GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: LA DODGERS (60-59) at SAN DIEGO (64-54)

NL: LA DODGERS at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA DODGERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
SAN DIEGO 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 x 7 8 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: LOS - DEREK LOWE, MARK HENDRICKSON (5TH), JONATHAN MELOAN (7TH) AND
RUSSELL MARTIN, MIKE LIEBERTHAL (7TH)

SDG - JAKE PEAVY, CLA MEREDITH (8TH), JOE THATCHER
(9TH) AND JOSH BARD

HOME RUNS: LOS - NONE

SDG - ADRIAN GONZALEZ (24) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
MIKE CAMERON (19) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 5TH, 3 ON</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA DODGERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
SAN DIEGO 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 x 7 8 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: LOS - DEREK LOWE, MARK HENDRICKSON (5TH), JONATHAN MELOAN (7TH) AND
RUSSELL MARTIN, MIKE LIEBERTHAL (7TH)

SDG - JAKE PEAVY, CLA MEREDITH (8TH), JOE THATCHER
(9TH) AND JOSH BARD


WP - JAKE PEAVY (16-5)
LP - DEREK LOWE (11-12)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: LOS - NONE

SDG - ADRIAN GONZALEZ (24) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
MIKE CAMERON (19) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 5TH, 3 ON


TIME: 2:34 ATT: 42,605

PROBABLES: LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY (9-4, 3.50)
SDG - JUSTIN GERMANO (7-7, 4.25)</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">LA DODGERS (0) VS SAN DIEGO (7) - FINAL

LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
C Hu ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
J Pierre cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .291
R Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189
A Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .288
J Kent 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .296
M Lieberthal c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
L Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .276
R Martin c 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 .297
J Meloan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Loney 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .304
S Hillenbrand 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .242
D Lowe p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118
M Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .038
M Kemp cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324

Totals 30 0 2 0 1 11 6

BATTING: 2B - J Pierre (18, J Peavy). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
J Kent 1, A Ethier 1. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Pierre (53, 2nd base off J Peavy/J Bard).

FIELDING: E - S Hillenbrand (3, throw). DP: 1 (J Kent-R Furcal-J Loney).


SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .294
R Mackowiak rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .208
M Cameron cf 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 .256
B Clark cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .220
M Bradley lf 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .336
a-T Sledge ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
A Gonzalez 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .282
K Greene ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .249
K Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .248
J Bard c 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 .270
G Blum 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .250
J Peavy p 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .220
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-B Myrow ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
J Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 32 7 8 6 6 6 12

a-flied out to right for M Bradley in the 7th; b-walked for C Meredith in the
8th.

BATTING: HR - A Gonzalez (24, 2nd inning off D Lowe 0 on, 0 Out), M Cameron
(19, 5th inning off D Lowe 3 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Gonzalez (78), M Cameron 4
(73), K Greene (75). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Bard 1, M
Cameron 1, G Blum 1, B Clark 2. GIDP - B Giles. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - G Blum (5, ground ball).


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LA DODGERS - 000 000 000 -- 0
SAN DIEGO - 010 060 00x -- 7
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LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
D Lowe (L, 11-12) 4 1/3 6 7 6 3 4 2 3.78
M Hendrickson 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.08
J Meloan 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00

SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Peavy (W, 16-5) 7 2 0 0 1 9 0 2.10
C Meredith 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.44
J Thatcher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.50

WP - M Hendrickson. IBB - B Giles (by D Lowe). Pitches-strikes: D Lowe 99-51;
M Hendrickson 26-19; J Meloan 36-22; J Peavy 99-70; C Meredith 11-8; J Thatcher
7-5. Ground balls-fly balls: D Lowe 8-1; M Hendrickson 1-3; J Meloan 1-4; J
Peavy 6-6; C Meredith 1-0; J Thatcher 3-0. Batters faced: D Lowe 22; M
Hendrickson 7; J Meloan 9; J Peavy 24; C Meredith 4; J Thatcher 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.
EJECTIONS: LA DODGERS' Martin by Iassogna (7th).
T--2:34. Att--42,605.
Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, left
to right.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
LA DODGERS 0
SAN DIEGO 7 FINAL</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LA DODGERS (0) AT SAN DIEGO (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SAN DIEGO 2ND: A Gonzalez homered to right center. K Greene grounded out
to shortstop. K Kouzmanoff singled to left. J Bard grounded out to pitcher,
K Kouzmanoff to second. G Blum struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: K Kouzmanoff struck out swinging. J Bard walked. G Blum
singled to right, J Bard to third. J Peavy safe at second on throwing error by
third baseman S Hillenbrand, J Bard scored, G Blum to third. B Giles
intentionally walked. M Cameron homered to left, G Blum, J Peavy and B Giles
scored. M Bradley walked. A Gonzalez singled to center, M Bradley to second.
M Hendrickson relieved D Lowe. K Greene singled to center, M Bradley scored,
A Gonzalez to second. K Kouzmanoff lined out to second. J Bard popped out to
first. (6 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 7.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA DODGERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
SAN DIEGO 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 x 7 8 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: LOS - DEREK LOWE, MARK HENDRICKSON (5TH), JONATHAN MELOAN (7TH) AND
RUSSELL MARTIN, MIKE LIEBERTHAL (7TH)

SDG - JAKE PEAVY, CLA MEREDITH (8TH), JOE THATCHER
(9TH) AND JOSH BARD


WP - JAKE PEAVY (16-5)
LP - DEREK LOWE (11-12)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: LOS - NONE

SDG - ADRIAN GONZALEZ (24) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
MIKE CAMERON (19) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 5TH, 3 ON


TIME: 2:34 ATT: 42,605

PROBABLES: LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY (9-4, 3.50)
SDG - JUSTIN GERMANO (7-7, 4.25)</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">LA DODGERS (0) VS SAN DIEGO (7) - FINAL

LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
C Hu ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
J Pierre cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .291
R Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189
A Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .288
J Kent 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .296
M Lieberthal c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
L Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .276
R Martin c 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 .297
J Meloan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Loney 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .304
S Hillenbrand 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .242
D Lowe p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118
M Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .038
M Kemp cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328

Totals 30 0 3 0 1 11 6

BATTING: 2B - J Pierre (18, J Peavy). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
J Kent 1, A Ethier 1. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Pierre (53, 2nd base off J Peavy/J Bard).

FIELDING: E - S Hillenbrand (3, throw). DP: 1 (J Kent-R Furcal-J Loney).


SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .294
R Mackowiak rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .208
M Cameron cf 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 .256
B Clark cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .220
M Bradley lf 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .336
a-T Sledge ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
A Gonzalez 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .282
K Greene ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .249
K Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .248
J Bard c 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 .270
G Blum 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .250
J Peavy p 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .220
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-B Myrow ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
J Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 32 7 8 6 6 6 12

a-flied out to right for M Bradley in the 7th; b-walked for C Meredith in the
8th.

BATTING: HR - A Gonzalez (24, 2nd inning off D Lowe 0 on, 0 Out), M Cameron
(19, 5th inning off D Lowe 3 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Gonzalez (78), M Cameron 4
(73), K Greene (75). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Bard 1, M
Cameron 1, G Blum 1, B Clark 2. GIDP - B Giles. Team LOB - 7.


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LA DODGERS - 000 000 000 -- 0
SAN DIEGO - 010 060 00x -- 7
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LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
D Lowe (L, 11-12) 4 1/3 6 7 6 3 4 2 3.78
M Hendrickson 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.08
J Meloan 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00

SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Peavy (W, 16-5) 7 2 0 0 1 9 0 2.10
C Meredith 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.44
J Thatcher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.50

WP - M Hendrickson. IBB - B Giles (by D Lowe). Pitches-strikes: D Lowe 99-51;
M Hendrickson 26-19; J Meloan 36-22; J Peavy 99-70; C Meredith 11-8; J Thatcher
7-5. Ground balls-fly balls: D Lowe 8-1; M Hendrickson 1-3; J Meloan 1-4; J
Peavy 6-6; C Meredith 1-0; J Thatcher 3-0. Batters faced: D Lowe 22; M
Hendrickson 7; J Meloan 9; J Peavy 24; C Meredith 4; J Thatcher 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.
EJECTIONS: LA DODGERS' Martin by Iassogna (7th).
T--2:34. Att--42,605.
Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, left
to right.</div>

 

Peavy, Cameron dazzle as Padres rout Dodgers

<h3>SAN DIEGO 7, LA DODGERS 0</h3>By Tim Powers
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - Jake Peavy is making a convincing case inhis campaign for the Cy Young Award.


Peavy won his career-best seventh straight game and Mike Cameronbelted a grand slam to lead the San Diego Padres to a 7-0drubbing of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.


The 26-year-old Peavy (16-5), who now leads the league in wins,ERA (2.10) and strikeouts (206), shut the Dodgers out over sevenfantastic innings on just two hits. The All-Star righthanderwalked one and struck out nine, retiring the final 13 batters hefaced.


Los Angeles never mounted a serious scoring threat againstPeavy, who did not allow a runner to reach third base.

Relievers Cla Meredith and Joe Thatcher each contributed ascoreless inning for the Padres, who have won 11 of 12.

Cameron's blast came during San Diego's six-run fifth thatknocked Los Angeles starter Derek Lowe (11-12) from the game.Lowe intentionally walked Brian Giles in front of Cameron, whopulled a 1-2 pitch to left that narrowly cleared the fence atthe base of the Western Metals Supply Co. building.

The Padres sent 11 batters to the plate in the frame, building a7-0 bulge to support Peavy's terrific outing.


Cameron rounded out his standout performance with a flashydefensive play in the sixth, ranging far to his left and divingto snare a line drive off the bat of Andre Ethier. The 2006Gold-Glove winner finished off the athletic maneuver with abackwards somersault to end up back on his feet.


Lowe exited the game after 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs -<div class="pre">five earned - and six hits. The 33-year-old righthander fell</div>to 0-3 in six career starts at Petco Park. He walked three andstruck out four.


Juan Pierre collected both hits against Peavy for the Dodgers,who have lost seven of eight games to San Diego.


Adrian Gonzalez added his career-best 25th home run as San Diegowon its third straight series.

 

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<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LA DODGERS (0) AT SAN DIEGO (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SAN DIEGO 2ND: A Gonzalez homered to right center. K Greene grounded out
to shortstop. K Kouzmanoff singled to left. J Bard grounded out to pitcher,
K Kouzmanoff to second. G Blum struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: K Kouzmanoff struck out swinging. J Bard walked. G Blum
singled to right, J Bard to third. J Peavy safe at second on throwing error by
third baseman S Hillenbrand, J Bard scored, G Blum to third. B Giles
intentionally walked. M Cameron homered to left, G Blum, J Peavy and B Giles
scored. M Bradley walked. A Gonzalez singled to center, M Bradley to second.
M Hendrickson relieved D Lowe. K Greene singled to center, M Bradley scored,
A Gonzalez to second. K Kouzmanoff lined out to second. J Bard popped out to
first. (6 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 7.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LA DODGERS (0) AT SAN DIEGO (7) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

La Dodgers Starting Lineups -- R Furcal SS, J Pierre CF, A Ethier RF,
J Kent 2B, L Gonzalez LF, R Martin C, J Loney 1B, S Hillenbrand 3B,
D Lowe RHP.

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,
J Peavy RHP.

Umpires -- Dan Iassogna (HP), Dale Scott (1B), Ron Kulpa (2B), Paul Emmel (3B).


Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind left to right at 6 mph.


LA DODGERS 1ST: R Furcal grounded out to second. J Pierre doubled to deep
right. A Ethier popped out to shortstop. J Kent struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 1ST: B Giles grounded out to first. M Cameron grounded out to
third. M Bradley grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 0.

LA DODGERS 2ND: L Gonzalez struck out looking. R Martin walked. J Loney
struck out looking. S Hillenbrand struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: A Gonzalez homered to right center. K Greene grounded out
to shortstop. K Kouzmanoff singled to left. J Bard grounded out to pitcher,
K Kouzmanoff to second. G Blum struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

LA DODGERS 3RD: D Lowe grounded out to shortstop. R Furcal flied out to
left. J Pierre singled to left. J Pierre stole second. A Ethier struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 3RD: J Peavy reached on infield single to shortstop. B Giles
grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Peavy out at second.
M Cameron grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0,
SAN DIEGO 1.

LA DODGERS 4TH: J Kent struck out swinging. L Gonzalez struck out
swinging. R Martin struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0,
SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 4TH: M Bradley struck out looking. A Gonzalez struck out
swinging. K Greene flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0,
SAN DIEGO 1.

LA DODGERS 5TH: J Loney grounded out to second. S Hillenbrand flied out to
center. D Lowe grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0,
SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: K Kouzmanoff struck out swinging. J Bard walked. G Blum
singled to right, J Bard to third. J Peavy safe at second on throwing error by
third baseman S Hillenbrand, J Bard scored, G Blum to third. B Giles
intentionally walked. M Cameron homered to left, G Blum, J Peavy and B Giles
scored. M Bradley walked. A Gonzalez singled to center, M Bradley to second.
M Hendrickson relieved D Lowe. K Greene singled to center, M Bradley scored,
A Gonzalez to second. K Kouzmanoff lined out to second. J Bard popped out to
first. (6 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

LA DODGERS 6TH: R Furcal grounded out to pitcher. J Pierre lined out to
second. A Ethier flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0,
SAN DIEGO 7.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: G Blum grounded out to shortstop. J Peavy struck out
swinging. B Giles singled to center. B Giles to second on wild pitch by
M Hendrickson. M Cameron lined out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

LA DODGERS 7TH: J Kent grounded out to second. L Gonzalez flied out to
right. R Martin struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0,
SAN DIEGO 7.

SAN DIEGO 7TH: C Hu at shortstop. M Kemp in center field. R Martinez at
second base. J Meloan relieved M Hendrickson. M Lieberthal catching. T Sledge
hit for M Bradley. La Dodgers's R Martin ejected by D Iassogna. T Sledge flied
out to right. A Gonzalez grounded out to second. K Greene struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

LA DODGERS 8TH: R Mackowiak in right field. B Clark in center field.
T Sledge in left field. C Meredith relieved J Peavy. J Loney struck out looking.
S Hillenbrand struck out swinging. M Kemp reached on infield single to second.
C Hu grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0,
SAN DIEGO 7.

SAN DIEGO 8TH: K Kouzmanoff flied out to right. J Bard walked. G Blum
flied out to center. B Myrow hit for C Meredith. B Myrow walked, J Bard to
second. R Mackowiak walked, J Bard to third, B Myrow to second. B Clark
popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

LA DODGERS 9TH: J Thatcher relieved C Meredith. R Martinez grounded out to
third. A Ethier grounded out to third. M Lieberthal grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, SAN DIEGO 7.</div>

 

Peavy, Cameron dazzle as Padres rout Dodgers

<h3>SAN DIEGO 7, LA DODGERS 0</h3>By Tim Powers
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - Jake Peavy is making a convincing case inhis campaign for the Cy Young Award.


Peavy won his career-best seventh straight game and Mike Cameronbelted a grand slam to lead the San Diego Padres to a 7-0drubbing of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.


The 26-year-old Peavy (16-5), who now leads the league in wins,ERA (2.10) and strikeouts (206), shut the Dodgers out over sevenfantastic innings on just two hits. The All-Star righthanderwalked one and struck out nine, retiring the final 13 batters hefaced.


"It's a career high for me, so I'm excited," Peavy said."Personally, it's something I've never done before, and I wantto win games for this ballclub. I'd be lying if I told you Iwasn't excited to get my 16th win and it's a career high, butmore importantly, the team won the series and this game."

Los Angeles never mounted a serious scoring threat againstPeavy, who did not allow a runner to reach third base.

"There is no question that (Peavy's) thrown the ball as well asanyone in the National League over the last two months," Padresmanager Bud Black said. "He's showing why we feel he's the bestpitcher in the National League. There is a month left, and Ithink if he continues like this, he has to be thought of veryhighly among those who are being considered."


Relievers Cla Meredith and Joe Thatcher each contributed ascoreless inning for the Padres, who have won 11 of 12.

"We are playing good baseball," Peavy said. "I think finallywe're clicking on most cylinders. We're getting pretty goodpitching on most nights, and scoring more runs than we werescoring, and playing good defense. We're not beating ourselves,and when we do that, we're a tough team to beat."


Cameron's blast came during San Diego's six-run fifth thatknocked Los Angeles starter Derek Lowe (11-12) from the game.Lowe intentionally walked Brian Giles in front of Cameron, whopulled a 1-2 pitch to left that narrowly cleared the fence atthe base of the Western Metals Supply Co. building.

"I don't care what kind of success he's had against me," saidCameron, who was 3-for-26 against Lowe prior to the at-bat. "Iwas surprised that they were walking the bases loaded. You make<div class="pre">it easier for me to get a guy home there, and that's all I was</div>trying to do. But, I'll take four of them."


The Padres sent 11 batters to the plate in the frame, building a7-0 bulge to support Peavy's terrific outing.


"Peavy didn't need but a couple of runs," Cameron said. "It wasjust icing on the cake for him." Cameron rounded out hisstandout performance with a flashy defensive play in the sixth,ranging far to his left and diving to snare a line drive off thebat of Andre Ethier. The 2006 Gold-Glove winner finished offthe athletic maneuver with a backwards somersault to end up backon his feet.


"Did you see how far I had to (expletive) run?" Cameron said."It was a pretty (darned) good play, especially having to gointo left-center. I don't know, I just got a good run, a goodjump, and that was about it. The rest of it is just ability."Lowe exited the game after 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs -<div class="pre">five earned - and six hits. The 33-year-old righthander fell</div>to 0-3 in six career starts at Petco Park. He walked three andstruck out four.


"It was a tough battle out there tonight, and we knew it goinginto the game," Dodgers manager Grady Little said. "That's theway it turned out to be. Peavy was good."


Juan Pierre collected both hits against Peavy for the Dodgers,who have lost seven of eight games to San Diego.


"That ballclub in the series here is the best Padres club we'vefaced this year," Little said. "If you come in half-stepping,not executing plays, not executing pitches, you're going to havea tough time." Adrian Gonzalez added his career-best 25th homerun as San Diego won its third straight series.