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Updated: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:36 AM EDT
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Padres, Diamondbacks meet Saturday after 15-inning affair
Arizona (10-13) at San Diego (14-9), 10:05 pm EDT
SAN DIEGO (Ticker) --
Phil Nevin
had the final say in Friday's marathon and helped the
San Diego Padres
end the
Arizona Diamondbacks
' six-game winning streak. On Saturday, the Diamondbacks try to start another streak.
Nevin hit a solo home run in the fifth inning and brought in
Xavier Nady
with an RBI single in the 15th inning to give the Padres a 5-4 victory on Friday.
The Diamondbacks had swept the Padres in a three-game series last weekend in Arizona and followed with a three-game sweep of Los Angeles.
Arizona tied Friday's game in the ninth inning when
Tony Clark
delivered an RBI single off Padres closer
Trevor Hoffman
. But the San Diego bullpen limited Arizona to two hits in the final seven innings.
Brian Lawrence
(1-3, 6.75 ERA) starts Saturday for the Padres after lasting just 2 1/3 innings and yielding six runs and seven hits at Arizona last Sunday.
Arizona counters with
Shawn Estes
(2-1, 3.96), who got the win last Sunday against the Padres, allowing three runs and three hits in seven innings, including a two-run homer by
Jesse Garcia
.
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