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Old 08-26-2008, 03:55 PM
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Thumbs down Padres snap 7-game skid on Gerut's homer in 9th

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jody Gerut hit a two-run homer off Jon Rauch in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 Monday night.The loss kept first-place Arizona three games ahead of Los Angeles in the NL West. The Dodgers lost 5-0 at Philadelphia.Trevor Hoffman (2-6) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.Luis Rodriguez singled with two outs in the ninth for his third hit and Gerut hit the next pitch from Rauch (4-5) into the right-field bleachers. It was Gerut's 14th home run of the season and seventh in August.Dan Haren and Jake Peavy both pitched well in an entertaining duel, though neither got a decision.Haren tossed seven innings, allowing two runs and nine hits. The right-hander struck out a season-high 11 and walked one. He threw 101 pitches, 71 for strikes. He also had a single and a double.Peavy pitched six innings, yielding two runs and four hits. He threw 121 pitches, 71 for strikes, while striking out seven and walking two.Peavy had a single that helped the Padres score the tying run in the fourth.Arizona took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth on a two-out, two-run single by Chris Snyder.Conor Jackson started the inning with a single and stole second as Peavy struck out Adam Dunn. Peavy fanned Chad Tracy for the second out before Mark Reynolds reached on an infield single to shortstop, beating Rodriguez's throw as Jackson went to third.With Snyder at the plate, Reynolds stole second. Snyder fouled off a few pitches on a 2-2 count before lining his single up the middle to score Jackson and Reynolds.The Padres grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third on an RBI triple by Rodriguez. Brian Giles drew a walk leading off the inning.Giles had an RBI single in the fourth, driving in Josh Bard to tie the score 2-all. Bard singled with one out and moved to third when Peavy sliced a single down the right-field line.Notes Padres manager Bud Black said rookie RHP Dirk Hayhurst will start Friday night against Colorado. ... Padres LHP Shawn Estes will pitch for Triple-A Portland on Tuesday, continuing his rehab from a broken left thumb. ... Padres RHP Chris Young will pitch a simulated game Tuesday at Petco Park and could rejoin the rotation next week. ... Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin said Brandon Lyon would be his closer Monday night, if needed. Lyon has pitched extremely well on the road, where he is 2-2 with 13 saves and a 2.22 ERA. At home, he is 0-2 with 12 saves and a 7.66 ERA. ... With a crowd of 29,197, the Padres surpassed the 2 million mark in their 66th game. ... Padres Coordinator of Disabled Services Denny Russell died Monday at age 47. Buy dofus kamas, cheap dofus kamas, we provide cheap dofus kamas to reliable customer, look to buy eq2 gold, ever quest 2 gold, buy eq2 gold, cheap eq2 gold, we provide cheap maplestory mesos to reliable customer, buy mapleStory mesos here. The heat pump is an air conditioner that the heat pump acts like an air conditioner, the capacity of a water heater is an important consideration, the most common type of water heater in the us, its first water heater in 1936.
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