Dan Haren wasn’t the unhittable pitcher we’ve seen over the last 6 weeks or so, but he was good enough to pitch the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-3 win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

Haren was greeted rather rudely actually, as San Diego center fielder Jody Gerut led off the game with a home run to give the Padres a 1-0 lead. It was the first home run Haren has surrendered since June 12th, a span of 7 straight starts. After allowing another run in the 1st, Haren settled down, and yielded 3 runs and 6 hits over 7 innings. The win was his 11th of the season, and 6th in his last 7 decisions.

Trailing 3-1, the Diamondbacks struck for 4 runs in the 5th inning off of San Diego starter Cha Seung Baek. Chad Tracy’s 2-run single highlighted the inning for Arizona. Mark Reynolds and Chris Snyder hit back-to-back solo home runs to cap the scoring in the 8th.

With one stop left on their 10-game road trip, the Diamondbacks are 5-1. The Dodgers remain on their heels in the National League West standings, trailing by just 1 game after L.A. took down San Francisc 4-0 on Wednesday.

MLB.com : Recap | Boxscore

Here’s what others are saying about the Diamondbacks victory in San Diego on Wednesday…

D-Backs end Padres series with win [AzCentral]

Haren pitches Diamondbacks past Padres [East Valley Tribune/AP]

Padres err it out in 7-3 loss [SignonSanDiego]

And now it’s on to Los Angeles for the Diamondbacks for a big 4-game series with the Dodgers.

Pitching Matchups for Arizona at Los Angeles:

Thursday: Brandon Webb (14-4, 3.14 ERA) vs. Derek Lowe (8-8, 3.74 ERA)

Friday: Randy Johnson (8-7, 4.58 ERA) vs. Clayton Kershaw (1-3, 4.53 ERA)

Saturday: Yusmeiro Petit (1-1, 2.55 ERA) vs. Hiroki Kuroda (5-8, 4.40 ERA)

Sunday: Doug Davis (4-5, 3.86 ERA) vs. Jason Johnson (1-0, 1.38 ERA)

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