Arizona Diamondbacks News

The Reds got utility player Jerry Gil from Arizona on Friday as part of a swap of minor leaguers, sending right-hander Abe Woody to the Diamondbacks. Gil, who turns 24 on Saturday, was added to the 40-man roster. He hit .256 in 128 games at Double-A and Triple-A last season with 27 homers. Gil has played 29 games in the majors, all for Arizona in 2004. Gil made his major league debut against the Reds and singled ...

Luis Gonzalez had a surprise waiting for him when he pulled into the Chase Field players' parking lot Sunday morning. His parking space had a ``For Rent'' sign on it. That's how the ballpark grounds crew decided to welcome Gonzalez, an accomplished practical joker, on the last day of his eight-year run with the Arizona Diamondbacks. ``It was kind of a good joke for me to have coming to the ...

The Padres are in the post-season for the second year in a row, thanks to David Wells' first victory since he was traded to San Diego a month ago. The 43-year-old left-hander, who missed his previous start with gout in his right foot, threw six scoreless innings and Mike Cameron hit a two-run homer to power San Diego past the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Saturday. The Padres' win clinched consecutive ...

San Diego's celebration was delayed when Livan Hernandez pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and Eric Byrnes homered in a 3-1 victory by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night that prevented the Padres from clinching a playoff berth. San Diego would clinch no worse than the wild-card spot with one more victory or a loss by Philadelphia, which routed Florida 14-2. The Padres entered with a one-game NL West ...

Eric Byrnes hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended their 2006 road campaign with a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Claudio Vargas (12-10) struck out six in 6 2-3 strong innings to end a three-start winless stretch, beating the Giants for the first time in three tries this season. Orlando Hudson, who returned to Arizona's lineup for the first ...

Conor Jackson hit a three-run homer and Eric Byrnes also connected against San Francisco ace Jason Schmidt, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Giants 7-1 on Monday night. Barry Bonds and the Giants were eliminated from playoff contention with their fifth straight loss. The Diamondbacks beat Schmidt (11-9) for the first time in his 17 starts against them since a loss on Sept. 5, 2002. Schmidt had been 11-0 with ...

Miguel Batista overcame a shaky start to pitch eight strong innings for his first win since Aug. 9, Eric Byrnes had four hits, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the fading Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3 Saturday night. The loss was the Dodgers' 12th in their last 20 games, and dropped them 1{ games behind the NL West-leading San Diego Padres and a half-game behind Philadelphia in the wild-card race. The Padres ...

At San Diego, Trevor Hoffman earned his 477th career save to pull within one of tying Lee Smith's all-time record and Mike Cameron hit a two-run triple for the Padres, who beat Arizona to keep their slim lead atop the NL West. The Padres remained one-half game in front of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday night. Hoffman pitched the ninth for his NL-best ...

At San Diego, Trevor Hoffman earned his 476th career save, Mike Cameron hit a three-run homer and San Diego regained the NL West lead. Adrian Gonzalez also connected off Livan Hernandez (12-13) for the Padres, who moved a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the division. On Monday night, the Padres led 9-5 in the ninth at Dodger Stadium before Los Angeles tied a major league record with ...

At Phoenix, Jeff Francis of North Delta, B.C., gave up three hits in eight strong innings and Jeff Baker hit his first homer of the season to help the Rockies beat the error-prone Diamondbacks. Francis (12-11) struck out five and did not walk a batter as Colorado snapped a three-game losing streak. Brian Fuentes pitched the ninth to complete the three-hitter. Miguel Batista (10-7) gave up three runs in six ...