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Red Sox beat Padres 7-2 to take over 1st in AL East

Published Sep. 8, 2016 2:06 a.m. ET

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SAN DIEGO (AP) Travis Shaw, Hanley Ramirez and Brock Holt homered and David Price threw seven solid innings to lead Boston past the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Wednesday night, moving the Red Sox into first place in the AL East.

Shaw, inserted into the lineup for a slumping Yoan Moncada, hit his 16th homer in the second inning, a two-run shot, and added an RBI single in the fourth.

Ramirez's homer came in the eighth off Jake Smith's first major league pitch.

Holt added a pinch-hit homer in the ninth

The Red Sox took a one-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays, who lost 2-0 to the New York Yankees. Boston, which completed interleague play with a 14-6 record, opens a three-game series in Toronto on Friday.

Price (15-8) won his season-high sixth straight start, allowing two runs and six hits.

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