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Padres star Gonzalez suffers knee injury

Slugger suffers injury while legging out triple in fourth inning

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San Diego Padres star Adrian Gonzalez is escorted off the field by trainer Todd Hutcheson after injuring his right knee on Tuesday night.
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updated 12:08 a.m. ET July 1, 2009

SAN DIEGO - Adrian Gonzalez suffered a strained right knee in the fourth inning of the San Diego Padres’ game against the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

Gonzalez hit an RBI triple off Mike Hampton with one out in the fourth and slid hard into third base. After Kevin Kouzmanoff struck out, Gonzalez was visited by manager Bud Black and head trainer Todd Hutcheson, who examined Gonzalez’s right knee.

After a few minutes, Gonzalez came out of the game and was replaced by rookie Kyle Blanks.

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