The Phillies put an end to their four game losing streak, and extended their winning streak over the Padres to four games with a 7-1 win on Friday night. The Padres got their lone run in the top of the fourth on a Justin Upton (23) home run to go up 1-0. It was all Phillies after that. The Phillies responded with a pair of runs on a ground out, and wild pitch in the bottom of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead. The Phillies scored five in the eighth on a Aaron Altherr RBI triple, a Jeff Francoeur RBI double, and capped off by a Cameron Rupp (7) three run home run. Aaron Nola improve to 5-1, and Jerome Williams picked up his first save. The Phillies are now 51-78, and the Padres drop to 62-66.

Padres: 1 R – 2 H – 0 E

Ian Kennedy: 6.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 7 K (L, 8-12)
Marc Rzepczynski: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Odrisamer Despaigne: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
Justin Upton: 1/4, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI

Phillies: 7 R – 6 H – 0 E

Aaron Nola: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR (W, 5-1)
Cameron Rupp: 1/4, 1 BB, 1 HR, 1 R, 4 RBI
Aaron Altherr: 1/3, 1 3B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Jeff Francoeur: 1/1, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI

Categories: Uncategorized