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Padres look for seventh straight win

Sep 20, 2007 - 1:25 PM Pittsburgh (66-86) at San Diego (84-67) 3:35 pm EDT

SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - The San Diego Padres will go for their season-high seventh straight win on Thursday when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in the finale of a four-game series.

Scott Hairston hit a three-run, walk-off home run on Wednesday to give the Padres a 5-3 victory, extending their winning streak.

San Diego (84-67) is just one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks (86-67) in the National League West Division on the strength of its recent hot play. With Wednesday's win, the Padres extended their lead to 2 1/2 games over the Philadelphia Phillies (82-70) in the NL wild card race.

Brett Tomko (3-11, 5.40 ERA) will try to continue his team's winning ways when he takes the mound for San Diego.

Tomko, who was acquired on September 4 after being designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Dodgers, scattered four hits over six strong innings on Saturday, picking up his first win in a Padres uniform. He struck out five and didn't walk a batter as San Diego cruised to a 6-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

The Pirates will counter with Matt Morris (9-10, 4.84), who is coming off his worst start since joining the team from the San Francisco Giants on July 31. Morris allowed seven runs and nine hits in just 3 1/3 innings on Saturday, suffering a 9-7 setback to the Houston Astros.

For the season, Morris is 2-0 with a 2.38 ERA in two starts against the Padres.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    PITTSBURGH 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
    SAN DIEGO 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 x 6 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: PIT - MATT MORRIS, SHANE YOUMAN (5TH), ROMULO SANCHEZ (8TH) AND
    CARLOS MALDONADO
    SDG - BRETT TOMKO, DOUG BROCAIL (7TH), HEATH BELL
    (8TH), TREVOR HOFFMAN (9TH) AND

    Sep 20 5:49 PM


  • NL
    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KEVIN KOUZMANOFF SCORED MIKE CAMERON AND KHALIL
    GREENE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, K KOUZMANOFF ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3
    SAN DIEGO 6 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: S HAIRSTON (.253, 1-FOR-1, RBI)

    Pirates vs. PadresSep 20 4:32 PM


  • NL
    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KHALIL GREENE SCORED GEOFF BLUM.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K GREENE ON SECOND, M CAMERON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3
    SAN DIEGO 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: K KOUZMANOFF (.269, 1-FOR-1)

    Pirates vs. PadresSep 20 4:31 PM


  • NL
    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED NYJER MORGAN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F SANCHEZ ON FIRST, C IZTURIS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3
    SAN DIEGO 3 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.272, 0-FOR-1)

    Pirates vs. PadresSep 20 4:16 PM


  • NL
    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CARLOS MALDONADO (2) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 3RD OFF BRETT TOMKO.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2, SAN DIEGO 3
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: M MORRIS (.208, 1 HR, 3 RBI)

    Pirates vs. PadresSep 20 4:10 PM


  • NL
    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MICHAEL BARRETT SCORED KEVIN KOUZMANOFF AND SCOTT
    HAIRSTON.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M BARRETT ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    SAN DIEGO 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: B TOMKO (.000, 0 HR, 1 RBI)

    Pirates vs. PadresSep 20 4:03 PM


  • NL
    AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY SCOTT HAIRSTON SCORED ADRIAN GONZALEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S HAIRSTON ON SECOND, K KOUZMANOFF ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    SAN DIEGO 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: M BARRETT (.243, 9 HR, 39 RBI)

    Pirates vs. PadresSep 20 4:02 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    PITTSBURGH 1 1 1 0
    SAN DIEGO 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: PIT - MATT MORRIS
    SDG - BRETT TOMKO

    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: B GILES (.278, 11 HR, 43 RBI)
    G BLUM (.249, 5 HR, 29 RBI)
    M CAMERON (.246, 21 HR, 78 RBI)

    Pirates vs. PadresSep 20 3:41 PM

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