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- Updated: July 27, 2016
TORONTO — The Padres avoided a three-game sweep in their first series north of the border, and it should come as no surprise that home runs were the main reason why.
Adam Rosales, Brett Wallace and Alex Dickerson each went deep in San Diego’s 8-4 victory over the Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Christian Bethancourt added a Little League home run after he doubled in the fourth but was able to keep running thanks to a pair of Toronto errors on the play.
All nine players in San Diego’s starting lineup reached base at least once, and the Padres have now homered in 25 consecutive games, which is a franchise record and the longest in the Majors since 2002. Texas holds the all-time record with home runs in 27 straight games.
Toronto knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was charged with the loss after he allowed seven runs (six earned) on four hits and four walks over 5 2/3 …
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