LATE FRIDAY Bautista celebrates anniversary

He had four RBIs, including three on a home run.
PHOENIX (AP) -- One day after the first anniversary of the injury that ended his 2002 season, Danny Bautista gave notice that he's back.
Bautista had his first four-RBI game in a decade, including a tie-breaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 victory over the reeling San Diego Padres on Friday night.
Bautista's home run was his first in more than a year and was a great sign for an Arizona team that sorely needs a powerful right-handed bat in its lefty-dominated lineup.
"I've been feeling my swing for weeks," Bautista said. "I know right now that I'm hitting the ball harder than a month ago."
On May 22 of last year, Bautista dislocated his left shoulder diving for a ball in the outfield, an injury that required surgery and ended his season. He was batting .325 at the time.
Raising average
After an awful start to this season, he has raised his average from .188 to .264 in the last 15 games.
"I don't know. I can't say anything about this game," Bautista said when asked why he's had a slow start. "It can take you way up, and it can take you way down."
Arizona manager Bob Brenly pitched batting practice and said Bautista seemed ready for a big game.
"Danny Bautista had one of the best rounds of batting practice I've ever witnessed," Brenly said, "and we were all just keeping our fingers crossed it would carry over into the ballgame. I thought Danny swung the bat tonight as well as he has all year."
With the game tied at 2, reliever Mike Matthews (1-2) walked Luis Gonzalez with one out in the eighth, then Steve Finley's pop fly dropped between shortstop Ramon Vazquez and center fielder Jason Bay for a single.
Bautista hit a line drive over the right field fence on an 0-1 pitch to make it 5-2.
Out of the 'pen
Mike Koplove (2-0) pitched a perfect eighth to get the victory. Matt Mantei allowed a solo homer to Bay in the ninth before getting his seventh save in eight opportunities.
Bay's home run came in his first major league game. He was called up from Triple-A Portland earlier in the day.
"Not in my wildest dreams would I expect my first hit to be like that," said Bay, who said Mantei's 97-mph fastball provided most of the power.
Arizona scored twice in the first off Carlton Loewer, but he shut the Diamondbacks down the rest of the way before leaving with one out in the seventh.
Gonzalez ended a 1-for-17 skid with a two-out double off the top of the right field fence in the first. Finley's infield single put runners on first and third. Bautista and Lyle Overbay followed with RBI singles.
Diamondbacks rookie Brandon Webb threw five scoreless innings, striking out the side in the fifth, but the Padres tied it at 2 in the sixth.
Sixth inning
Ramon Vazquez led off the sixth with a double, then moved to third on Mark Loretta's single.
Third baseman Matt Williams made a tough backhand stab of Sean Burroughs' hard grounder down the line and threw the batter out in a close play at first, but Vazquez scored on the play. Dave Hansen then doubled in Loretta.
The Diamondbacks made two outstanding defensive plays in the third inning.
First baseman Overbay, shortstop Tony Womack and second baseman Junior Spivey converted a tough double play on pitcher Carlton Loewer's sacrifice bunt attempt in the third, and Williams made a diving stop of Loretta's hard grounder to end the third.
Webb and Loewer each went 6 1-3 solid innings, and each gave up two runs on seven hits. Webb has not allowed more than three runs and has gone at least six innings in his six major league starts.
"He's almost boring he's so good," Brenly said.