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PHOENIX -- Patrick Corbin breezed through his previous start, getting hitters to dive after his slider, chase pitches out of the strike zone. The San Diego Padres had seen the young left-hander once before and werent going to be lured into his effectively wild approach. It still didnt matter. Corbin battled through six innings and passed a five-time Cy Young Award winner along the way, becoming the first Arizona left-hander to start with eight straight wins in the Diamondbacks 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. "The thing about Patrick is he kept his composure," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. "This was a total contrast to the last game he pitched and he kept grinding it out." A stellar start to the season put Corbin in select company, joining Randy Johnson as the only left-handers in team history to open a season 7-0 after tossing a three-hitter against Colorado his last start. The Padres were much more selective after facing Corbin on May 4 and made the 23-year-old work for his outs the second time around, becoming the first team to score more than two earned runs against him this season. Corbin fought his way through it, making just enough good pitches and getting plenty of help from the offence to pass Johnson and become the third Arizona pitcher to start 8-0. Eric Chavez homered for the second straight game, Martin Prado matched a career high with four of Arizonas 11 hits and drove in a big run in the seventh inning after getting three hits the night before. Corbin also helped himself with a run-scoring single in the fifth off Tommy Layne (0-1). Heath Bell closed out the workman-like win with a perfect ninth for his eighth save. "They were laying off some good pitches," Corbin said. "I didnt have my best stuff, but I wanted to go out there and battle them." Corbin made one big mistake and Carlos Quentin hit it out for a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Kyle Blanks also had two RBIs, but the Padres couldnt get much else going against Arizonas left-hander to lose for the fourth time in five games. "Corbin, you can see why his stats are what they are," Padres manager Bud Black said. "That is a live left arm, it really is. A live fastball, good slider and occasionally a solid changeup. We put some stress on him, we did. We had some good swings but he is a good pitcher. We will see him again. He is going to be around a while." Corbin has been one of baseballs best pitchers through the first two months of the season, using an effectively wild approach and a wicked slider to keep hitters off-balance. He went 6-8 with a 4.54 ERA in 22 games last season -- 17 starts -- after being traded from the Los Angeles Angels in 2010. Corbins success this season has come from his ability to throw strikes; he leads the majors hitting the plate 71 per cent of the time. The Padres jumped on Corbins strike-throwing tendencies right away, with leadoff hitter Chris Denorfia hitting his first pitch past Chavez at third for a double. Denorfia moved over on a sacrifice and scored on Chase Headleys groundout, giving San Diego an early lead on a pitcher who hasnt trailed much this season. It didnt last the inning. Paul Goldschmidt lined a double off Jason Marquis in the bottom half and Chavez followed with his seventh homer of the season, a two-run, opposite-field shot to left. Arizona added two more runs in the second against Marquis, on Miguel Monteros run-scoring double and a sacrifice fly by Gerardo Parra that made it 4-1. Marquis continued to labour with his command and was replaced after walking two in the fourth inning. He allowed four runs on seven hits in 3 1-3 innings "There were some positives and some negatives," said Marquis, who had won his five previous decisions. "Obviously, I would like to go deeper. I just wasnt executing. They had a good game plan. They were attacking me early in the count. A lot of first-pitch, second-pitch swings. It worked to their advantage today." Corbin wasnt exactly sharp, either. He hurt himself in the fourth inning with an off-balance throw that sailed into the stands for an error, setting up Blanks run-scoring single that cut Arizonas lead to 4-2. An opening walk in the fifth led to trouble, too, when Quentin hit his fifth homer of the season, a two-run shot that tied the game at 4-all Corbin helped himself in the bottom half and put Arizona back up with his second hit of the season, a looping, RBI single just over the third base bag. He was done following a leadoff single in the seventh inning after allowing four runs -- three earned -- on seven hits with five strikeouts. Corbin joins Micah Owings in 2011 and Brandon Webb in 2006 and 2008 as the only Arizona pitchers to open a season 8-0. "I just wanted to try to keep us in the game," Corbin said. "We did a good job scoring early, putting us ahead and I just wanted to keep it." He did, just barely, putting him alone in Arizonas record book and ahead of the best pitcher in franchise history. NOTES: Arizona has an extra-base hit in 34 straight games. ... Quentin finished the series 6 for 10 with three doubles and a homer. ... The Diamondbacks will call up LHP Tyler Skaggs to start the first game of Mondays doubleheader against Texas after RHP Ian Kennedy cut his index finger doing the dishes and was scratched. RHP Trevor Cahill will pitch the second game in the first scheduled doubleheader in Chase Field history. ... LHP Clayton Richard will pitch for San Diego against Seattle on Monday after a stint in the minors to work on his mechanics. Richard originally went on the 15-day DL on May 5 with an intestinal virus after going 0-4 with an 8.54 ERA. Alonzo Mourning Jersey . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. 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Glen Rice Hornets Jersey . -- The goal posts lying flat on the field, Arizonas fans lingered on the field, congregating around the locker room entrance nearly 30 minutes after rushing out of the stands. LOS ANGELES -- Tyler Chatwood left with the lead on the road where hes been dominant. The Rockies bullpen couldnt hold on.Yasmani Grandal homered twice, including a grand slam in the seventh inning, to rally the Los Angeles Dodgers past Colorado 7-4 on Thursday night, the Rockies 80th loss of the season. Theyve dropped three of four.Chatwood has gone 7-1 on the road with a 1.88 ERA in 12 starts. Hes been even better at Dodger Stadium, where he has a 1.62 ERA in six career starts. The right-hander staked the Rockies to a 4-2 lead before leaving after six innings.My curveball and two-seamer were working well, Chatwood said. I felt good and strong, and overall I felt like I had it in me.The Rockies bullpen sure didnt.Jordan Lyles gave up a ground-rule, pinch-hit double to Andre Ethier to open the seventh. Boone Logan (2-4) took over and loaded the bases on two consecutive one-out walks. He then walked Adrian Gonzalez, forcing in a run and leaving the Dodgers trailing 4-3.Grandal followed with his second career grand slam, sending a 2-2 pitch into center field and giving the Dodgers their first lead of the game, 7-4.Logan gave up four runs and one hit in one inning, walked three and struck out none.I was walking guys and I wasnt getting my first pitch in for a strike, Logan said. When you do that its tough and then I gave up that big hit. I took my licking, but we play every day and well be back tomorrow.Colorado manager Walt Weiss and third baseman Nolan Arenado were ejected in the seventh for arguing after Carlos Gonzalez lined into an unassisted double play at first, who doubled off DJ LeMahieu to end the inning.I was down 0-2 and I battled back to 3-2 and then he called me out, Arenado said of home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez. If I get on, then Carlos is up and he can hit it a long way and we have a chance to tie it up. I went back and looked at the video and it was up. It should have been ball four. We had a chance and it hurts to lose.The Rockies took an early 2-0 lead on an error by right fielder Josh Reddick and Daniel Descalsos sacrifice fly.LeMahieu extended his consecutive on-base streak to 38 games with a homer in the fifth, extending Colorados lead to 4-1.The victory reduced the Dodgers magic number for clinching their record fourth consecutive NL West title to four. Their division lead remained at six games after San Francisco beat San Diiego 2-1.dddddddddddd.Luis Avilan (3-0) got the win in relief, pitching a scoreless seventh with one strikeout.Kenley Jansen retired the side in the ninth for his 46th save in 52 chances.Grandal hit a solo shot in the second for the sixth homer given up by Chatwood in his last four games.Making his first start since Aug. 20, Brett Anderson gave up four runs and six hits in five innings. The left-hander struck out two and walked one after coming off the disabled list with a blister on his left index finger.TRAINERS ROOMRockies: 1B Gerardo Parra was scratched an hour before the game because of illness and was replaced by Stephen Cardullo. ... 3B coach Stu Cole, hit by a ball during batting practice on Tuesday and taken to a Denver hospital, was back on the field Friday.WHAT A PLAYChase Utley made an amazing play on Chatwoods groundout to second base in the fourth. Utley went to field the ball and it escaped his glove as he spun around. Utley somehow grabbed the ball and flipped it with his right hand and his back turned toward first base, where Adrian Gonzalez was fully stretched to make the play that ended the inning.VISITING VINIt was Weiss turn to visit Vin Scully. The team presented the 88-year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster with the letters `LAD from the Rockies scoreboard.His intellect and recall of the game is amazing, Weiss said. I didnt even think he would know who I was, but he knew everybody, even the guys who werent in jersey.Weiss played shortstop for Oakland against the Dodgers in the 1988 World Series. He told Scully he still has nightmares when he hears the call from Game 1 in which hobbled Dodgers pinch-hitter Kirk Gibson slugged the winning home run.Vin told me Gibsons home run was the most theatrical, Weiss said, and that (Hank) Aarons home run was the biggest moment of his career.UP NEXTRockies: RHP Jon Gray (10-8, 4.42 ERA) is coming off a franchise-record 16 strikeouts in his first career complete-game shutout, an 8-0 win over San Diego. He is 2-2 with a 3.38 ERA in five career starts against the Dodgers.Dodgers: LHP Scott Kazmir (10-6, 4.59) starts for the first time since Aug. 22 after missing 28 games on the disabled list with neck inflammation. He is 4-6 with a 4.11 ERA in 13 home starts this season. ' ' '