The seventh inning changed everything. Philadelphia trailed 1-1 when J.T. Realmuto and Kyle Schwarber delivered consecutive home runs, lifting the Phillies to a 3-2 victory over San Diego at Citizens Bank Park.
Cristopher Sanchez dominated through seven innings, allowing one run on four hits while striking out eight. The left-hander carried a 1.46 ERA into his seventh win of the season, improving to 7-2. Jhoan Duran closed with a perfect ninth inning for his 14th save.
Realmuto homered to left center to break a 1-1 tie, then Schwarber followed immediately with his 23rd home run of the season. The back-to-back blasts came against Jason Adam, who suffered his first loss after allowing two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning.
Walker Buehler matched Sanchez through six innings, allowing just one run on four hits with six strikeouts. The Padres managed to cut the deficit to one in the eighth when Bogaerts was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, scoring Fernando Tatis.
Philadelphia improved to 31-29 and snapped a losing streak. San Diego fell to 32-27, extending their losing streak to three games. Tatis finished 1-for-4 and sits one run away from 500 career runs scored.