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San Diego 7, at Arizona 6: The Padres clinched the NL West title as Trevor Hoffman held on in a rough ninth inning. Hoffman, the major league saves leader with 482, gave up consecutive home runs to Chad Tracy and Conor Jackson. Hoffman wound up with his 46th save in 51 chances when the game ended on an odd play. Arizona’s Chris Young was on first base when Alberto Callaspo hit a two-out grounder to second baseman Josh Barfield, whose throw pulled first baseman Adrian Gonzalez off the bag. But Gonzalez alertly threw to second in time to get Young, who held up to let the grounder get past him. Second base umpire Larry Poncino originally signaled safe, then changed the call on a forceout when San Diego Manager Bruce Bochy protested.

at Florida 3, Philadelphia 2: Jason Wood hit a bases-loaded, infield single in the 11th inning to score the winning run.

at Chicago 8, Colorado 5: Juan Pierre hit a go-ahead single in a three-run seventh inning for the Cubs, who rallied from an early 4-0 deficit.

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New York 6, at Washington 2: David Wright and Shawn Green each had two hits in the second inning, when the Mets scored six runs on nine hits.

at Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 0: Freddy Sanchez had two hits while becoming the Pirates’ first league batting champion in 23 years, and Xavier Nady’s third hit of the game drove in the only run.

at Atlanta 3, Houston 1: John Smoltz pitched six shutout innings, and the Astros came up short in their division comeback.

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