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MLB Power Poll: Sins of the Padres (SportingNews.com)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:14:00 PDT
It's impossible to talk about the San Diego Padres' 2010 season without using some variation of the word "surprise." As in, they were surprisingly good for so long that it's pretty surprising they've fallen so quickly. On Aug. 26, they had 76 victories and were -- surprisingly (OK, shockingly) -- tied with the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays in the loss column in the race for baseball's best record. When Labor Day arrived, they still had 76 victories.
The Juice: Padres snap skid with 'biggest win' of the season (Yahoo! Sports)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:49:21 PDT
Gather 'round, because it's time to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts in San Diego,...
Giants Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:50:35 PDT

He's still Nate the Late.

As in, he doesn't usually get things done in a hurry.

Nate Schierholtz is 26 and hasn't emerged as an everyday player as anticipated. When used, he's used late in games, either as a pinch hitter or a defensive replacement.

On Monday, he entered as a pinch runner in the seventh inning—and got picked off first base.

But good things happen to people who wait for a second chance, and Schierholtz doubled home two runs in the 11th inning to lift the Giants to a 2-0 victory in Arizona.

The victory kept San Francisco a game behind first-place San Diego, which snapped a 10-game losing streak Monday night. The Giants continue to pressure the crumbling Padres in advance of the teams' four-game series in San Diego that begins...
Walker homers, Pirates beat first-place Braves 3-1 (AP)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:56:31 PDT
Neil Walker hit a two-run homer and Brian Burres limited Atlanta to one run over six innings in his first start in more than three months as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the slumping Braves 3-1 on Monday. Despite losing its fourth in five games, Atlanta was assured of remaining in first place in the National League East for at least another day when Florida beat Philadelphia in the first game of a...
NL Capsules (AP)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:40:49 PDT
Nick Hundley homered and drove in two runs, Tim Stauffer filled in for ailing ace Mat Latos and the NL West-leading San Diego Padres snapped their 10-game losing streak Monday night with a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres kept their one-game division lead over the San Francisco Giants, who won at Arizona.