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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 8, Arizona 5
When: 8:35 PM ET, Saturday, July 17, 2010
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 40011
The San Diego Padres hit four home runs and got a strong effort from their bullpen to post an 8-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. Jerry Hairston Jr., Adrian Gonzalez, Yorvit Torrealba and Tony Gwynn hit homers for the Padres, who won despite being outhit 10-8. Gonzalez hit his 20th of the season in the fifth inning, a solo shot to center that broke a 4-4 tie. Gwynn added an inside-the-park homer in the sixth to make it 6-4. Clayton Richard (7-4) picked up the win, allowing five runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. Ryan Webb and Joe Thatcher each recorded an out to finish the seventh and Luke Gregerson struck out one in the eighth. Heath Bell tossed a perfect ninth for his 25th save.

Rodrigo Lopez (5-8) took the loss, allowing six runs and six hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out three while allowing all four San Diego homers. Chris Young went 3-for-5 with a solo homer for Arizona.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   San Diego
Rodrigo Lopez Player Clayton Richard
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.1
3 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 9
9.00 ERA 7.11
Hitting
Arizona   San Diego
Chris Young Player Yorvit Torrealba
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 4
1 HR 1
6 TB 6
.600 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 10 1 13 .278 10 8 5 2 2 0
San Diego 8 4 22 .250 6 4 8 4 1 1