SAN FRANCISCO -- Heath Bell made the ninth inning a little more interesting than the San Diego Padres would prefer for the second straight game, and even he had to take a moment on the mound to chuckle at the coincidence. Billy Butler Royals Jersey . "Apparently I wanted to face the same guys," Bell said. As long the result is the same, the Padres have no problem with all the drama. Bell rallied to get the final two outs to keep pace for the major league lead with 26 saves, and the Padres held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 again Tuesday night. Cameron Maybin had three hits and three RBIs, and Anthony Rizzo drove in two runs to power the Padres past the NL West-leading Giants by the same score two days in a row. "Every game is different, but this is nothing new to Padres-Giants games," said San Diego manager Bud Black, whose team was eliminated from playoff contention at AT&T Park on the final day last season. Maybins triple highlighted a three-run sixth inning off Matt Cain (7-5), who lost for the first time in more than a month. San Diego has won seven of nine. Tim Stauffer (5-5) allowed three runs in six innings for his third straight victory. He allowed three hits and walked one. The Padres again used a formula that the defending World Series champions have replicated so many times: strong starting pitching, timely hitting and a bullpen with a flair for the dramatic that doesnt budge. Miguel Tejada and pinch-hitter Pat Burrell started the ninth with singles. Chris Stewarts sacrifice bunt moved them to third and second. Then San Diegos all-star closer struck out Andres Torres and got Brandon Crawford to fly out to right field. The Padres improved to 33-0 this season when leading after eight innings. "I actually thought I was better today," Bell said, smiling. "Ill take it." San Diego again quieted a fast San Francisco start with its own dose of powerful pitching. Torres scored from first on a hard-hit single by Crawford that second baseman Orlando Hudson couldnt corral in the first inning, backpedaling into right field and losing the ball trying to toss it back to the infield. Aaron Rowands two-out single later in the inning gave San Francisco a 2-0 lead. The Padres answered back in the second when Ryan Ludwick singled and Hudson followed with a double. Ludwick scored on a groundout by Rizzo and Hudson scored on a fielding error by Crawford at short, tying the score 2-2. Cain helped his own cause with a single up the middle in the fourth that drove in Tejada to put San Francisco ahead 3-2. Tejada was hit by a pitch and wouldve easily been caught stealing if not for shortstop Jason Bartlett mishandling the throw, allowing Tejada to move to third and Cain a chance for his third RBI of the season. Cain, who hadnt lost since May 29 at Milwaukee, seemed to be in complete control. After a two-out walk to Hudson in the sixth, he started to unravel. Maybin smacked a ball into the left-centre gap for a two-run triple, and Rizzo followed with an RBI single to give San Diego a 5-3 lead. Backed by a strong bullpen, that was more than enough for the Padres. "It kind of came down to that one pitch and I didnt make that pitch," Cain said. "It cost us the game." About the only hiccup before the ninth came when Torres drew a 16-pitch walk off Chad Qualls in the seventh. He stole second uncontested, move to third on a groundout and was tagged out at home trying to score on a wild pitch. Qualls pumped his fist and slammed the ball to the ground afterward. "That cannot happen," Torres said. "I was going to go but then I stopped. But if I had gone right away, I could have made it. I thought I had a shot." NOTES: Tejada was at second base for the first time in his 15-year major league career, moving over from short to start in place of the injured Emmanuel Burriss (sore right knee). Burriss grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the seventh. ... 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Johnson said it was a matter of being aggressive. "I know (Love) goes crazy on the boards," Johnson said. "So I pretty much tried to shut him down, face guard him and just try to get him out of his groove. I think I frustrated him a little bit tonight." It was a good game for Johnson, especially since he was suffering from allergies. Love entered the game averaging 25.4 points a game on 47.1 per cent shooting with an NBA-best 15 rebounds a game. He can also hit three-pointers, hitting five in six attempts against Dallas on Jan. 1. "He had just had one of those nights," Raptors head coach Dwane Casey said, "(Love) is one of the top power forwards in the league. He is a great passer, he sees the floor and he is a heck of an offensive rebounder. He had one of those nights. Amir did an excellent job on him. "I think our guys did an excellent job of sandwiching him in and keeping a body on him." Andrea Bargnani, who led the Raptors with 31 points, agreed with Casey. "I think Amir did an unbelievable job on Love," said Bargnani. "He really got him out of the rhythm and he shot the ball really bad. It was great defence. Everybody made an extra effort." The scoring by Bargnani and the defensive work by Johnson and others helped Toronto (4-5) maintain its dominance of Minnesota (3-6). The Raptors have won 14 of their past 15 games against the Timberwolves, including eight in a row at Air Canada Centre. Minnesota has not won in Toronto since Jan. 21, 2004. Overall, the Timberwolves shot just 33.8 cent on the night while the Raptors shot 44.2 per cent. Toronto also blocked nine shots, four by James Johnson. "I thought we were way too inconsistent during the course of the game and it cost us," said Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman. "We got down by 12, made a nice comeback, but down the stretch we didnt defend them well enough and we didnt execute well enough." Bargnani also had nine rebounds for Toronto. Jose Calderon added 14 points and six assists and Leandro Barbosa chipped in wiith 13 points off the bench. Tod... Frazier Reds Jersey. The Raptors played the first of three games on back-to-back-to-back nights. They will play five games in six nights. It will be the only time Toronto plays on three successive days this season. J.J. Barea led Minnesota with 16 points while Luke Ridnour and Derrick Williams scored 13 each and Ricky Rubio added 10. The Timberwolves played the second of their run of back-to-back-to-back games. The 21-year-old Rubio is a friend and fellow member of Spains national team with Calderon. Rubio is still being used from the bench and he has made an impression early in his first NBA season. Calderon used that familiarty against the younger Spaniard. "Its hard to guard him," said Rubio. "He is smart, tough to play and he showed us one more time he is a great point guard here in the NBA. He controlled the tempo of the game. He scored two shots at the end of the game to kill us." Calderon praised Torontos tough forwards for their ability to stop Minnesotas offence. "The defence was great today," Calderon said. "Amir (Johnson) and James (Johnson) and all the big guys who had to guard Love tonight were great." The Raptors, who were coming of two lacklustre losses -- at home to New Jersey and away to Philadelphia -- took a four-point lead into the fourth quarter. But Minnesota scored the first four points of the fourth to pull even. Then Barea hit a three followed by a layup from Williams to put the Timberwolves ahead 78-75. The game was tied at 80-80 after Bargnani scored on a driving reverse layup with 6:35 to play. There was no more scoring until Amir Johnson put in the rebound after Bargnani missed a 17-foot jumper to give the Raptors an 82-80 lead with 3:16 to play. Calderon and Bargnani extended Torontos lead to six points with under two minutes to play put the game out of Montreals reach. Notes: Attendance at Air Canada Centre was 14,097. ... Raptors centre Aaron Gray underwent an ablation procedure on Wednesday to correct recurring episodes of a rapid heart rate. He is expected to be able to return to the court in two weeks. .... Toronto guard Jerryd Bayless missed his sixth consecutive game with a sprained left ankle. .... Minnesota won at Washington on Sunday to end a 12-game road losing string. The Timberwolves were playing just their third road game of the season Monday. ' ' '