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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 6, Arizona 5
When: 3:40 PM ET, Thursday, September 20, 2012
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 17821

Padres 6, Diamondbacks 5:
Jesus Guzman belted a three-run homer and Clayton Richard won his fifth straight decision as visiting San Diego salvaged the finale of the three-game series.

Richard (14-12) gave up four runs over six innings and improved to 6-0 in eight career starts against the Diamondbacks, who dropped 5 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the second National League wild card. Five relievers worked a scoreless ninth, with Anthony Bass getting the final out for his first save.

The Padres grabbed a first-inning lead on Guzman’s two-out, three-run homer off rookie Tyler Skaggs (1-3), who allowed four runs over five frames.

San Diego, which won the season series against the Diamondbacks with a 9-3 record, took a 6-2 lead in the sixth on RBI doubles by Chris Denorfia and Chase Headley.

Arizona scored twice in the sixth inning on run-scoring singles by Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Johnson and pulled closer in the seventh on Adam Eaton’s first career homer off Brad Brach.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Arizona RF Justin Upton went 3-for-4 and fell a homer short of hitting for the cycle. … San Diego LF Carlos Quentin missed the game with soreness in his right knee and is listed as day-to-day. …The Diamondbacks’ Miguel Montero started at catcher for the 18th consecutive game.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Diego   Arizona
Clayton Richard Player Tyler Skaggs
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
3 Strikeouts 2
8 Hits 7
6.00 ERA 7.20
Hitting
San Diego   Arizona
Andy Parrino Player Chris Johnson
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 2
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Diego 11 1 18 .314 16 3 6 5 0 1
Arizona 10 2 19 .278 19 6 5 2 0 0