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    PEORIA, Ariz. -- Chris Young figures the Arizona Diamondbacks can have a powerful offense all season.

    Young and Miguel Montero each hit three-run homers, Ryan Roberts added a solo shot and Arizona rallied from five runs down to beat the San Diego Padres 12-7 on Sunday and snap a four-game losing streak.

    "That's the potential we have in our lineup," said Young, who also singled, doubled and had four RBI. "We haven't been clicking. We had some guys on, some guys off. Today was one of those days where everybody came out ready to go. You could see the aggressiveness at the plate, guys out there really trying to make things happen."

    Arizona right-hander Dan Haren gave up two homers and five runs in the first two innings but settled down from there. He lasted five innings, his longest outing of the spring.

    Jody Gerut and Edgar Gonzalez homered for San Diego.

    Hitters from both teams benefited from the blustery conditions. Gonzalez had to pause after rounding second base until an umpire signaled his two-run homer off Haren had cleared the fence. Gerut's homer also appeared wind-blown.

    Defensively, it was just the opposite. Outfielders had trouble tracking fly balls in the wind, with San Diego committing four errors while Arizona had one.

    "If it's real hot or real cold you can kind of deal with it, but no one likes the wind," Haren said. "The outfielders hate it. It's tough out there. You see a lot of balls misplayed. Pitching-wise, sometimes the ball's moving a little bit more than usual. It's just uncomfortable."

    Haren said the conditions affected his pitching early. San Diego's first three batters reached base and scored, then Gerut added a two-run shot in the second to make it 5-0.

    "The conditions out there weren't really conducive to pitching," said Haren, who struck out five but gave up nine hits. "I got some balls up early. I was more focused on being down as the game went along and had some better results. The important thing is I feel real good, the ball's coming out nice, I'm working all my pitches. I'm not too concerned with the results."

    San Diego starter Josh Greer gave up only four hits but two of them were three-run homers. He also walked three as his ERA ballooned to 10.43 this spring.

    "It was going to be an offensive game, you saw that early when an All-Star pitcher [Haren] gives up five runs," San Diego manager Bud Black said. "Regardless of the conditions, you have to evaluate your players. The home run to Young was a ball up in the strike zone and the three-run homer that Montero hit was a changeup that was down and in that was supposed to be down and away."

    Young started Arizona's comeback with his three-run homer off Greer with one out in the third. One out later, Chad Tracy hit the first of his three doubles and Mark Reynolds walked before Montero homered to right to give the Diamondbacks a 6-5 lead.

    Tracy added run-scoring doubles in the fifth and sixth, and Roberts homered in the seventh.

    Luis Rodriguez had three singles for San Diego, which has dropped seven in a row and nine of 10 overall.

     
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    Arizona Diamondbacks
    Felipe Lopez, 2B4220000 .238
        Ryan Roberts, 2B2121000 .333
    Augie Ojeda, SS3210200 .313
        Josh Whitesell, 1B1010000 .333
    Chris Young, CF5234000 .364
        Josh Wilson, 3B1000001 .293
    Conor Jackson, LF3101102 .206
        Marcus Hallberg, SS1000011 .333
    Chad Tracy, 1B5232002 .389
        Chris Rahl, LF0000000 .000
    Mark Reynolds, 3B3110103 .324
       a- Chris Roberson, PH-CF1000000 .190
    Miguel Montero, C2113301 .381
    Alex Romero, RF4001003 .000
        Max Scherzer, P1000011 .000
        Leo Rosales, P0000000 .000
    Dan Haren, P3000002 .000
        Evan Frey, RF2000001 .273
    Totals4112141272  
    a-grounded out for Reynolds in the 8th
    Batting
    2B - Felipe Lopez 2 (2, Geer, Nova), Chris Young (5, Patterson), Chad Tracy 3 (6, Geer, Nova, Patterson)
    HR - Ryan Roberts (2, Patterson), Chris Young (2, Geer), Miguel Montero (2, Geer)
    SF - Conor Jackson (2)
    RBI - Ryan Roberts (8), Chris Young 4 (8), Conor Jackson (5), Chad Tracy 2 (5), Miguel Montero 3 (9), Alex Romero (1)
    2-OUT RBI - Miguel Montero 3 (4)
    Team LOB - 10
    Fielding
    Outfield Assists - Conor Jackson 1
    E - Chad Tracy (2, Misplayed grounder)
    Arizona Diamondbacks
    Dan Haren (W,1-2) 5955052 5.79
    Max Scherzer 3522050 7.36
    Leo Rosales 1100020 4.50
    WP - Dan Haren (1)
    Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Dan Haren 3-7, Max Scherzer 3-1, Leo Rosales 1-0
    Batters Faced - Dan Haren 24, Max Scherzer 14, Leo Rosales 4
    San Diego Padres
    Jody Gerut, CF4222001 .314
        Mitch Canham, C1000000 .231
    Edgar Gonzalez, 2B4122000 .400
        Kyle Blanks, PR-1B1100010 .309
    Brian Giles, RF3110000 .292
        Emil Brown, RF2000011 .207
    Adrian Gonzalez, 1B4021000 .353
        Matt Antonelli, PR-2B1100000 .250
    Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B4021002 .438
        Brett Dowdy, PR-3B1010000 .368
    Chase Headley, LF3000033 .233
        Scott Patterson, P0000000 .000
       a- Will Venable, PH1000011 .295
        Cla Meredith, P0000000 .000
        Greg Burke, P0000000 .000
       b- Jose Lobaton, PH1000011 .250
    Nick Hundley, C3010011 .269
        Drew Macias, CF1010000 .317
    Luis Rodriguez, SS3130002 .296
        Everth Cabrera, SS1000002 .209
    Josh Geer, P1000011 .000
       c- Cliff Floyd, PH1000010 .364
        Ivan Nova, P0000000 .000
        Chris Snelling, LF2000021 .200
    Totals427156012  
    a-struck out for Patterson in the 7th
    b-struck out for G. Burke in the 9th
    c-struck out for Geer in the 4th
    Batting
    2B - Edgar Gonzalez (2, Scherzer), Adrian Gonzalez (3, Scherzer)
    HR - Jody Gerut (2, Haren), Edgar Gonzalez (1, Haren)
    RBI - Jody Gerut 2 (5), Edgar Gonzalez 2 (3), Adrian Gonzalez (4), Kevin Kouzmanoff (7)
    Team LOB - 8
    Fielding
    DP - Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Cabrera-Antonelli-Blanks
    E - Kyle Blanks (3, Misplayed grounder), Chase Headley 2 (2, Dropped fly), Luis Rodriguez (2, Misplayed grounder)
    San Diego Padres
    Josh Geer (L,0-1) 4466302 10.43
    Ivan Nova 1455300 7.04
    Scott Patterson 2411101 5.40
    Cla Meredith 1000010 0.00
    Greg Burke 1200010 4.00
    WP - Cla Meredith (1)
    Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Josh Geer 7-6, Ivan Nova 3-0, Scott Patterson 2-4, Cla Meredith 1-2, Greg Burke 1-0
    Batters Faced - Josh Geer 20, Ivan Nova 10, Scott Patterson 11, Cla Meredith 4, Greg Burke 4
    Game Information
    Attendance - 8838
    Game Time - 3:05
    Temperature - 81
    Umpires - Home - Dan Bellino, First Base - Jeff Macias, Second Base - David Rackley, Third Base - Will Robinson
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