Arizona's rally falls short in loss to San Diego

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PHOENIX (AP) — Even down six runs after six innings, the Arizona Diamondbacks thought they would find a way to win.

This time, their rally came up a bit short.

"You'd like to win them all but we didn't today," manager Kirk Gibson said following the Diamondbacks' 7-6 loss to the San Diego Padres. "We push through. There's a saying about playing 27 outs, playing to the end. It's something that's been preached for a while. It's part of their character."

Henry Blanco homered and Chris Young added a two-run double for the NL West-leading Diamondbacks, who had won a franchise-record 15 consecutive home games. Arizona's lead over San Francisco slipped to 8 1-2 games and the Diamondbacks' magic number remained eight.

Backed by LeBlanc's one-hit pitching over the first five innings, San Diego built a 7-0 lead against Josh Collmenter (9-9).

James Darnell drove in Nick Hundley with a single in the second, then hit a sacrifice fly in the third. Jesus Guzman had an RBI single and Anthony Rizzo drew a bases-loaded walk in the third to put the Padres ahead 4-0.

Hundley hit a two-run shot in the fifth for his eighth homer, giving San Diego a 6-0 lead and ending Collmenter's day. Guzman added a run-scoring double in the seventh.

Then the Diamondbacks made things interesting.

Blanco, Arizona's regular Sunday catcher, led off the sixth with a line drive over the wall in left. Reliever Zach Duke singled to center, Gerardo Parra reached on a one-out single and Paul Goldschmidt walked to load the bases and chase Wade LeBlanc (3-3).

Chris Young hit a two-run double to left off Erik Hamren, and Colin Cowgill brought home Goldschmidt and Young with a single to center that trimmed San Diego's lead to 7-5.

"I thought we were going to pull it out again," Young said. "Honestly, I thought we were going to find a way to win it."
 
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