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Kevin Kouzmanoff homered and had four RBIs to lead San Diego to a 7-2 win over the punchless Chicago Cubs on Sunday, capping the Padres' first 9-0 homestand.
Adam LaRoche was impressed with how a couple of young teammates helped the Pirates overcome three big injuries.
Padres outfielder Brian Giles is being sued by his former girlfriend for more than $10 million, alleging he battered her while she was pregnant and caused her to have a miscarriage.
Trevor Hoffman blew the save after a terrific outing by Jake Peavy but Luis Rodriguez singled in the winning run in the ninth to give the San Diego Padres a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
Brian Giles and Kevin Kouzmanoff both drove in three runs as the San Diego Padres denied Brandon Webb his 20th victory with a 9-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
San Diego hit four home runs, three in the third inning alone, Brian Giles and Adrian Gonzalez finished with four hits each and the Padres spoiled Livan Hernandez's return to the National League with a 16-7 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
Jose Lopez jumped on the first pitch from San Diego reliever Heath Bell in the bottom of the eighth, lining a two-out, two-run double into the right-field corner, and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 3-2 win over the Padres on Sunday afternoon.
Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff came up grand for the San Diego Padres on a night when closer Trevor Hoffman reported having a "cranky" right arm and right fielder Brian Giles appeared headed for the disabled list.
Josh Bard thought he'd be out. He was wrong, and the San Diego Padres were delighted. Bard's soft line drive in the 12th inning sailed past Florida second baseman Dan Uggla, brought Brian Giles home with the winning run and lifted the Padres to a 7-6 win over the Marlins on Saturday night.
The San Diego Padres came out swinging against Dodgers ace Jason Schmidt, who surrendered first-pitch home runs to Brian Giles and rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff. That made things easy for Jake Peavy.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' victory at Colorado already was posted on the out-of-town scoreboard when the San Diego Padres emerged from their clubhouse to take batting practice Thursday. San Diego knew it had to beat Arizona to maintain its NL West lead over Los Angeles, and the Padres responded by routing the Diamondbacks 12-4 to maintain a one-game margin over their rivals, who beat Colorado 19-11.
Brian Giles drove in four runs and the San Diego Padres avoided a three-game sweep with a 10-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday night.
Padres general manager Kevin Towers, on Jake Peavy's chances of returning from an ankle injury to pitch in the second half:
San Diego Dtown | News, etc. | GUEST BLOG: Padres Bring Out Their Dead As Season Slips AwayThe pathetic Padres provide more reasons to have fans look beyond this season toward 2010.
Padres' 2010 Season is Underway!The Padres' signing of ex-pitcher Brian Lawrence is that latest sign that the desperate Friars have kissed off the 2009 season and the next hope for smiles on fans' faces is 2010.
* Carlos Gomez of the Twins is the leader in the clubhouse for most ridiculous injury of the season. LaVelle E.
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