San Diego Padres starting pitcher Christian Friedrich works against the Philadelphia Phillies during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in San Diego. Ramos walked the first two batters before Jabari Blash stroked a grounder to Franco at third. Right-hander Hector Neris struck out the side in the eighth, and closer Jeanmar Gomez worked a ideal ninth to pick up his 29th save, his second of the series.Offensively, the Phillies had five consecutive two-out hits in a seven-hit fourth, then scored an unearned run on a two-out, seventh-inning single by pinch hitter Joseph to break a 5-5 tie.Joseph drove home Hernandez after the second baseman reached second on a two-base throwing error by rookie Padres shortstop Rondon to open the inning. “But I just tried to keep us in the game the best I could”.
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The Padres padded their cushion in the sixth on a two-run single by Solarte, forging ahead 8-3.
Padres manager Andy Green agreed. San Diego got one back in the bottom of the 4th when Poway native Alex Dickerson went deep again, a solo job to cut the lead to 5-2.
Phillies: RHP Jerad Eickhoff (6-12, 3.68) seeks his first win since July 4, having three losses and two no-decisions in his last five outings. Two outs later, Rondon’s single brought in Dickerson for a 1-0 advantage.
After a double play, Carlos Ruiz, who had three hits, drove in Ryan Howard with a single and scored on Freddy Galvis’ double. Odubel Herrera hit a first inning home run to get the lead, and then a four-run fourth inning helped the Phillies go up by five runs.
San Diego tied it at 1 in the third, thanks to some sloppy Philadelphia defense.
“I like it!” he said with a laugh. Derek Norris opened with a single and Franco then flagged down Rondon’s hot grounder at third. Despite his record, Eickhoff has been pretty solid this year and gives the Phillies a chance to win most nights.
Zach Eflin gets the start Monday in Chavez Ravine, and will be opposed by one of the Dodgers top pitching prospects Julio Urias. Perdomo has given up three runs of less in seven of his last nine starts since June 15. It is Eflin’s first outing against the Dodgers, a team he was traded to by the San Diego Padres before he landed with the Phillies.
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RHP Jeremy Hellickson went 6 2/3 innings Friday night, marking the 10th time in his last 11 starts that he has gone six or more innings.
