Arizona third baseman Mark Reynolds says the Diamondbacks are in spoiler mode with the season winding down. Reynolds drove in five runs with a pair of two-run home runs and a single to lead the Diamondbacks to a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres. The Diamondbacks won their fourth in five games, extending the Padres' longest skid of the season to five.

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Dexter Fowler earned a victory badge Sunday — a bandage below the ribs on his left side after his run-in with Chase Field's dry grass. Fowler made a tumbling catch in center field, then hit an RBI single in the eighth inning that sent Jhoulys Chacin and Colorado Rockies to a 1-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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San Francisco's Brian Wilson hasn't had many save opportunities the past two weeks. It's been even longer since the Giants' All-Star closer had to pitch more than one inning. Wilson shrugged off his lack of work and recorded five outs for his 36th save after San Francisco's normally reliable bullpen blew a three-run lead in a 9-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

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Mark Reynolds is looking for a strong finish to a difficult season with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Reynolds hit a three-run homer, Miguel Montero delivered a three-run double in Arizona's six-run first inning and the Diamondbacks beat Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants 11-3 on Saturday night.

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Arizona Diamondbacks hurler Brandon Webb faced batters for the first time in nearly 17 months on Saturday, throwing 52 pitches in a simulated game. Results were positive, the Arizona Republic reports. "It looks to me like he's going to pitch," pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. said. "It really does. I couldn't say that a month ago." Webb hasn't pitched in a game since opening day in 2009. He had right shoulder surgery a year ago.

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Although the Yankees and Rays continue to hold the top two spots, the plucky Padres keep inching upward.

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Tim Lincecum's downward spiral is taking San Francisco's playoff hopes along for the ride. The Giants' ace, stuck in the worst run of his career, lost his fifth straight start after giving up a three-run home run to Adam LaRoche in a 6-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. The winner of the last two NL Cy Young awards, Lincecum gave up four runs on five hits in six innings…

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Stephen Drew of the Arizona Diamondbacks wound up with a leadoff home run Wednesday night after umpires used instant replay to reverse the original call at Petco Park.

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Stephen Drew made Petco Park play like a bandbox, which in turn helped Ian Kennedy dominate the San Diego Padres. Drew finished a torrid series by hitting a three-run home run and an RBI double while Kennedy struck out a career-high 12 in a combined four-hitter as the last-place Arizona Diamondbacks beat the NL West-leading Padres 11-5 on Thursday.

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A woman with a Mexican flag and a man ran onto the field at Petco Park while the Arizona Diamondbacks were batting against the San Diego Padres in the third inning Wednesday night.

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