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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 4, Arizona 3
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, May 8, 2011
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 21490
Aaron Harang pitched seven strong innings and Jorge Cantu blasted a three-run homer to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-3 win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

After allowing 12 runs over his last two starts, Harang improved to 5-2 after giving up two runs on eight hits with one walk.

Heath Bell earned his eighth save of the season by tossing a scoreless ninth inning.

San Diego scored four runs in the first inning on Jason Bartlett’s RBI double and Cantu’s third home run of the season. The blast served as the Padres’ first three-run homer this season.

The four runs were the most scored by the Padres in the first inning since July 29, 2009 against the Cincinnati Reds.

After a rough first inning, Arizona starter Joe Saunders (0-4) settled down to throw five scoreless frames. He exited the game down 4-2 after giving up five hits with three walks over six innings.

The Diamondbacks scored two runs in the second on RBIs by Josh Wilson and Saunders. Xavier Nady brought Arizona within a run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   San Diego
Joe Saunders Player Aaron Harang
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.0
3 Strikeouts 2
5 Hits 8
6.00 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Arizona   San Diego
Miguel Montero Player Jorge Cantu
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 10 0 12 .294 17 4 3 2 0 1
San Diego 6 1 10 .200 11 5 4 4 1 1