Overview
- Kyle Schwarber hit a first-inning solo homer that marked his major-league-leading 21st of the season and put Philadelphia ahead in the game on Monday.
- Jesús Luzardo threw six scoreless innings, allowing four hits, striking out six and walking two to give the Phillies a strong starting pitching performance.
- Brandon Marsh added a two-run homer in the seventh to extend the lead to 3-0 while the rest of the lineup managed only one other hit.
- Jhoan Duran closed out the ninth for his 10th save and the Phillies finished with a five-hitter against the Padres.
- Schwarber’s outsized success specifically versus San Diego and at Petco Park — including 21 homers in roughly 50 career games against the Padres and 11 homers in 26 games at Petco — is supplying the timely power Philadelphia needs as it fights to climb back to .500.