to help the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 Saturday night.
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Mike Cameron hits two homers and the San Diego Padres knock a season-high five in all in an 11-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
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Mike Piazza homered, Cla Meredith extended his scoreless streak to 27 1-3 innings and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Tuesday night to pull within one game of the NL West lead.
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The old man knew how to rise to the occasion. David Wells saved his best of the season for when it was needed most, a dominating performance that has the San Diego Padres in the postseason for the second year in a row.
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There was no doubt for whom the heavy metal bells were tolling on Sunday &#151; Trevor Hoffman and his 479 career saves. The San Diego Padres' 38-year-old closer pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in front of a roaring crowd to become baseball's career saves leader in a memorable 2-1 win for the NL West leaders over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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David Wells was on his best behavior, pitching six strong innings and leading the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night.
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Mike Piazza hit a three-run homer and an RBI double Monday night as the Oakland Athletics' offense came to life in a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
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Jerome Williams pitched seven strong innings in his first start in two months and the San Francisco Giants jumped back into a tie for the wild-card lead by beating the Padres, 4-1, last night in San Diego.
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Pinch-hitter Terrmel Sledge singled   home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to propel the San   Diego Padres to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers and top   spot in the NL West standings on Sunday.
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Jerome Williams pitched seven solid innings in his first start in two months to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Padres 4-1 in San Diego on Thursday.
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Mike Cameron hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the seventh and Mike Piazza and Adrian Gonzalez each drove in two runs as the San Diego Padres defeated the Washington Nationals 6-3 Saturday night.
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Phil Nevin gave the San Diego Padres a superb start to a key road swing. Nevin homered, doubled and drove in five runs and the Padres built a big lead for Jake Peavy in beating the New York Mets 9-4 on Monday night.
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Brett Tomko pitched six solid innings and the San Diego Padres won their season-high seventh in a row yesterday, defeating the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3, and pulling to half a game behind first-place Arizona in the National League West.
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Mike Piazza finalized his $8.5 million, one-year contract with Oakland on Friday, giving the Athletics their new designated hitter.
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Mark Loretta hit a bases-loaded  sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th to lift the San Diego  Padres a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants in National  League action on Wednesday.