SAN DIEGO(AP) -- With three weeks left in the season, Arizona
manager A.J. Hinch implored his club to finish strong.

The Diamondbacks took a step in that direction when Brandon
Allen singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, giving the
Diamondbacks a 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday
night.

Hinch delivered the message in a pregame meeting to try and pull
out of last place in the NL West, where they trail the Padres by
two games.

"I challenged our team to go out and prove that the Padres are
not a better team than us," Hinch said. "That was a good start
tonight."

Arizona won for just the second time in 11 games. San Diego has
a 27-18 record (.600) since July 28 and has won 11 of 14 series
during that span.

"It gave us good motivation to go out there and show that we are
a good team," Allen said. "Every guy wants to come up and do
well."

Gerardo Parma started the winning rally in the 10th with a
one-out infield single off Adam Russell (2-1). Ryan Roberts then
singled with pinch-runner Trent Oeltjen taking third. Allen got
ahead in the count 3-0 before he lined a 3-1 pitch to
right-center to bring home the go-ahead run.

Pinch-hitter Alex Romero then grounded out to bring in another
run as Arizona won for just the second time in 11 games.

Clay Zavada (3-3) pitched one inning for the win. Juan Gutierrez
worked the 10th inning for his fourth save in five chances.

The Diamondbacks took a 2-0 lead in the second on a two-run
single by rookie pitcher Billy Buckner, who came in 3 for 11
(.273), off Kevin Correia.

"Those pitchers are tough sometimes," Correia said. "You've
never seen him before but we knew he was a good hitter. There is
no real scouting report, so it's tough."

San Diego scored runs in the sixth and seventh off Buckner, who
allowed nine singles in six-plus innings and struck out a
career-high eight. But the Padres stranded 11 runners, including
twice leaving the bases loaded.

"We've done a great job over the last six weeks of situational
baseball on the offensive side," San Diego manager Bud Black
said. "We didn't execute like we have been."

Arizona left 13 runners on base.

Although Buckner has lost his last five decisions, he turned in
his second straight solid start. The right-hander got no
decision in his previous outing last Tuesday when he allowed one
run on five hits over seven innings in a a 5-4 loss to the
first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.

"I think my command overall and getting ahead of guys have been
the biggest difference," Buckner said.

Correia allowed two runs on seven hits over 6 1-3 innings with
seven strikeouts and two walks.

The Padres scored in the sixth on consecutive singles by Tony
Gwynn Jr., Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Headley to start the
inning. San Diego loaded the bases with one out on Drew Macias'
single but Buckner got out of the jam.

Pinch-hitter Luis Gonzalez led off the San Diego seventh with an
infield single and Buckner had a throwing error on Everth
Cabrera's sacrifice bunt. Scott Schoeneweis came in, and after a
strikeout, hit Gonzalez to load the bases. Headley followed with
a groundout to tie the game 2-all.

Miguel Montero got Arizona going in the second when he led off
with a walk and Mark Reynolds followed with a single off
Correia. After Correia got two outs, he intentionally walked
Allen to pitch to Buckner, who hit a ball into the right-center
gap for a two-run single.

Reynolds made a great catch when he dived into the stands in
foul territory down the third-base line on a pop foul from
Cabrera in the third inning.

NOTES: Reynolds struck out once to increase his major
league-leading total to 194. ... Padres 2B David Eckstein was a
late scratch due to a stiff neck. ... San Diego recalled RHP
Ernesto Frieri and OF Luis Durango from Double-A San Antonio.