PITTSBURGH — The way Chris Young is pitching, it may not be long before the San Diego Padres have their first no-hitter.

Five days after taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning, Young held the Pittsburgh Pirates hitless through 5 1-3 innings in leading the San Diego Padres to a 1-0 win Sunday afternoon.

"The last two games, things have gone my way," the 6-foot-10 right-hander said.

The 26-year-old allowed only a pinch-hit single to left by Jose Hernandez and a seventh-inning one-out Jason Bay triple in eight innings. He struck out four and walked one.

"Back-to-back games like that is pretty impressive," San Diego manager Bruce Bochy said. "He did a super job again. He was locating well, using all his pitches. He feels good right now, and that's obvious.

"We needed it, too. We got the one run and that was it."

Brian Giles singled in Dave Roberts in the third inning to give San Diego a 1-0 lead off of Pittsburgh starter Victor Santos (3-6). Mike Cameron had two hits and two stolen bases for the Padres, who have won four of five.

"Usually, one run doesn't cut it," Giles said. "But (Young) was outstanding today."

Young (5-3), who has been traded by the Pirates, Expos and Rangers in the past 3 1-2 years, retired the first 10 batters he faced before a one-out walk to Jose Bautista in the fourth. Each of the Pirates' first 15 outs came via strikeout, flyball or popup.

"We popped the ball in the air a lot," Pirates manager Jim Tracy said. "We couldn't figure him out.

"Give credit where credit is due. The guy we faced today now has allowed no runs and three hits in 16 innings pitched."

Ryan Doumit led off the sixth with a grounder to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, whose throw to Young just beat Doumit to the bag.

Doumit left the game after the groundout with a strained left hamstring — the same injury Doumit spent three weeks on the disabled list for earlier this season. The Pirates said they will know more about his status on Monday.

But that play was one of only two groundball outs against Young.

Young threw 91 pitches — 62 for strikes — and faced only three batters above the minimum in his eight innings.