Kyle Schwarber hit another long home run at Petco Park and Trea Turner and Edmundo Sosa also connected for the Philadelphia Phillies, who beat the Padres 9-7 in their first visit to San Diego since the NL Championship Series.
Philadelphia denied the Padres their first four-game winning streak this season. The wildly inconsistent Padres, who have badly underperformed despite having baseball’s third-highest payroll, remain the only team in the majors without a winning streak longer than three games.
The Phillies had leads of 8-1 after three innings and 9-4 after Schwarber’s home run before San Diego closed to 9-7. One-time Padres closer Craig Kimbrel walked Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto with one out in the eighth before striking out Manny Machado and getting Xander Bogaerts to ground out. Tatis and Soto executed a double steal with Machado batting, and J.T. Realmuto’s throw to third hit umpire Brian O’Nora, perhaps saving at least one run.
José Alvarado pitched the ninth for his seventh save in nine chances. He walked the first two batters before retiring the side. He punched the air with his left arm after striking out Ha-Seong Kim to end it.
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