Padres-D’Backs: Offensive Outburst Leads Padres Past Arizona

If Adrian Gonzalez was suffering from the after effects of the flu, which kept him out of the starting lineup on Tuesday night, he sure didn't show it as he crushed his 18th home run of the season in the very first inning to lead San Diego to an 8-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Jake Peavy got the start and although he looked like his dominant self through five innings, his struggles showed themselves in the home half of the sixth as Arizona would score three runs and pull to within two of San Diego, 5-3.

Arizona would add one more in the home half of the seventh to get within one of San Diego, 5-4, but the Padres put the game away with a three...

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