San Diego PadresvsPhiladelphia Phillies
SD 2/PHI 3
Things to say
Phillies edged the Padres 3-2 at Citizens Bank Park.
01
opener
Phillies snuck past the Padres 3-2 last night. Tight one all the way through, came down to the last couple innings. San Diego left too many guys on base.
02
key player
Phils bats were quiet but somebody in the heart of the order finally got into a fastball — one swing was basically the difference in a 3-2 game.
03
hot take
Padres are 32-28 and still feel like they're punching below their weight. That lineup should not be losing one-run games to a Phillies club that's barely over .500.
04
deep cut
Both teams sitting a game apart in the standings and the Phillies starter went deep enough that the manager didn't have to go to the pen too early — that was the whole ballgame.
05
exit
Anyway — be curious to see if the Padres can bounce back in the next one, getaway day usually gets weird.
The recap
Phillies edged the Padres 3-2 at Citizens Bank Park, a one-run nail-biter that came down to the bullpen holding serve in the late innings. San Diego hung tough but couldn't push across the tying run when it mattered, stranding traffic against the Philly relief corps.
Both clubs are scrapping right around .500, so every one of these is basically a four-point swing in the standings. Quiet box score on the leaders front, but the kind of gritty home win that keeps Philly creeping up in the East.