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Gonzalez HR Gives Padres 18-Inning Triumph

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By BERNIE WILSON

The Associated Press

Published: May 26, 2008

SAN DIEGO - The lights were on and the sun was going down when Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 18th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 12-9 win against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

It was the fourth time the Padres played at least 13 innings this season. They played a 22-inning game at home against Colorado on April 17-18, losing 2-1.

The last team to play a game of at least 22 and 17 innings in the same season was the 1989 Los Angeles Dodgers, who played two 22-inning games and a 17-inning game.
Scott Hairston started the winning rally with a one-out walk off Edinson Volquez (7-2), the second starting pitcher the Reds put on the mound in extra innings. Brian Giles reached on first baseman Joey Votto's two-out throwing error, moving Hairston to third. Gonzalez then hit a full-count pitch over the fence in straightaway center field for his 14th homer.

The game lasted 5 hours, 57 minutes. It was the third-longest game in Reds history.

Josh Banks (1-0) scattered five hits in six innings for the win.

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