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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Greg Maddux became the first pitcher to win 10 games in 20 consecutive seasons, tossing seven solid innings in the San Diego Padres’ 14-3 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.

Cy Young had 19 straight seasons with double-digit wins from 1891-1909.

Maddux is tied with Nolan Ryan for second behind Don Sutton for most seasons with 10 wins. Sutton had 21.

Benches emptied in the fourth inning when Carlos Ruiz slid hard into Padres second baseman Marcus Giles trying to break up a double play on a grounder by Abraham Nunez. Giles got up after his late relay throw to first base and immediately got in Ruiz’s face, but no punches were thrown.

Ruiz’s late slide into Giles’ knees cost the Phillies a run. Umpires ruled interference so Nunez was out at first and Shane Victorino returned to third base, even though he scored easily on the play.

Giles led off the next inning and Ruiz glared in his direction, but home plate umpire Wally Bell stepped between the players to ensure nothing happened. Giles singled and left the game later in the inning with a right hip pointer.

With two outs, Bradley homered to left to give the Padres a 5-3 lead. Gonzalez followed with a drive to straightaway center for his third homer in four at-bats and 23rd this season. Gonzalez hit a solo shot in the 10th inning to give San Diego a 9-8 win over the New York Mets on Thursday night.

A fielding error on third baseman Nunez kept the inning going and Bard added a two-run double to make it 8-3.

Moyer (11-10) gave up eight runs – six earned – and 10 hits in 4 2-3 innings. The 44-year-old left-hander has allowed 13 earned runs in his last two starts, raising his ERA from 4.68 to 5.16.

The injury-depleted Phillies have lost three of four to start an important 10-game homestand.

Gonzalez hit a two-run shot in the first to give the Padres a 2-0 lead. Ryan Howard’s looping double to left drove in one run and Aaron Rowand followed with an RBI single to tie it at 2 in the bottom of the inning.

Bradley went deep off Jose Mesa in the ninth to make it 13-3.

Maddux, a four-time NL Cy Young award winner, has allowed three earned runs or less in 20 of his 27 starts this season, including the last eight. He hasn’t walked a batter in his last five starts, spanning 35 innings.

Kevin Kouzmanoff and Gonzalez had four hits each for San Diego.

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