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Reineke Shines In Debut As Padres Top Phillies

POSTED: 10:37 pm PDT August 16, 2008

(Sports Network) - Chad Reineke did it all in his major league debut, earning a win while getting a hit, an RBI and a run scored to lead the Padres to an 8-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Reineke (1-0), acquired from the Houston Astros in exchange for Randy Wolf, allowed just three runs on five hits in five innings while striking out five and walking three.

"He was really nervous in the first inning," Brian Giles said about Reineke. "It was the third inning when he left the guy on third base with less than two outs, (which) kept us in the ballgame. We had some good at-bats, and got a big hit to give us a little cushion."

Giles drove in four runs and scored once while Jody Gerut went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored for the Padres, who have won four of seven.

Kyle Kendrick (10-7) got hammered for the second consecutive start, lasting only 3 2/3 innings and allowing six runs and six hits. He walked five and struck out two in the loss.

Shane Victorino went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored to lead the Phillies, who have lost five of six. Ryan Howard and Greg Dobbs added an RBI apiece for Philadelphia, which fell two games behind the streaking first-place New York Mets in the NL East. The Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier Saturday.

The Phillies got on the board in the first. Jayson Werth worked a one-out walk, and Chase Utley singled to put runners at the corners. Howard grounded out to first, and Werth scored on a nice slide to elude the tag at home. After Pat Burrell walked, Victorino added an RBI single to put Philadelphia in front, 2-0.

San Diego cut its deficit in half in the third. Gerut hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout by Tadahito Iguchi, and scored on Giles' sacrifice fly.

Philadelphia extended its lead to 3-1 in the fourth when Dobbs hit an RBI double to plate Victorino, who had singled.

The Padres exploded for five runs in the fourth. Chase Headley opened the frame up with a walk, advanced to second on a groundout and to third on a wild pitch. With two outs and a man on third, Reineke got his first major league hit and RBI, singling home Headley.

Gerut followed with a single, and after Iguchi walked to load the bases, Giles smashed a three-run double to left, giving San Diego a 5-3 lead. Adrian Gonzalez was then intentionally walked, and Kendrick was taken out in favor of Clay Condrey. Condrey immediately allowed a single to Kevin Kouzmanoff, plating another run for the Padres to make it 6-3.

San Diego got two insurance runs in the eighth. Headley led off with a single, and three batters later pinch-hitter Edgar Gonzalez worked a walk. Gerut followed with a double to deep center, scoring both runners to extend the lead to 8-3.

Game Notes

Philadelphia leads the season series 3-2...San Diego called up Reineke prior to the game Saturday and optioned reliever Cla Meredith to Triple-A Portland...The Phillies activated Rudy Seanez prior to the game Saturday and optioned infielder Mike Cervenak to Triple-A Lehigh Valley...In the last 10 games, Philadelphia batters are hitting .198 (64-for-324) with 85 strikeouts while scoring just three runs per game.

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