Dunn, D-Backs overcome early deficit to clip Padres
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08/21/2008 -
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer and walked
twice, as the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for an 8-6 win over San Diego, in
the second of three games with the Padres.
The game was expected to be a pitchers' battle between Arizona's Dan Haren,
who came into the game with a 2.96 earned run average, and San Diego ace Jake
Peavy, who won the 2007 NL Cy Young Award and carried a 2.61 ERA into the
contest.
Instead, Haren (14-6) got enough run support to take the win, after allowing
five runs on 11 hits in six innings. Peavy (9-9) took the loss after
surrendering six runs -- five earned -- on five hits and four walks in five
frames.
Conor Jackson and Mark Reynolds each finished with a hit and two runs batted
in for the Diamondbacks, who have won both games of the series so far and five
of six overall.
Jody Gerut went 3-for-5 with a solo homer, and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run
blast for the Padres, who have lost three in a row.
San Diego did most of its damage in the first inning. Gerut and Tadahito
Iguchi led off with back-to-back doubles to plate one run, and two batters
later, Adrian Gonzalez singled home Iguchi. Kouzmanoff followed with a two-run
shot to left field to give San Diego a 4-0 lead.
But the Diamondbacks responded in the home half. With one out, Augie Ojeda
doubled, and Jackson followed with a walk. That brought up Dunn, who hit his
National League-best 34th home run of the season to bring the D-Backs within
one.
Arizona surged ahead in the second. With one out, Chris Snyder launched a solo
homer to left field to tie the game. Haren then worked a walk and
Stephen Drew singled -- both runners advanced because of right fielder Brian
Giles' fielding error. After Ojeda popped out, Jackson smacked a two-run
single to right for a 6-4 lead.
The game stayed that way until the sixth inning, when the Padres trimmed one
run off its deficit. Nick Hundley stroked a one-out double and advanced to
third on a ground out, then scored when pinch-hitter Brian Myrow singled.
Haren, though, rebounded to get Gerut to line out and end the inning.
The Diamondbacks plated a pair of insurance runs in the seventh.
Ojeda led off with a walk facing Clay Hensley, who came on for Peavy in the
sixth. Hensley got Jackson to fly out, but was then lifted for Wilfredo
Ledezma. However, the new Padres pitcher walked Dunn and pinch-hitter Tony
Clark to fill the bases. Reynolds hit a two-run double to left to provide an
8-5 lead for Arizona.
After Tony Pena tossed a scoreless eighth for Arizona, Jon Rauch entered
for the ninth and got the first two outs before giving up a solo homer to
Gerut. However, Rauch got Iguchi to ground out, ending the game.
Game Notes
Kouzmanoff's homer was his 19th of the season, a new career high. He hit 18
last season for the Padres...Rauch notched his 18th save of the season...No
Diamondbacks player had more than one hit, and the club had fewer hits (six)
than runs.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
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