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Padres 5, Rays 4

Published Jun. 23, 2010 11:11 p.m. ET

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Will Venable, Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Headley homered to help the San Diego Padres beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 Wednesday night.

Venable broke a scoreless tie with a two-run shot in the fifth. Gonzalez hit a solo homer in the sixth, and is 33 for 77 with seven homers and 20 RBIs in June.

After the Rays rallied to make it 3-all, Jerry Hairston Jr. put the Padres ahead with an RBI single in the seventh off James Shields (6-7). Headley made it 5-3 on his solo drive in the ninth.

San Diego will look to complete a sweep of the three-game interleague series Thursday.

The slumping Rays held a players-only meeting before batting practice, which was called for by first baseman Carlos Pena.

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