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Tried as they might, the Padres' late heroics fell short , as did their attempts to match last year's eight-game winning streak on Tuesday in San Francisco.

The Padres' Nick Hundley dumps a cooler full of sports drink on pitcher Eric Stults after he pitched all nine inning getting a 2-1 win over the Diamondbacks.

Padres 3, Braves 2: Chase Headley homered and Andrew Cashner allowed two runs in a career-high eight innings to lift host San Diego to its second straight one-run victory over Atlanta.

Bullpen coach Willie Blair was busy finishing up batting practice before Saturday's game against the Rockies, so he missed a text message from the Padres telling him that the organization was about to select his son, Taylor, with its 35th-round Draft pick.

MLB Team Report - Colorado Rockies - INSIDE PITCH Jhoulys Chacin has been searching for the pitching groove he had before going on the disabled list with a lower back strain April 20. At that point, Chacin, the Opening Day starter for the Rockies, was 3-0 with a 1.46 ERA in four starts.

No other rookie in Major League Baseball has any many hits as Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko, who is making an early case for National League Rookie of the Year Award honors.

Julio Teheran flirted with history in his most recent outing, falling only four outs short of notching Atlanta's 15th no-hitter and its first in 19 years.

JUNE 09: Dexter Fowler #24 of the Colorado Rockies celebrates as he hits the game winning single off of Joe Thatcher #54 of the San Diego Padres to score DJ LeMahieu #9 of the Colorado Rockies in the 10th inning at Coors Field on June 9, 2013 in Denver, Colorado.

Before each game, Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley and the starting pitcher and catcher huddle to go over scouting reports.

Last year, before things finally settled down for the Padres infield, there was quite the rotating cast of characters in between third baseman Chase Headley and first baseman Yonder Alonso.

It took them seven tries, and tonight it took them 12 innings, but the Padres have won their first game of the year against the Rockies.

New Dodger Yasiel Puig waves to a fan prior to the start of their games against the Padres June 3, 2013 in Los Angeles, CA.

What can Dodgers phenom Yasiel Puig possibly do for another encore? There isn't much in the 22-year-old rookie's arsenal that he hasn't already showcased after just two games at the big league level.

Alexi Amarista can also play short, although the position is one of the weakest in the Padres farm system.

Padres' catcher Nick Hundley and pitcher Huston Street celebrate their 1-0 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday.

San Diego Padres' Yonder Alonso bounces up from his slide after scoring against the Toronto Blue Jays on a double by Jedd Gyorko in the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Diego, Friday, May 31, 2013.

Because he's Felix Hernandez -- the Mariners' 2010 Cy Young Award winner and a three-time All-Star -- a couple of rough outings often raises concern for some folks in Seattle.

The Padres' Nick Hundley is congratulated in the dugout after score a run in the fourth inning.

For the second day in a row, the Padres and Mariners are pitting two very hittable starting pitchers against each other.

The prodigal son is back for the San Diego Padres . The Padres on Tuesday reinstated catcher Yasmani Grandal from the restricted list, and penciled him into the lineup in time to face the Mariners in Seattle.