SB Nation Arizona - Confident D-backs Get Blown Out By Prideful Padres, 10-1https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46593/arizona-fave.png2010-08-08T16:11:33-07:00http://arizona.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13761232010-08-08T16:11:33-07:002010-08-08T16:11:33-07:00Padres Avoid Sweep In Big Way, 10-1 Win Over D-backs
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<p>Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Jerry Hairston Jr. finished 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and four runs scored as San Diego flattened Arizona, 10-1, in the finale of a three-game set.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/4300/Chris_Denorfia">Chris Denorfia</a> hit a two-run blast and scored three times while <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/199/Adrian_Gonzalez">Adrian Gonzalez</a> also drove in a pair of runs for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/teams/SDP">Padres</a>, who had dropped the first two games in the series.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/69508/Mat_Latos">Mat Latos</a> (12-5) turned in six scoreless innings, scattering two hits while fanning six and walking four.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/247/Chris_Young">Chris Young</a> drove in the lone run for the D-Backs, who had won three in a row.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/330/Joe_Saunders">Joe Saunders</a> (1-1) was tagged for eight hits and six runs -- five earned -- in six full frames. For the left-hander, it was his first loss in three starts with Arizona since being dealt from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/teams/ANA">Los Angeles Angels</a> on July 25.</p>
<p>Scott Hairston's RBI single put the Padres on the board in the second, and his brother hit a one-out, solo shot in the third.</p>
<p>In the fifth, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/66532/Everth_Cabrera">Everth Cabrera</a> kicked off a four-run frame with a triple then scored on Jerry Hairston's one-out base hit. Denorfia singled and then a Gonzalez single plated two for a 5-0 game. Gonzalez moved to third on a throwing error by left fielder <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/31904/Gerardo_Parra">Gerardo Parra</a> on the hit, then came in on a <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/947/Ryan_Ludwick">Ryan Ludwick</a> sacrifice fly.</p>
<p>San Diego tallied twice more in the seventh on a Gonzalez single and Ludwick double-play grounder for an 8-0 game, though Young's RBI double in the home half got Arizona on the board.</p>
<p>Jerry Hairston began the ninth with a single and scored on Denorfia's two-run blast to account for the final margin.</p>
<p>San Diego has won eight of 12 games over Arizona this season, but improved to just 2-4 in Phoenix...Latos, who has won seven of his last eight decisions, lowered his ERA from 2.47 to 2.36.</p>
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<p>(Sports Network) - <span>Joe Saunders</span> hopes to build off a solid start when he leads the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/ARI">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> into this afternoon's finale of a three-game series versus the NL West-leading <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/SDP">San Diego Padres</a> at Chase Field.</p>
<p>Saunders, who was acquired from the LA <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/ANA">Angels</a> of Anaheim in the deal that sent <span>Dan Haren</span> to the west coast, went the distance in a 6-1 win over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/WAS">Washington Nationals</a> on Tuesday. He allowed one run and five hits with five strikeouts after tossing seven innings of two-run ball in his Arizona debut at Philadelphia on July 29.</p>
<p>The left-hander went 6-10 in 20 starts with the Angels before the trade and will face San Diego for just the second time in his career. In a 9-1 victory over the Padres on June 13 last season, Saunders was reached for just one run and seven hits through 8 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>Arizona hopes that Saunders will be on point when it tries for a three-game sweep of the Padres today. After taking Friday's series opener by a 2-1 score, the D'Backs recorded a 6-5 triumph last night thanks to a four-run fourth inning and a solo homer by Chris Young in the bottom of the ninth. <span>Adam LaRoche</span> and <span>John Hester</span> both had RBI singles in the fourth, while <span>Rusty Ryal</span> stroked a run-scoring double in the same frame.</p>
<p>Young finished with three hits, including two homers, for the Diamondbacks, who have won three in a row and retired former star Luis Gonzalez's jersey.</p>
<p>"It was a great baseball game," Young said on the team's site. "The big night for Gonzo, I think it went perfect. Pretty much the script. You have 50,000 fans in the stands, and honestly it's easy to get the adrenaline flowing."</p>
<p><span>Rodrigo Lopez</span> started for Arizona and gave up three runs in five innings for the no-decision. <span>Aaron Heilman</span> picked up the win despite allowing two runs in the top of the ninth inning.</p>
<p>D'Backs third baseman <span>Mark Reynolds</span> did not play yesterday and is still recovering from a concussion suffered after getting hit in the head with a pitch on August 4. He has 25 home runs and 69 RBI this season.</p>
<p>San Diego has been slumping a bit lately and remained one game ahead of San Francisco for the NL West lead after the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/SFG">Giants</a> also lost on Saturday.</p>
<p><span>Luke Gregerson</span> was saddled with the loss for allowing Young's game-winning homer and starter <span>Clayton Richard</span> failed in his bid for a 10th win after yielding five runs and five hits over 3 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>"They got on a little bit of a roll and took advantage of anything over the plate, and they squared it up," Richard said on San Diego's official site.</p>
<p><span>Adrian Gonzalez</span> homered and finished with three hits, while <span>Jerry Hairston Jr.</span> also went deep for the Padres, who have dropped two in a row and four of their last five contests. Both players homered to tie it in the ninth before Gregerson served up the game-winner to Young.</p>
<p>Padres young starter <span>Mat Latos</span> will try to get himself and the team back into the win column when he gets the nod Sunday. Latos was 6-0 with a 1.40 earned run average in eight starts -- all San Diego wins -- before losing to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/LOS">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> by a 2-1 score on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Latos allowed just two runs in six innings with six K's, but suffered the loss to fall to 11-5 in 20 starts to go along with a 2.47 ERA this season. The righty, who is 7-3 in 12 road starts in 2010, has never faced Arizona.</p>
<p>The Padres had won six in a row against Arizona before Friday's loss and are 7-4 in the 2010 season series. On the flip side, they have lost in nine of their last 11 trips to the Valley of the Sun.</p>
https://arizona.sbnation.com/2010/8/8/2319028/increasingly-confident-d-backs-swing-for-sweep-1-10-p-m-aztLolly Konecky