SAN DIEGO -- Chase Headley put a mighty swing on a fastball from Takashi Saito, watched for a moment as it sailed toward the right-field seats, raised his right arm in celebration and then started his home run trot. He knew it was gone, and it wasnt just any homer for Headley, the switch-hitting slugger whos having a breakout season for the San Diego Padres. Headley hit a grand slam to extend his career-bests to 27 homers and an NL-high 102 RBIs, and Carlos Quentin followed with a homer for San Diegos first back-to-back shots this season as the Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 Sunday. "It was neat," Headley said. "Theres not a lot of balls that I hit here that I know for sure are home runs when I hit them. Yeah, I hit that one pretty good." In previous seasons, Headley has been criticized for not putting up the kind of power numbers expected of a third baseman. Now, the switch-hitter seems to be making up for lost time with a more aggressive approach. Batting left-handed, Headley drove an 0-1 pitch from Saito several rows into the stands with two outs in the seventh to give the Padres a 7-1 lead. It was his second grand slam this season and third of his career. It is the Padres first 100-RBI season since Adrian Gonzalez had 101 in 2010 and the 18th in club history. "It was a great feeling," Headley said. "Obviously thats a number along the way that means quite a bit. To be able to share that with my teammates and to get over the hump with a grand slam, just a great feeling." John Baker drew a one-out walk and Chris Denorfia kept the inning alive when he reached on second baseman Aaron Hills two-out fielding error, which made all five runs that inning unearned. Logan Forsythe walked ahead of Headleys slam. Headley homered twice in Friday nights win against the Diamondbacks, once from each side of the plate, and drove in four runs. His 19 homers and 60 RBIs since the All-Star break lead the big leagues. Overall, his 15 games of three or more RBIs lead the majors. Headley had gone 0 for 3 until his slam. "Theyre trying to get me out, and thats the great thing about our lineup right now is they cant just sit there and pitch around me because we have other guys who are swinging the bat so well," Headley said. "Thats the only way you can have an accomplishment like that is having the rest of the guys doing such a great job around me." Headleys previous highs were 12 homers and 64 RBIs in 2009. Headleys 60 RBIs in the second half tie him with hitting coach Phil Plantier (1993) for second-most by a Padres player in the second half of a season. That trails only the 81 RBIs that Ken Caminiti had during the second half of 1996, when he won the NL MVP. Plantier knows how good it felt for Headley to round the bases. In 1993, Plantier homered in the seasons penultimate game -- his 34th -- to reach 100 RBIs on the nose. "Hes a grinder," Plantier said. "He doesnt give a pitch away; he doesnt give an at-bat away. He always gives himself a chance every at-bat of every game, which is hard to do. That feeling he had running around the bases, Im really happy for him because hes worked extremely hard to do what hes done to this point. The nice thing is, he has three weeks to keep going." Said manager Bud Black: "Hes been there for us all year. Hes been there especially for us the last 2 1/2 months. Good for him. Im so happy for him." The Padres took two of three and won for the eighth time in nine games against the Diamondbacks. The Padres have won 14 of 19 overall and 18 of 24 at home. "The two games we lost here, Headley hurt us," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. Quentin followed Headleys slam with a shot into the stands in left, his 16th, to chase Saito. Chris Denorfia homered leading off the sixth, his seventh of the season. Arizona, the defending NL West champions, dropped 6 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the second NL wild-card spot, with three teams in between them. Rookie Andrew Werner (2-1), making his fourth career start, allowed one run and four hits in 6 1-3 innings, struck out six and walked three. The Padres jumped on Arizona rookie Patrick Corbin (5-7) for two runs in the second. Quentin hit a leadoff double, Jesus Guzman walked, Cameron Maybin doubled over leaping third baseman Chris Johnson and Andy Parrino hit a sacrifice fly. Arizonas Jason Kubel had an RBI grounder in the third. Corbin allowed three runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings, struck out three and walked two. NOTES: Diamondbacks rookie CF Adam Eaton doubled San Diegos Andy Parrino off first base. John Bakers fly ball looked like it would go over Eatons head, but he tracked it down, stopped, turned around and threw all the way to first. ... 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Jamal Crawford led a fourth-quarter rally by the reserves with 16 points and the Clippers defeated Toronto 102-83 on Sunday to win their sixth in a row while handing the Raptors their 10th consecutive road loss. The backups gave Los Angeles its first double-digit lead of the game after Toronto kept it close through the first three periods before dropping its fourth straight and 10th in its last 11. The Raptors have just four wins this season. Eric Bledsoe added 14 points on his 23rd birthday to help the Clippers reserves outscore their counterparts 47-24. Blake Griffin led the Clippers with 19 points. Chris Paul added 16 points and DeAndre Jordan had 10 rebounds. Caron Butler was the only starter to play in the fourth, coming in only after Matt Barnes was ejected with 1:36 to play. Los Angeles reserves dominated the final period for the third straight game, turning Griffin and Paul into cheerleaders. "As long as Ive been in the league, through 20 games Ive never played this least amount of minutes," Paul said. "I should have no arguments about being tired. Im also enjoying cheering on guys out there playing. We like to see each other succeed." Each one of the 10 Clippers who played had at least one basket, including Ronny Turiaf, who had six points and roared after one dunk. "With two or three minutes to go, he was out there dancing and then went and got a rebound and a dunk. It keeps everybody loose," Griffin said. "To be able to sit the whole fourth quarter is something Ive never experienced." Crawfords streak of consecutive free throws ended at 58 when he missed two late in the second quarter for his first errant foul shots since Nov. 3. Torontos DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points in his hometown. Linas Kleiza, who started in place of injured Mickael Pietrus, added 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Amir Johnson had 11 points and 12 rebounds. "It came out of nowhere," DeRozan said of the Clippers surge. "We just didnt score and we couldnt get any stops, and they took advantage of it. Theyre the deepest team in the league. Theyve got a lot of talented players that are capable of being starters in this league. They dont go outside their element annd try to do too much.dddddddddddd" Los Angeles outscored the Raptors 25-10 in the fourth, led by Bledsoe with 10 points. The Raptors managed one field goal over the final nine minutes. "Thats all defence," Crawford said. "Whenever you get a team stagnant and they cant score, its defence." Barnes and John Lucas tangled on the baseline and were called for double technicals after Crawford missed a 3-pointer. Referees dragged Barnes away and both players were ejected, bringing Butler back in. "They locked in on defence and we stopped moving the ball from side to side, which was the key for us in the first three quarters," said Andrea Bargnani, who had 12 points for the Raptors. "They ran the floor, which is what they do, and we let them do that." Los Angeles led for much of a back-and-forth third, with its biggest margin of six points coming on a basket by Paul. The Raptors got timely 3-pointers from Kleiza and DeRozan, who had 11 points in the period. The Clippers were 9 of 15 from the free throw line. "Thats one of the most talented teams in the league, but I thought our defence was on par in the first half until the middle part of the third quarter, when I thought it went south," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. "We knew it was a matter of time before Crawford and those guys were going to get going, so we wanted to make it tough on them. We did, but youve got to do it for 48 minutes." The Clippers second unit sparked a 15-11 stretch to start the second quarter and extend their lead to 40-32. Griffin, Paul and Jordan then returned only to be outscored 15-4, and Toronto carried a 47-44 advantage into halftime. The Clippers shot just 36 per cent in the half, when their largest lead was eight. Los Angeles opened the game by outscoring the Raptors 17-10, but Toronto closed within four by the end of the first quarter. NOTES: Pietrus didnt play because of left knee tendinitis that flared up after Fridays loss in Utah. ... Clippers G Chauncey Billups missed his third straight game with tendinitis in his left ankle. He said he hopes to play on the teams upcoming four-game trip. ... Toronto general manager Bryan Colangelo held a series of one-on-one meetings with players and coaching staff on Saturday night to discuss the teams downward spiral. ... The Raptors fell to 0-13 when giving up more than 100 points. ' ' '