Philadelphia Phillies vs San Diego Padres Box Score on Sep 04, 2023

Behind a three-run double by Alec Bohm in the first inning and home runs by Edmundo Sosa and Trea Turner in the second, the visiting Philadelphia Phillies jumped ahead early and defeated the San Diego Padres 9-7 on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.

Kyle Schwarber also hit his 40th homer for the Phillies, who are 9-4 over the past 13 games.

The Padres rallied from early 8-1 and 9-4 deficits and had the tying runs on base in both the eighth and ninth but failed to score.

Phillies reliever Craig Kimbrel walked Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto with one out in the eighth and both advanced on a double steal. However, Kimbrel struck out Manny Machado and got Xander Bogaerts on a grounder to end the inning.

Philadelphia's Jose Alvarado issued two walks to open the ninth, then got Matthew Batten to ground out before striking out pinch hitter Luis Campusano and Ha-Seong Kim to gain his seventh save.

The Phillies scored three in the first, three in the second and two in the third to help starting pitcher Taijuan Walker improve to 15-5. After giving up a first-inning homer to Tatis, Walker finished allowing four runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts in five innings.

Bryson Stott paced the Phillies' 16-hit attack by going 4-for-5. Schwarber was 2-for-3 and reached base five times, scoring three times, and Bohm added three hits.

Schwarber drew a walk to open the Phillies' first inning and moved to second on a Turner single ahead of a walk to Harper to load the bases. Bohm then pulled a liner down the line in left that hit halfway up the wall to clear the bases.

Sosa led off the second with his ninth homer, a 405-foot drive to left-center. After Schwarber singled, Turner reached the second deck in left for his 22nd homer of the season.

The Phillies scored two in the third against Matt Waldron on a single by Stott, a triple by Christian Pache and a double by Sosa. Schwarber's homer off Waldron in the fifth travelled 440 feet to right.

Kim drove in three of the Padres' runs with a pair of singles.

San Diego starter Rich Hill (7-14) gave up six runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings. Waldron allowed three runs on eight hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

--Field Level Media