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CINCINNATI (AP) – Ryan Klesko had a big series, helping Bruce
Bochy reach 500 victories as the San Diego Padres' manager.
|  | | Ryan Klesko went 2-for-4 with four RBI to help the Padres beat the Reds. |
Klesko went 2-for-4 with four RBI as the Padres beat the Reds
8-2 Sunday to complete their first sweep in Cincinnati in nearly
three years.
"It's good to finally get something going," said Klesko, who
drove in nine runs in the series. "The first couple of weeks, it
seemed I was lining out a lot. The balls just weren't finding any
holes. This was a good series."
Padres starter Brian Tollberg (3-2) allowed two hits in 5 2/3
innings before leaving the game after being hit on the hand by a
comebacker off the bat of Sean Casey in the sixth.
Bochy said Tollberg would not miss his next start.
"It was a stupid thing to do," said Tollberg, who was partly
spun around when he tried to field the ball with both hands. "It
was instinctive to try to grab it. If I had left that ball go, the
shortstop would have got it easy."
Tollberg at first waived off the trainer but then had to be
treated. He was bleeding where the fingernail on his middle finger
had been jammed.
"At that point it just seemed like a good idea to let the
bullpen take over," Tollberg said.
Rodney Myers, Jimmy Ostling and David Lee finished the
four-hitter for San Diego.
The loss extended the Reds' losing streak to five games -- the
team's longest skid since Aug. 1-6 last season.
The Padres surprised Bochy, who is 500-485 in seven seasons in
San Diego, with a champagne drenching after the game.
"It meant a lot to me," the manager said. "The guys were
waiting for me. It meant a lot because we've played good ball
lately, and then to come in here and get a sweep makes it even more
special."
Osvaldo Fernandez (4-2), who had won three straight starts,
allowed seven runs on eight hits over 1 2/3 innings. He compounded
his problems with some errant fielding in the first.
Rickey Henderson led off the game with a double, extending his
hitting streak to 11 games, and scored one out later on Klesko's
single to right. Klesko went to second when a return throw from
catcher Jason LaRue bounced off Fernandez's glove, and went to
third on an infield hit by Dave Magadan that caromed off
Fernandez's glove.
Klesko scored on an infield hit by Bubba Trammell to deep short,
and the Reds started to hear boos.
Donaldo Mendez led off the second with a single and went to
second on Tollberg's sacrifice bunt. Henderson walked, and Mark
Kotsay loaded the based on a fielder's choice grounder to short.
Klesko singled to left, driving in two runs, and Magadan
followed with a two-run double to the left-field corner. Trammell's
RBI single completed the five-run inning.
San Diego loaded the bases again in the third but got only one
run, on Klesko's sac fly, to make it 8-0.
The Reds got an unearned run in the fourth on Aaron Boone's
sacrifice fly, and one in the ninth on Pokey Reese's RBI single.
Cincinnati manager Bob Boone doesn't plan any pitching changes --
for now.
"We'll go through the rotation again. If it stays the way it
stayed the last four days, we might consider (Jim) Brower for a
start," Boone said. "I can't believe we'll keep pitching that
bad. I know they're better than that. We'll find out."
Game notes
Padres 3B Phil Nevin, who left Saturday's game with a mild
strain in his left hamstring, did not play Sunday. ... Reds SS Barry Larkin returned to the lineup after missing two
games with a sore right groin. ... Dmitri Young was 0-for-2 to end
his hitting streak at 12 games, a team high. ... RHP Scott
Winchester, on the DL with a pulled muscle in his ribcage, will go
to Triple-A Louisville on Monday to begin a rehab assignment. He is
expected to rejoin the Reds when they return home Friday. ...
Michael Tucker's stolen base in the first was the 18th consecutive
successful attempt by Reds baserunners, who have not been caught
stealing since April 25.
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