Gonzalez grand slam supports Correia pitching in Padres 10-4 win over Reds

Gonzalez, Correia help Padres to win over Reds

CINCINNATI — Adrian Gonzalez hit his second career grand slam, Kevin Correia did not allow a hit into the sixth inning and the San Diego Padres extended their winning streak to seven games with a 10-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

Tony Gwynn Jr. added a two-run homer and Matt Stairs and Everth Cabrera drove in two runs apiece in support of Correia, who didn’t allow a hit until Ryan Hanigan led off the sixth with a double to center field.

Correia (3-1) improved to 6-1 in his career against Cincinnati, including 4-1 at Great American Ball Park. The Reds reached Correia for three hits and two runs in that inning. He left with two outs. Correia also walked Joey Votto three times and struck out five.

Chase Headley led off San Diego’s four-run second inning with a single to center and went to third on Will Venable’s double to right. Stairs doubled to virturally the same spot for his first RBIs of the season. Gwynn followed one out later with his first homer, a drive into the visitors’ bullpen down the right field line.

Stairs and Gwynn weren’t in San Diego’s original starting lineup. They were inserted after Padres manager Bud Black learned that Bronson Arroyo would be starting instead of Johnny Cueto, a decision made at least a day earlier but mistakenly not communicated to the media and San Diego. Stairs’ start was his first of the season.

The Padres knocked Arroyo out of the game during their six-run fourth inning. Nick Hundley and Gwynn led off with singles and Correia walked while trying to lay down a sacrifice. Cabrera followed with a two-run single, and after former Red Jerry Hairston Jr. greeted reliever Micah Owings with a single to load the bases, Gonzalez hit the first pitch into the right field seats for his fourth home run of the season.

Arroyo (0-2) was roughed up for eight runs on eight hits, issuing two walks without striking anybody out. His three-inning stint was the shortest since he lasted one inning while giving up seven hits and nine runs in a 15-3 loss to Milwaukee on May 6, last season.

NOTES: Padres RHP Chris Young, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right shoulder, threw a four-inning simulated game in the bullpen before the game. “He turned the ball loose,” Black said. “He said his arm felt very good. We’ll evaluate him in the next day or two.” Young is eligible to be activated at any time. … Gonzalez’s homer was the 134th of his career with San Diego, breaking a tie with Ryan Klesko for fifth on the club’s career home run list. Gonzalez needs one to tie Tony Gwynn Sr. for fourth. … Gonzalez has hit at least one home run in four of San Diego’s last five games against the Reds, dating back to last season.