Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Philadelphia Phillies

54-41, 24-25 Away

Final
4 - 5

San Diego Padres

52-43, 31-17 Home

Merrill's 2 homers off Wheeler help the Padres beat the Phillies 5-4

Jackson Merrill's 2 HR game lifts Padres over Phillies

Merrill hadn't homered since May 27, a span of 35 games. He hit a two-run, opposite-field shot to left center with one out in the second to tie the game at 2. He appeared relieved and gently pumped his right fist as he rounded first base and then motioned toward the Padres' bullpen.

His solo shot to right center with one out in the sixth tied the game at 4.

Machado's sac fly off Jordan Romano brought in Fernando Tatis Jr., who had greeted Tanner Banks (2-1) with a one-out single.

Wheeler was named to the National League All-Star team but won't pitch because of his start Saturday. He was replaced Friday by San Diego reliever Adrian Morejon.

Wheeler allowed four runs and six hits in six innings, struck out six and walked one. It was just the fourth time in 19 starts this season that Wheeler allowed more than two earned runs.

Edmundo Sosa hit a go-ahead, two-run single with two outs in the fifth to chase Yu Darvish. It was one inning after Sosa replaced Alec Bohm.

Darvish allowed four runs and five hits, struck out two and walked three. He had been sidelined by right elbow inflammation from spring training until making his season debut on Monday night.

David Morgan (1-1) pitched one inning for the win and Jeremiah Estrada pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.

Key stat Merrill is the third player with multiple homers in a game against Wheeler, joining Buster Posey (April 20, 2021) and Cody Bellinger (June 19, 2017).

Key moment Merrill's first homer.

Up next Phillies LHP Cristopher Sánchez (7-2, 2.59 ERA) and Padres RHP Nick Pivetta (9-2, 3.07) are scheduled to start the series finale Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Harper grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Schwarber flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Turner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Estrada relieved Matsui
	8th Inning	Cronenworth struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Merrill flied out to left.

Statistics

PHI		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
17	Ground Balls	6
3	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	16
39	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
4.3	Runs Created	4.9
.265	Batting Average	.258
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.353	Slugging Percentage	.516
.235	Secondary Average	.290
.359	On Base Percentage	.294
.712	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.810
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
30.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.59	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.088	Isolated Power	.258
1.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.103	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
7.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.5	MLB Rating	85.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0