Overview
- Philadelphia, which rallied Wednesday with a four-run eighth to beat Oakland 6-3, is 8-1 under interim manager Don Mattingly and 17-20 overall.
- Zack Wheeler made his first home start since last September’s thoracic outlet surgery, working 6 1/3 innings of three-run ball in his third outing back.
- San Diego took the series with a 5-1 win Wednesday after Ty France’s two-out pinch-hit triple down the right-field line, a ball rookie Jesús Rodríguez could not secure in his outfield debut, followed by Xander Bogaerts’ two-run homer.
- The Giants have dropped eight of nine and are 14-23 after managing only three hits in the finale and committing costly defensive mistakes.
- A day earlier, KBO signee Sung‑Mun Song jump-started a 10-5 Padres win with a two-run double in his first MLB start, earning chances at second base while Jake Cronenworth is on the concussion list.