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SAN DIEGO - San Diegos bullpen gave the Padres a chance, and they made the most of it. . Will Venable had three hits and three RBIs, including a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning, and the Padres rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Friday night. Jedd Gyorko homered twice and drove in a career-high four runs as the Padres stormed back after Chicago scored six times in the first inning. Chase Headley and Logan Forsythe had two hits apiece. "We just kept pecking away," San Diego manager Bud Black said. "And the pitchers just kept the momentum on our side." Nate Schierholtz hit a three-run homer in the first, but Chicagos lineup stalled after the fast start. "They beat our butts the last eight innings," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. Nick Vincent (3-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win and Huston Street got three outs for his 25th save in 26 chances, running his scoreless streak to 16 1-3 innings. It was a remarkable turnaround from the start of the game, when San Diego appeared to be headed for a long night when the first eight batters reached against Edinson Volquez. Leadoff batter Starlin Castro reached on a throwing error by third baseman Headley, moved to second on Anthony Rizzos single and scored on Dioner Navarros base hit. Schierholtz then connected for his 19th homer to make it 4-0. Brian Bogusevic added a two-run triple and Volquez was lifted after only recording two outs, matching the shortest start of his career. The right-hander was 5-0 with a 2.76 ERA in seven career starts against the Cubs. Tim Stauffer came in and pitched 4 1-3 innings of one-hit ball. The Padres bullpen threw 8 1-3 shutout innings in the win. "It was really Tim keeping us in the game and the bullpen doing a great job," Venable said. "The positive thing was there was still a long game to go and we were able to crawl back in there." San Diego responded with three in the fourth on Gyorkos 15th homer, a drive to centre on a 1-1 pitch from Edwin Jackson. Venable added a two-run triple of his own in the fifth, and the Padres were right back in the game. Venable went 3 for 4 and is batting .373 (31 for 83) with six homers and 12 RBIs in his last 21 games. His 18th homer travelled an estimated 441 feet into the right-field seats. "That was one of the longest ones of the year," Black said. "Hes swinging at strikes and taking balls, as simple as that sounds. He is putting good swings on the ball." Forsythe came up with a tying triple in the seventh, and Venable put San Diego ahead to stay with his shot off James Russell (1-5). Gyorko greeted Blake Parker with a drive to right on his first pitch of the eighth, providing an insurance run. "Its not the ideal start, but there is nine innings of baseball left and anything can happen," Gyorko said. "We had great at-bats up and down the lineup." Jackson allowed six runs, five earned, and 10 hits in six-plus innings. He is winless in his last four starts. "Your team goes out and gives you six runs and any starter that we have, we all feel the same way. If you cant hold a six-run lead, its real disappointing," Jackson said. Black said he sensed the Padres would come back when Stauffer was greeted at the mound by catcher Nick Hundley. "When we made the pitching change Nick was the first guy to say, Hey, we got nine at-bats," Black said. "All the (infielders) had a good look in their eye." NOTES: Rizzo batted second in the order for the third straight game, a spot he hadnt hit in before Wednesday, when he slugged two home runs. ... The Cubs go against a left-handed starter in the Padres Eric Stults (8-10) on Saturday. It breaks a 15-game streak of facing a right-handed starter. ... Padres OF Carlos Quentin will test his balky right knee by running on Saturday. Quentin has been on the DL since July 31. Manager Bud Black said if the news isnt positive regarding Quentin, an operation is a possibility. ... Padres OF Kyle Blanks will be sent out on a rehabilitation assignment on Saturday. Blanks had been sidelined by a left Achilles injury; hes been on the DL since July 12. Blanks will go to Triple-A Tucson or Single-A Lake Elsinore. . Scotlands Greg Laidlaw made one of two penalty kicks and all three conversions, and Stuart Hogg added a try in the second half. "The most important thing to come out of the game is that we did not get scored against," Laidlaw said. . While plenty of statistics illustrate Torontos turnaround in the second year of manager Ryan Nelsens tenure, stopping goals is not one of them. .com) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quickly found themselves a new offensive coordinator, and one thats quite familiar with the NFC South.It has been six years since Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong just missed the Olympic podium and over a year since the Belarusian who beat him for the bronze medal was banned from the sport for life. Armstrongs long wait for Olympic glory is about to end. The official record from the mens shot put competition at the 2008 Beijing Games will now show that Armstrong finished in third place instead of fourth. The change was made this week after the International Olympic Committee recognized the IAAF sanction given to Andrei Mikhnevich, who tested positive in retests of his doping sample from the 2005 world championships. Armstrong may have been denied his podium appearance at the Birds Nest Stadium, but hes thrilled that hell eventually be presented with the medal in his home country. Just getting a medal and receiving it at home is truly amazing, Armstrong said Thursday from Vancouver. Even though the moment in Beijing would have been an absolutely amazing moment, its still very satisfying to know that Im going to get it and receive it on home soil. Armstrong will receive the medal at a later date. Plans have not been finalized but he hopes the ceremony will be held in his hometown of Kamloops, B.C. Tomasz Majewski of Poland won gold in Beijing with a throw of 21.51 metres and American Christian Cantwell took silver with a throw of 21.09 metres. Armstrong initially finished fourth with a throw of 21.04 metres, just one centimetre behind Mikhnevich. Its definitely the most important medal that Ive achieved, Armstrong said on a conference call. That being said, its kind of like the big ticket. I can use this now to inspire younger athletes, keep kids out of trouble and help them aachieve their goals, especially in my community. . Really give kids hope, thats what Im about. Ive always been a big supporter of athletics in Canada. Mikhnevich had already served a two-year suspension for a doping offence so the positive test from 2005 resulted in a lifetime ban. Last years sanction from the IAAF -- the world governing body for track and field -- annulled his results dating back to August 2005. The placings from several events had to be adjusted. Armstrong was also retroactively awarded the bronze medal from the 2010 world indoor championships after Mikhnevich was stripped of his silver medal from that competition. He received the world indoor medal first as it only needed rubber stamping from the IAAF. The Olympic bronze was a longer process as it needed to go through both the IAAF and the IOC. Justice has been made, said COC president Marcel Aubut. The 33-year-old Armstrong said hes proud that he was able to stay positive during the long process. He added that he has always been determined to set a good example for others. We can say, Hey, look. Dylan Armstrong did it. He did it clean. He stood by it his whole career, Armstrong said. And hopefully people can see that and relate to that. And parents can tell their kids, Look, we can do this. Your kids can do this clean. The Canadian has battled elbow problems since a disappointing fifth-place finish at the 2012 London Games. Hes hoping to return to the Olympics for a third time at the 2016 Games in Rio. Armstrongs bronze brings Canadas total medal haul to 19 (three gold, nine silver and seven bronze) from the Beijing Games. It is Canadas first-ever Olympic medal in shot put. ' ' '

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