NL: SAN DIEGO at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: C Stansberry hit for G Blum. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1 ARIZONA 9 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: C Stansberry (.500, 0 HR, 1 RBI)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN DIEGO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 ARIZONA 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 x 9 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: SDG - CHRIS YOUNG, JUSTIN HAMPSON (5TH), CLA MEREDITH (6TH), JOE THATCHER (7TH), CLAY HENSLEY (8TH) AND JOSH BARD ARI - DOUG DAVIS, BRANDON LYON (8TH), TONY PENA (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER HOME RUNS: SDG - NONE ARI - TONY CLARK (13) OFF CHRIS YOUNG IN THE 1ST, 1 ON ERIC BYRNES (21) OFF CHRIS YOUNG IN THE 3RD, 2 ON</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN DIEGO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 ARIZONA 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 x 9 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: SDG - CHRIS YOUNG, JUSTIN HAMPSON (5TH), CLA MEREDITH (6TH), JOE THATCHER (7TH), CLAY HENSLEY (8TH) AND JOSH BARD ARI - DOUG DAVIS, BRANDON LYON (8TH), TONY PENA (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER WP - DOUG DAVIS (13-11) LP - CHRIS YOUNG (9-6) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: SDG - NONE ARI - TONY CLARK (13) OFF CHRIS YOUNG IN THE 1ST, 1 ON ERIC BYRNES (21) OFF CHRIS YOUNG IN THE 3RD, 2 ON TIME: 2:51 ATT: 26,063 PROBABLES: SDG - JAKE PEAVY (16-5, 2.10) ARI - LIVAN HERNANDEZ (9-9, 4.67)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at ARIZONA <div class="pre">SAN DIEGO (1) VS ARIZONA (9) - FINAL SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Giles rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .296 M Cameron cf 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 .253 M Bradley lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 .328 J Hampson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-M Barrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .248 J Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C Hensley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 A Gonzalez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .282 K Greene ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 K Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .248 J Bard c 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .267 G Blum 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .253 c-C Stansberry ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 C Young p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .108 a-M Ensberg ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .229 B Clark lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Totals 30 1 6 1 5 6 15 a-singled to left for C Young in the 5th; b-popped out to second for C Meredith in the 7th; c-struck out swinging for G Blum in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - C Young (1, D Davis). SF - M Cameron. RBI - M Cameron (74). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Bard 1, A Gonzalez 2, G Blum 1. GIDP - M Bradley, K Kouzmanoff. Team LOB - 8. FIELDING: E - K Kouzmanoff (19, ground ball). DP: 1 (K Greene-G Blum-A Gonzalez). ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Drew ss 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 .234 O Hudson 2b 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 .294 E Byrnes lf 4 1 1 3 1 1 3 .293 T Clark 1b 4 1 1 2 0 3 4 .238 M Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .271 C Young cf 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 .235 C Snyder c 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .247 J Upton rf 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 .223 D Davis p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .058 B Lyon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-J Cirillo ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .182 T Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 32 9 9 8 6 12 10 a-doubled to deep center for B Lyon in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - S Drew (25, C Young); O Hudson (28, J Hampson); J Cirillo (2, C Hensley). HR - T Clark (13, 1st inning off C Young 1 on, 2 Out), E Byrnes (21, 3rd inning off C Young 2 on, 1 Out). RBI - T Clark 2 (42), E Byrnes 3 (80), J Upton (7), J Cirillo 2 (5). 2-out RBI - T Clark 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Clark 1, D Davis 1, E Byrnes 1, M Reynolds 2. GIDP - E Byrnes. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - S Drew (8, 2nd base off C Young/J Bard), O Hudson 2 (10, 2nd base off C Young/J Bard, 3rd base off J Thatcher/J Bard), C Young (24, 2nd base off C Meredith/J Bard), E Byrnes (40, 2nd base off J Thatcher/J Bard). CS - C Snyder (1, 2nd base by C Hensley/J Bard). FIELDING: PB - C Snyder. DP: 2 (S Drew-O Hudson-T Clark, S Drew-T Clark). ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO - 000 010 000 -- 1 ARIZONA - 203 001 03x -- 9 ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era C Young (L, 9-6) 4 4 5 5 2 6 2 2.62 J Hampson 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.07 C Meredith 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 3.48 J Thatcher 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.12 C Hensley 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 6.84 ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era D Davis (W, 13-11) 7 6 1 1 5 5 0 3.98 B Lyon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.81 T Pena 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.75 WP - D Davis. IBB - E Byrnes (by J Hampson). BALK - C Hensley. HBP - C Snyder (by C Hensley). Pitches-strikes: C Young 69-43; J Hampson 26-13; C Meredith 22-12; J Thatcher 24-16; C Hensley 31-13; D Davis 115-65; B Lyon 11-6; T Pena 12-9. Ground balls-fly balls: C Young 3-3; J Hampson 1-0; C Meredith 1-0; J Thatcher 1-1; C Hensley 1-0; D Davis 7-9; B Lyon 2-1; T Pena 2-0. Batters faced: C Young 17; J Hampson 5; C Meredith 5; J Thatcher 5; C Hensley 7; D Davis 30; B Lyon 3; T Pena 3. UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Tom Hallion. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Chris Guccione. EJECTIONS: SAN DIEGO's Bradley by Cuzzi (5th). T--2:51. Att--26,063. Weather: INDOORS</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at ARIZONA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAN DIEGO (1) AT ARIZONA (9) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARIZONA 1ST: S Drew walked. S Drew stole second. O Hudson walked. E Byrnes grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, O Hudson out at second, S Drew to third. T Clark homered to center, S Drew scored. M Reynolds flied out to left. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 2. ARIZONA 3RD: D Davis grounded out to first. S Drew doubled to deep center. O Hudson reached on bunt single to third, S Drew to third. O Hudson stole second. E Byrnes homered to center, S Drew and O Hudson scored. T Clark struck out swinging. M Reynolds struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 5. SAN DIEGO 5TH: G Blum singled to center. M Ensberg hit for C Young. M Ensberg singled to left, G Blum to third. B Giles walked, M Ensberg to second. M Cameron hit sacrifice fly to right, G Blum scored, M Ensberg to third. M Bradley struck out looking. San Diego's M Bradley ejected by P Cuzzi. B Giles to second on wild pitch by D Davis. A Gonzalez flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 5. ARIZONA 6TH: C Meredith relieved J Hampson. M Reynolds struck out swinging. C Young walked. C Young stole second. C Snyder singled to center, C Young to third. J Upton grounded out to second, C Young scored, C Snyder to second. D Davis struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 6. ARIZONA 8TH: C Hensley relieved J Thatcher. C Young singled to left. C Snyder hit by pitch, C Young to second. C Snyder caught stealing second, catcher to second, C Young to third on runner's fielder's choice. J Upton walked. J Cirillo hit for B Lyon. J Cirillo doubled to deep center, C Young and J Upton scored. S Drew grounded out to first, J Cirillo to third. O Hudson walked. J Cirillo scored, O Hudson to second on balk by C Hensley. E Byrnes struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 9.</div>
Clark continues mastery of Young as D-Backs pull even <h3>ARIZONA 9, SAN DIEGO 1</h3>PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Tony Clark has something on Chris Young. Clark homered for the fourth time this season against Young, andEric Byrnes also went deep as the Arizona Diamondbacks poundedthe San Diego Padres, 9-1, on Tuesday to draw even in theNational League West Division. Doug Davis continued his hot stretch with his second win overthe Padres in five days for the Diamondbacks (77-63), who dreweven again with the Padres (76-62) atop the National LeagueWest. A day after San Diego clubbed a season-high five homers,including four in the first three innings, in a 10-2 win onMonday, Arizona put on a little power display of its own. Young, winless since July 19, opened the game by walking thefirst two batters but looked like he was poised to escape aftergetting a double-play grounder, but Clark, who entered 3-for-7with three blasts against Young, drilled a 2-1 offering over thecenter field fence for a quick 2-0 lead. Young entered the contest having allowed just seven home runsall season. Arizona's power surge struck again in the third, when Byrnesbelted his 21st blast - a three-run shot to left-center - for a5-0 edge. Stephen Drew started the frame by drilling a one-outdouble to deep center field and Orlando Hudson followed with aperfect bunt single. Hudson finished 3-for-3. Young (9-6) departed after four innings, yielding five runs andfour hits with two walks and six strikeouts. While the offense was putting up runs with the long ball, Daviswas keeping the Padres at bay with the double-play ball. San Diego had runners on first and second in the third, but theDiamondbacks' lefthander induced Milton Bradley into aninning-ending doubleplay. In the next frame, Kevin Kouzmanoffhit into a twin killing after the first two batters reached. The Padres had a chance to get back in the game in the fifth,loading the bases on two singles and a walk, but scored justonce. Mike Cameron hit a sacrifice fly but Davis struck outMilton Bradley looking - leading to Bradley's ejection by homeplate umpire Phil Cuzzi - and Adrian Gonzalez on a flyout. Davis (13-11) left after seven innings, yielding just six hitsand five walks to win his third straight start and improve to8-1 over his last 11 starts. He surrendered three runs and fourhits in 6 2/3 frames in an 8-7 win against Arizona on Thursday. Justin Upton drove in a run for Arizona with a groundout in thesixth and Jeff Cirillo doubled in two runs in the eighth for an8-1 lead. The final run scored on a balk by Clay Hensley.
NL: SAN DIEGO at ARIZONA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAN DIEGO (1) AT ARIZONA (9) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ San Diego Starting Lineups -- B Giles RF, M Cameron CF, M Bradley LF, A Gonzalez 1B, K Greene SS, K Kouzmanoff 3B, J Bard C, G Blum 2B, C Young RHP. Arizona Starting Lineups -- S Drew SS, O Hudson 2B, E Byrnes LF, T Clark 1B, M Reynolds 3B, C Young CF, C Snyder C, J Upton RF, D Davis LHP. Umpires -- Phil Cuzzi (HP), Tom Hallion (1B), Dale Scott (2B), Chris Guccione (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. SAN DIEGO 1ST: B Giles flied out to left. M Cameron grounded out to third. M Bradley walked. A Gonzalez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 0. ARIZONA 1ST: S Drew walked. S Drew stole second. O Hudson walked. E Byrnes grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, O Hudson out at second, S Drew to third. T Clark homered to center, S Drew scored. M Reynolds flied out to left. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 2. SAN DIEGO 2ND: K Greene fouled out to first. K Kouzmanoff flied out to right. J Bard walked. J Bard to second on passed ball by C Snyder. G Blum fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 2. ARIZONA 2ND: C Young fouled out to first. C Snyder struck out swinging. J Upton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 2. SAN DIEGO 3RD: C Young doubled to deep right. B Giles fouled out to catcher. M Cameron walked. M Bradley grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Cameron out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 2. ARIZONA 3RD: D Davis grounded out to first. S Drew doubled to deep center. O Hudson reached on bunt single to third, S Drew to third. O Hudson stole second. E Byrnes homered to center, S Drew and O Hudson scored. T Clark struck out swinging. M Reynolds struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 5. SAN DIEGO 4TH: A Gonzalez singled to center. K Greene walked, A Gonzalez to second. K Kouzmanoff grounded into double play, shortstop to first, K Greene out at second, A Gonzalez to third. J Bard struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 5. ARIZONA 4TH: C Young struck out looking. C Snyder fouled out to left. J Upton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, ARIZONA 5. SAN DIEGO 5TH: G Blum singled to center. M Ensberg hit for C Young. M Ensberg singled to left, G Blum to third. B Giles walked, M Ensberg to second. M Cameron hit sacrifice fly to right, G Blum scored, M Ensberg to third. M Bradley struck out looking. San Diego's M Bradley ejected by P Cuzzi. B Giles to second on wild pitch by D Davis. A Gonzalez flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 5. ARIZONA 5TH: J Hampson relieved C Young. B Clark in left field. D Davis grounded out to pitcher. S Drew struck out swinging. O Hudson doubled to deep center. E Byrnes intentionally walked. T Clark struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 5. SAN DIEGO 6TH: K Greene struck out swinging. K Kouzmanoff grounded out to third. J Bard singled to center. G Blum popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 5. ARIZONA 6TH: C Meredith relieved J Hampson. M Reynolds struck out swinging. C Young walked. C Young stole second. C Snyder singled to center, C Young to third. J Upton grounded out to second, C Young scored, C Snyder to second. D Davis struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 6. SAN DIEGO 7TH: B Clark struck out swinging. B Giles singled to center. M Cameron struck out looking. M Barrett hit for C Meredith. M Barrett popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 6. ARIZONA 7TH: J Thatcher relieved C Meredith. S Drew flied out to center. O Hudson singled to center. E Byrnes safe at first on error by third baseman K Kouzmanoff, O Hudson to second. O Hudson stole third, E Byrnes stole second. T Clark struck out swinging. M Reynolds grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 6. SAN DIEGO 8TH: B Lyon relieved D Davis. A Gonzalez flied out to right. K Greene grounded out to shortstop. K Kouzmanoff grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 6. ARIZONA 8TH: C Hensley relieved J Thatcher. C Young singled to left. C Snyder hit by pitch, C Young to second. C Snyder caught stealing second, catcher to second, C Young to third on runner's fielder's choice. J Upton walked. J Cirillo hit for B Lyon. J Cirillo doubled to deep center, C Young and J Upton scored. S Drew grounded out to first, J Cirillo to third. O Hudson walked. J Cirillo scored, O Hudson to second on balk by C Hensley. E Byrnes struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 9. SAN DIEGO 9TH: T Pena relieved B Lyon. J Bard grounded out to first. C Stansberry hit for G Blum. C Stansberry struck out swinging. B Clark grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, ARIZONA 9.</div>
Clark continues mastery of Young as D-Backs pull even <h3>ARIZONA 9, SAN DIEGO 1</h3>PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Tony Clark has something on Chris Young. Clark homered for the fourth time this season against Young, andEric Byrnes also went deep as the Arizona Diamondbacks poundedthe San Diego Padres, 9-1, on Tuesday to draw even in theNational League West Division. Doug Davis continued his hot stretch with his second win overthe Padres in five days for the Diamondbacks (77-63), who dreweven again with the Padres (76-62) atop the National LeagueWest. A day after San Diego clubbed a season-high five homers,including four in the first three innings, in a 10-2 win onMonday, Arizona put on a little power display of its own. "It was very big getting those runs, homers early after lastnight and especially with our bullpen not being as good as wehave seen it in the past," Diamondback manager Bob Melvin said."Early on we needed some momentum. We scored some runs and gota lead." The 6-10 Young, winless since July 19, opened the game bywalking the first two batters but looked like he was poised toescape after getting a double-play grounder, but Clark, whoentered 3-for-7 with three blasts against Young, drilled a 2-1offering over the center field fence for a quick 2-0 lead. Young entered the contest having allowed just seven home runsall season. "I have no idea why and I am not going to try and figure itout," the 6-8 Clark said. "He (Young) is an uncomfortableat-bat. Very rarely do I face someone that is at least and inchtaller then I am. The angle he throws at, his presence on themound makes it not very comfortable and his numbers say so butfor whatever reason I have been fortunate to have had somesuccess against him." Arizona's power surge struck again in the third, when Byrnesbelted his 21st blast - a three-run shot to left-center - for a5-0 edge. Stephen Drew started the frame by drilling a one-outdouble to deep center field and Orlando Hudson followed with aperfect bunt single. Hudson finished 3-for-3. Young (9-6), who has battled a bad back and oblique, departedafter four innings, yielding five runs and four hits with twowalks and six strikeouts. "I felt better but I am still not where I need to be and I am alittle discouraged because of that," Young said. "Tonight I hada lot more swings and misses then I have had in a while. I amnot happy about the result but I think it is a step in the rightdirection." While the offense was putting up runs with the long ball, Daviswas keeping the Padres at bay with the double-play ball. San Diego had runners on first and second in the third, but theDiamondbacks' lefthander induced Milton Bradley into aninning-ending doubleplay. In the next frame, Kevin Kouzmanoffhit into a twin killing after the first two batters reached. "When a pitcher gets in trouble you always call on your bestfriend, the double play," Davis said. "The defense playedawesome behind me." The Padres had a chance to get back in the game in the fifth,loading the bases on two singles and a walk, but scored justonce. Mike Cameron hit a sacrifice fly but Davis struck outMilton Bradley looking - leading to Bradley's ejection by homeplate umpire Phil Cuzzi - and Adrian Gonzalez on a flyout. "Tony Clark has been a thorn in his (Young) side historicallyand Eric Byrnes has come to play the last two nights," Padresmanager Bud Black said. "We had some chances and had Davis onthe ropes but couldn't quite deliver like we did last night." Davis (13-11), who now has 19 quality starts which is sixth inthe National League, left after seven innings, yielding just sixhits and five walks to win his third straight start and improveto 8-1 over his last 11 starts. He surrendered three runs andfour hits in 6 2/3 frames in an 8-7 win against San Diego onThursday. "Quality starts are definitely the goal every year," Davis said."You can't really control the wins and losses so quality startskeep your team in the game. Justin Upton drove in a run for Arizona with a groundout in thesixth and Jeff Cirillo doubled in two runs in the eighth for an8-1 lead. The final run scored on a balk by Clay Hensley.
Clark continues mastery of Young as D-Backs pull even <h3>ARIZONA 9, SAN DIEGO 1</h3>PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Tony Clark has something on Chris Young. Clark homered for the fourth time this season against Young, andEric Byrnes also went deep as the Arizona Diamondbacks poundedthe San Diego Padres, 9-1, on Tuesday to draw even in theNational League West Division. Doug Davis continued his hot stretch with his second win overthe Padres in five days for the Diamondbacks (77-63), who dreweven again with the Padres (76-62) atop the National LeagueWest. A day after San Diego clubbed a season-high five homers,including four in the first three innings, in a 10-2 win onMonday, Arizona put on a little power display of its own. "It was very big getting those runs, homers early after lastnight and especially with our bullpen not being as good as wehave seen it in the past," Diamondback manager Bob Melvin said."Early on we needed some momentum. We scored some runs and gota lead." The 6-10 Young, winless since July 19, opened the game bywalking the first two batters but looked like he was poised toescape after getting a double-play grounder, but Clark, whoentered 3-for-7 with three blasts against Young, drilled a 2-1offering over the center field fence for a quick 2-0 lead. Young entered the contest having allowed just seven home runsall season. "I have no idea why and I am not going to try and figure itout," the 6-8 Clark said. "He (Young) is an uncomfortableat-bat. Very rarely do I face someone that is at least and inchtaller then I am. The angle he throws at, his presence on themound makes it not very comfortable and his numbers say so butfor whatever reason I have been fortunate to have had somesuccess against him." Arizona's power surge struck again in the third, when Byrnesbelted his 21st blast - a three-run shot to left-center - for a5-0 edge. Stephen Drew started the frame by drilling a one-outdouble to deep center field and Orlando Hudson followed with aperfect bunt single. Hudson finished 3-for-3. Young (9-6), who has battled a bad back and oblique, departedafter four innings, yielding five runs and four hits with twowalks and six strikeouts. "I felt better but I am still not where I need to be and I am alittle discouraged because of that," Young said. "Tonight I hada lot more swings and misses then I have had in a while. I amnot happy about the result but I think it is a step in the rightdirection." While the offense was putting up runs with the long ball, Daviswas keeping the Padres at bay with the double-play ball. San Diego had runners on first and second in the third, but theDiamondbacks' lefthander induced Milton Bradley into aninning-ending doubleplay. In the next frame, Kevin Kouzmanoffhit into a twin killing after the first two batters reached. "When a pitcher gets in trouble you always call on your bestfriend, the double play," Davis said. "The defense playedawesome behind me." The Padres had a chance to get back in the game in the fifth,loading the bases on two singles and a walk, but scored justonce. Mike Cameron hit a sacrifice fly but Davis struck outMilton Bradley looking - leading to Bradley's ejection by homeplate umpire Phil Cuzzi - and Adrian Gonzalez on a flyout. "Tony Clark has been a thorn in his (Young) side historicallyand Eric Byrnes has come to play the last two nights," Padresmanager Bud Black said. "We had some chances and had Davis onthe ropes but couldn't quite deliver like we did last night." Davis (13-11), who now has 19 quality starts which is sixth inthe National League, left after seven innings, yielding just sixhits and five walks to win his third straight start and improveto 8-1 over his last 11 starts. He surrendered three runs andfour hits in 6 2/3 frames in an 8-7 win against San Diego onThursday. "Quality starts are definitely the goal every year," Davis said."You can't really control the wins and losses so quality startskeep your team in the game. Justin Upton drove in a run for Arizona with a groundout in thesixth and Jeff Cirillo doubled in two runs in the eighth for an8-1 lead. The final run scored on a balk by Clay Hensley.
