Streaking Phillies Win 6th Straight

The Padres` Rickey Henderson`s record-setting walk turned out to be anticlimatic.

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.

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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Author: 6 ABC - Action News (AP)