SAN DIEGO — Kyle Schwarber hit one other lengthy house run at Petco Park and Trea Turner and Edmundo Sosa additionally related for the Philadelphia Phillies, who beat the Padres 9-7 on Monday of their first go to to San Diego for the reason that NL Championship Series.
Schwarber related for his fortieth of the season main off the fifth inning towards rookie Matt Waldron, watching the ball for only a second to verify it stayed honest earlier than starting his trot because the drive sailed a number of rows deep for a 9-4 lead. Schwarber raised his proper arm as his teammates celebrated within the dugout. This is his second straight 40-homer season. He led the NL with 46 final 12 months.
“I’ve always been a guy who hit home runs,” Schwarber stated. “I got to 30 a couple times before and last year had a chance to have pretty much a healthy full season and got to go out there and play every day and was able to get to 40. It’s a cool accomplishment to be able to do it again this year. I think the more important thing is to keep helping the team win. We’re in a pretty good position but we’ve got to keep pushing to the very end.”
Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot homer into the second deck in proper area in Game 1 of the NLCS final 12 months, which the Phillies gained 2-0. They gained the collection in 5 video games after which took three of 4 from the Padres in Philadelphia proper after the All-Star break.
“I don’t think many things will compare to postseason home runs,” Schwarber stated.
The Phillies have homered in 17 straight video games. Schwarber reached base 5 occasions, together with three walks, and scored 3 times. Bryson Stott had 4 hits and Alec Bohm three, together with a three-run double within the first.
Manager Rob Thomson stated Schwarber’s consecutive 40-homer seasons are “really impressive, and then once you factor in all the walks he’s had in that leadoff spot to give us opportunities to score runs, it’s been really fun to watch for the last year and three-quarters.”
Philadelphia denied the Padres their first four-game successful streak this season. The wildly inconsistent Padres, who’ve badly underperformed regardless of having baseball’s third-highest payroll, stay the one workforce within the majors and not using a successful streak longer than three video games.
The Phillies, who maintain the NL’s high wild-card spot, have gained seven of 10 video games. The Padres, under .500 since May 12, have misplaced seven of 11. They got here in six video games out of the ultimate playoff spot, with 4 groups forward of them.
The Phillies had leads of 8-1 after three innings and 9-4 after Schwarber’s house run earlier than San Diego closed to 9-7. One-time Padres nearer Craig Kimbrel walked Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto with one out within the eighth earlier than hanging out Manny Machado and getting Xander Bogaerts to floor out. Tatis and Soto executed a double steal with Machado batting, and J.T. Realmuto’s throw to 3rd hit umpire Brian O’Nora within the throat, maybe saving at the very least one run.
Taijuan Walker (15-5) grew to become the primary Phillies pitcher to win at the very least 15 video games since Aaron Nola gained 17 in 2018. Walker allowed 4 runs and 5 hits, together with a solo house run by Tatis into the second deck in left within the first inning, his twenty second.
José Alvarado pitched the ninth for his seventh save in 9 probabilities. He walked the primary two batters earlier than retiring the facet. Alvarado punched the air together with his left arm after hanging out Ha-Seong Kim to finish it.
The Phillies loaded the bases with one out within the first towards 43-year-old lefty Rich Hill, and Bohm cleared them with a double to left.
The Phillies piled on within the second, beginning when Sosa hit a leadoff homer to left, his ninth. Schwarber singled and Turner, a one-time Padres farmhand, hit a two-run homer to left, his twenty second, for a 6-1 lead. Hill, who fell to 0-4 since being acquired from Pittsburgh on the commerce deadline, allowed a double to Nick Castellanos and struck out Bryce Harper earlier than getting the hook.
Hill (7-14) allowed six runs and 7 hits in 1 1/3 innings, his shortest begin with the Padres.
The Phillies had three straight hits opening the third towards Waldron, together with an RBI triple by Christian Pache and an RBI double by Sosa to make it 8-1.
Kim drove in three runs, together with a two-run single within the three-run fourth and an RBI single within the sixth.
UP NEXT
Phillies RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-1, 4.22 ERA) and Padres RHP Pedro Avila (0-2, 2.67) are scheduled to begin Tuesday evening.
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