Philadelphia Phillies vs San Diego Padres Box Score on Aug 14, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 15, 2017

SAN DIEGO -- Cory Spangenberg had a home run among his three hits as the San Diego Padres beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Monday night.

Austin Hedges and Jose Pirela each had two RBIs for San Diego.

Spangenberg, who scored three runs and extended his hitting streak to six games, stroked his 11th homer in the seventh for a 7-4 margin. It was his third home run in two games.

Thanks to a four-run sixth inning, the Padres won for just the second time in six games.

The Phillies, losers of four of their past five, squandered rookie Rhys Hoskins' first two major league homers.

Both starters, Philadelphia's Jerad Eickhoff and San Diego's Travis Wood, pitched five innings, but neither figured into the decision. Eickhoff gave up two runs (one earned) on five hits, while Wood yielded two runs on six hits.

Jose Torres (7-3), who got one out in the sixth, earned the win. Brad Hand worked the ninth for his 10th save.

Ricardo Pinto (1-1) absorbed the loss after allowing the Padres to bat around in the sixth. He allowed five runs in two innings.

Hoskins' second homer in the seventh pulled Philadelphia within 6-4.

Pirela's two-run single, after Carlos Asuaje's sacrifice fly and Hedges' run-scoring single, pushed the Padres ahead 6-3 in the sixth.

The Phillies seized a 3-2 lead in the sixth when third baseman Spangenberg's error on Cesar Hernandez's grounder scored Tommy Joseph. Joseph opened the inning with a single, and Nick Williams added one as well.

With San Diego trailing 2-1, Spangenberg opened the fourth inning with a single. He advanced on Hedges' single, stole third base and scored on Maikel Franco's bad throw on Manuel Margot's grounder. That tied the game 2-2.

The Phillies went ahead 2-1 when Hoskins smacked his first career homer in the top of the fourth. He redirected Wood's 89 mph fastball 402 feet as the solo blast bounced off the scoreboard above the left field seats.

Odubel Herrera's third-inning double brought in Hernandez, who had reached on a walk, to tie the score 1-1. Freddy Galvis was cut down at home on a relay from center fielder Margot to second baseman Asuaje to catcher Hedges.

The Padres struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the second on Hedges' run-scoring fly ball. Eickhoff was able to limit the damage after the Padres loaded the bases with no outs, with two reaching on walks.

NOTES: Phillies prospect Rhys Hoskins was called up last week as a first baseman, but he started again in left field and homered twice. ... Padres manager Andy Green had his contract extended through 2021. ... RHP Kirby Yates was reinstated from the family leave list and pitched a perfect eighth inning. ... RHP Jose Valdez was optioned to Triple-A El Paso. Valdez was up with the Padres for three days as a replacement for Yates, and he pitched two innings of one-run ball Sunday at Dodger Stadium. He has no decisions and a 6.92 ERA in a combined nine relief appearances for the Los Angeles Angels and San Diego this year.