MLB: San Diego 5, Arizona 1 (UPI)
PHOENIX, July 5 (UPI) -- Cha Seung Baek allowed just two hits over six innings Friday and the San Diego Padres downed struggling Arizona 5-1.

Recap: Arizona vs. San Diego (Miami Herald)
Scott Hairston's two home runs and three RBI gave enough insurance to Jake Peavy, as the San Diego Padres escaped with a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a well pitched, middle installment of a three-game set.

MLB: San Diego 4, Arizona 2 (Moldova.org)
Scott Hairston had two homers and three RBI Saturday to lead the San Diego Padres' 4-2 victory against Arizona.Hairston hit a two-run homer in the top of the third inning and a solo shot in the sixth.San Diego also got Adrian Gonzalez's solo homer in the ninth. Five others had one hit for the Padres, winners of back-to-back contests for the first time since June 11-12.Winner Jake Peavy (6-5) ...

San Diego Padres (34-53) at Arizona Diamondbacks (43-44), 8:10 p.m. (Bradenton Herald)
Jake Peavy tries for his first win in four starts this evening when the San Diego Padres continue their three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.

Partial off-road vehicle ban begins on Arizona monument (North County Times)
TUCSON, Ariz. ---- A just-instituted off-highway vehicle ban on part of Arizona's Sonoran Desert National Monument has been quietly successful over its first two weekends ---- aided by scorching, ride-discouraging heat, the monument's top official says.