The San Diego Padres defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Friday night in a rematch of last year’s National League Championship Series.
PHILADELPHIA — Manny Machado, Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. homered, Yu Darvish struck out nine in six sharp innings and the San Diego Padres defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Friday night in a rematch of last year’s National League Championship Series.“We're passing the baton and having quality at-bats,” Machado said.
The Padres, though, have found their offense this month and entered play ranked first in the majors with an average of 6.5 runs per contest.San Diego continued where it left off prior to the All-Star break. After serving strictly as Philadelphia’s designated hitter since April 2022 when he hurt his right throwing elbow, an injury that required offseason surgery, Harper is getting closer to returning to the field. Prior to the game, Thomson told reporters that Harper could be playing first base sometime in this weekend’s four-game series against the Padres but then said afterward that it wouldn't be that soon.
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