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Haren, Diamondbacks hope to keep rolling

Jul 30, 2008 - 10:12 AM Arizona (54-52) at San Diego (42-66), 10:05 pm EDT

SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Dan Haren will look to win his third consecutive start on Wednesday when the Arizona Diamondbacks conclude a three-game series against the San Diego Padres.

Haren (10-5, 2.56 ERA), who has not allowed more than two runs in each of his last nine outings, gave up two runs with nine strikeouts over eight innings during Friday's 10-2 triumph over the San Francisco Giants.

The 27-year-old Haren's lone loss over the last two months came against the Padres on July 4. He yielded two runs over seven frames in a 5-1 setback, which ended a three-game winning streak.

Haren will now turn his attention to building off Doug Davis' impressive performance in Tuesday's 3-0 victory over San Diego. Davis took a perfect game into the seventh and pitched 7 2/3 innings, ending the Padres' four-game winning streak.

San Diego will counter with righthander Cha Seung Baek (3-4, 4.86), who gave up four runs and seven hits with three strikeouts over 5 1/3 frames in Friday's 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Arizona, which holds a one-game advantage over the Los Angeles Dodgers (53-53) atop the National League West, has won four of its last five games and six of its previous eight contests.