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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Despite his off-field legal troubles, Al Martin
has been able to keep focusing on baseball.
Martin, with assault charges still pending in Arizona, scored a
team-record five runs and hit a two-run homer in the Padres' 13-3
rout of the Houston Astros on Sunday.
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"This is what I get paid to do," said Martin of his
performance. "I just let everything else take care of itself."
Martin shocked teammates and team officials when he was arrested
and charged on two misdemeanor assault charges March 20 in
Scottsdale, Ariz. Police are still considering whether to charge
Martin with bigamy.
But Martin's potential legal problems seemingly have had little
effect on his play.
Martin has scored 15 runs as the Padres' leadoff man while
replacing Quilvio Veras, traded in the offseason to Atlanta.
Martin, who tied his career high with four hits, is batting .315.
"He is really a great person," teammate Phil Nevin said.
"He's a good person to have on the team, a good influence on some
of the younger players."
Martin, who also hit a two-run homer in Saturday's 5-3 win over
Houston, has been impressed by the support he has received.
"People (in San Diego) have nothing but positive things to
say," Martin said. "I don't know if it would be like that in any
other city in baseball."
Nevin, who had four RBI, hit a two-run homer in the first to put
San Diego ahead 3-0 and added a pair of RBI singles. He has homered
three times in four games, giving him six on the season.
Martin broke the Padres' record for runs scored, achieved 35
times previously, when he scored on Eric Owens' infield single in
the seventh. Owens had a career-high four hits, and San Diego had
18 in all.
Staked to 7-0 lead after three innings, Matt Clement (2-0)
allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings, striking out
eight and walking one. He has won six straight decisions since
losing at Philadelphia last Aug. 25.
Chris Holt (0-3) was pounded for 10 runs -- nine earned -- and 12
hits in three-plus innings.
"Today it seemed (Martin) was on everything," Holt said. "It
didn't matter what anybody threw. He was going to hit it."
San Diego broke open the game with a four-run third inning on
Nevin's RBI single, Bret Boone's sacrifice fly and Mike Darr's
two-run single. The Padres used five consecutive singles to score
three runs in the fourth.
Daryle Ward drove in all three Astros runs with an RBI single in
the fourth and a two-run double in the fifth.
Game notes
Holt, 13-29 in his career, lost his first six decisions
last year before beating Montreal on June 20. ... The Padres won
the last two games of the series after dropping nine of their
previous 11 games to Houston. ... Owens has hit safely in all 11
games he's played. ... Astros RF Moises Alou (calf) was held out of
the lineup for the second straight game. ... San Diego RF Tony
Gwynn (sore left knee), who had been expected back Friday night,
has missed six games in a row. Padres manager Bruce Bochy said
"odds are more likely" Gwynn will play Tuesday at St. Louis.
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