Rookie Luebke leads Padres past Dodgers

SAN DIEGO (AP)—Rookie Cory Luebke(notes) struck out seven in six sparkling innings, Luis Durango(notes) hit a key two-run single and the San Diego Padres added to their lead in the NL West with a 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on football jerseys
Wednesday night.
San Diego has won three consecutive games since losing 10 in a row and is two ahead of San Francisco after the Giants lost 3-1 at Arizona. The Padres will host the Giants in an important four-game series beginning Thursday.
Luebke (1-1) gave San Diego a big lift in his second major Pittsburgh Steelers jersey
league start, holding the Dodgers to two hits. It was a much better showing than his big league debut, when he surrendered a pair of two-run homers over five innings in a 4-3 loss against Colorado.
Four relievers combined to finish the three-hitter. Luke Gregerson(notes) got the final five outs for his second save in seven opportunities.
Matt Kemp(notes) doubled in the second, Rafael Furcal(notes) reached on an infield single in the third and James Loney(notes) singled in the eighth for the Dodgers’ only hits.
It was San Diego’s 17th shutout, tied for second Minnesota Vikings jersey
in the majors with Philadelphia and trailing the New York Mets by one.