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SAN DIEGO (AP) – Rickey Henderson's record-setting walk turned
out to be anticlimatic.
|  | | Philadelphia's Travis Lee slides safely into home for a run in the fourth inning. |
Henderson became baseball's all-time walks leader with 2,063 on
Wednesday night, taking sole possession of the record he'd shared
for a day with Babe Ruth.
The walk didn't help the San Diego Padres, who lost 5-3 to the
Philadelphia Phillies.
Henderson did his job as leadoff batter, drawing the
ninth-inning walk off Jose Mesa on a 3-1 count.
Henderson tossed his bat aside and jogged to first, where he
shook hands with first base coach Alan Trammell and acknowledged
the crowd, blowing kisses.
But Henderson, the all-time steals leader, was thrown out by
catcher Mike Lieberthal trying to take second as Mike Colangelo
struck out.
"As a player, you go out to win ballgames," Henderson said.
"It seems like the records follow if you go out and play hard, and
you last a long time.
"The record is outstanding," he added. "It's great to be in a
class with Babe Ruth and all that good stuff, but I'm the type of
person that wants to win."
Henderson finished 1-for-4 with the walk, and also committed an
error when he dropped Marlon Anderson's fly ball to left in the
seventh.
"That's quite a record," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said.
"He deserves it. He's probably the best leadoff hitter that's ever
put the uniform on."
Said Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins: "We gave him his walk.
We gave him his applause and then we get the double play."
Travis Lee hit a two-run homer for the second time in three
games for the Phillies, who won their sixth straight.
The Padres pulled to 4-3 on Bubba Trammell's solo homer with one
out in the eighth. They had runners on second and third with two
outs, but rookie reliever Eddie Oropesa got pinch-hitter Wiki
Gonzalez to ground out. The Phillies added a run on an error by
first baseman Dave Magadan in the ninth.
The Padres lost their third straight to the Phillies and for the
ninth time in 10 games.
Omar Daal, who led the majors with 19 losses last year, improved
to 2-0. He allowed two runs and nine hits in seven innings in
beating the Padres in consecutive starts. He also beat them on Aug.
8, his third start with Philadelphia after being acquired from
Arizona in the Curt Schilling deal.
Mesa pitched the ninth for his sixth save.
Lee homered to right-center with one out in the second, his
third. Mike Lieberthal was aboard on an infield single that hit
Brian Tollberg (1-2) on the lower right leg and bounced toward the
third-base line.
Tollberg stayed in the game, and had another infield single hit
him, by Pat Burrell in the fourth. That loaded the bases, and
Marlon Anderson then drove in two runs on a single to make it 4-1.
The Padres closed the gap on Damian Jackson's bases-loaded
sacrifice fly in the sixth and Trammell's homer, his third.
The Padres scored first for the first time in the series when
Nevin doubled in Mike Colangelo in the first inning.
Tollberg allowed four runs and six hits in seven innings.
Game notes
Henderson needs 83 hits for 3,000. ... Lee had one homer in
56 games after being traded from Arizona to Philadelphia last year,
and just nine overall. ... The Padres have lost five straight games
started by left-handers and are 3-7 overall this year against lefty
starters. Last season, the Padres didn't record their third win
against lefties until they beat Daal and the Diamondbacks on May
14.
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 Rickey Henderson appreciates the record, but would have settled for the win.
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