Gonzalez blast buries Padres
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June 22, 2011, Wednesday
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BOSTON'S Adrian Gonzalez proved a thorn in the side of his former team as the first baseman's seventh-inning hit set the surging Red Sox on course for a crushing 14-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday.
Gonzalez, who spent the previous five campaigns with the Padres before being traded to Boston in the offseason, broke open a 3-3 tie with an RBI double that opened the floodgates as the Red Sox added 10 runs in the top of the inning.
"It's just great at-bats," Gonzalez told reporters at Fenway Park in Boston after he finished with three hits to raise his Major League-leading batting average to .353. He also leads in RBI with 67.
"It's a line-up that consistently has good at-bats, professional at-bats and you wear down a pitcher."
Padres starter Wade LeBlanc left the game in the fourth inning and Boston exploited a shaky San Diego (30-44) bullpen that walked four and hit two batters in the marathon seventh.
Padres reliever Cory Luebke gave up two runs in 3 1/3 innings and was charged with struggling San Diego's sixth consecutive loss.
"Our bullpen has been the best in baseball, top to bottom," Padres manager Bud Black countered.
"Tonight showed that these guys aren't invincible. Bad inning. That's the only way you can write it."
Boston (44-28) got a lift on the mound from Andrew Miller, making his season debut in place of injured starter Clay Buchholz. He allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings of the no-decision.
Matt Albers came on to finish the sixth and pitched the seventh to earn the win for the red-hot Red Sox, who have won 14 of their last 16 games, and lead the American League East by 1 1/2 games despite a 2-10 start to the season.
Boston took an early 3-0 lead with runs in the first, third and fourth innings but the Padres battled back and tied the game in the sixth on a three-run homer from Orlando Hudson.
Elsewhere in interleague play, it was: Orioles 8, Pirates 3; Rockies 8, Indians 7; Angels 2, Marlins 1; Yankees 5, Reds 3; Braves 2, Blue Jays 0; Rangers 8, Astros 3; Cubs 6, White Sox 3; Rays 8, Brewers 4; and Dodgers 4, Tigers 0.
Meanwhile, the Florida Marlins named 80-year-old Jack McKeon as interim manager on Monday in the hope that the former Manager of the Year can help spark a revival for the last-placed club.
McKeon, the former Marlins manager who led the team to a World Series title in 2003, takes over after Edwin Rodriguez unexpectedly resigned on Sunday with his team in the middle of a 1-18 June record.
He immediately faced questions from the media about his age after he became the second-oldest manager in Major League history. Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics until 1950 when he was 87 years old.
"You guys got to remember, you all sat in this room and said in 2003 that I was too old, now I'm still too old," McKeon said during a news conference. "Age is just a number."
Gonzalez, who spent the previous five campaigns with the Padres before being traded to Boston in the offseason, broke open a 3-3 tie with an RBI double that opened the floodgates as the Red Sox added 10 runs in the top of the inning.
"It's just great at-bats," Gonzalez told reporters at Fenway Park in Boston after he finished with three hits to raise his Major League-leading batting average to .353. He also leads in RBI with 67.
"It's a line-up that consistently has good at-bats, professional at-bats and you wear down a pitcher."
Padres starter Wade LeBlanc left the game in the fourth inning and Boston exploited a shaky San Diego (30-44) bullpen that walked four and hit two batters in the marathon seventh.
Padres reliever Cory Luebke gave up two runs in 3 1/3 innings and was charged with struggling San Diego's sixth consecutive loss.
"Our bullpen has been the best in baseball, top to bottom," Padres manager Bud Black countered.
"Tonight showed that these guys aren't invincible. Bad inning. That's the only way you can write it."
Boston (44-28) got a lift on the mound from Andrew Miller, making his season debut in place of injured starter Clay Buchholz. He allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings of the no-decision.
Matt Albers came on to finish the sixth and pitched the seventh to earn the win for the red-hot Red Sox, who have won 14 of their last 16 games, and lead the American League East by 1 1/2 games despite a 2-10 start to the season.
Boston took an early 3-0 lead with runs in the first, third and fourth innings but the Padres battled back and tied the game in the sixth on a three-run homer from Orlando Hudson.
Elsewhere in interleague play, it was: Orioles 8, Pirates 3; Rockies 8, Indians 7; Angels 2, Marlins 1; Yankees 5, Reds 3; Braves 2, Blue Jays 0; Rangers 8, Astros 3; Cubs 6, White Sox 3; Rays 8, Brewers 4; and Dodgers 4, Tigers 0.
Meanwhile, the Florida Marlins named 80-year-old Jack McKeon as interim manager on Monday in the hope that the former Manager of the Year can help spark a revival for the last-placed club.
McKeon, the former Marlins manager who led the team to a World Series title in 2003, takes over after Edwin Rodriguez unexpectedly resigned on Sunday with his team in the middle of a 1-18 June record.
He immediately faced questions from the media about his age after he became the second-oldest manager in Major League history. Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics until 1950 when he was 87 years old.
"You guys got to remember, you all sat in this room and said in 2003 that I was too old, now I'm still too old," McKeon said during a news conference. "Age is just a number."
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