Padres’ Maddux struggles, but beats Pirates

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Greg Maddux has been around so long that even an average outing can produce a major league record.

Maddux slogged through five innings — issuing his first walk in 10 starts — and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Tuesday night, the fifth straight victory for the NL wild-card leaders.

Khalil Greene had three hits, reached base five times and drove in two runs for the Padres, who remained 11⁄2 games in front of Philadelphia in the wild-card race. The Phillies beat St. Louis 7-4 in 14 innings.

The Padres also stayed a game behind first-place Arizona in the NL West after the Diamondbacks beat San Francisco 5-0.

Maddux (13-10) won for the sixth time in seven decisions and for the 346th time in his career.

The Padres have won eight of his last 10 starts.

“It was a good team win,” Maddux said.

The 41-year-old right-hander also reached 13 wins for the 20th consecutive season, passing Cy Young for the major league record.