By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff 
Final: Phillies 6, Padres 5
SAN DIEGO—The triple play the Phillies turned Sunday evening wasn't quite as pretty as Eric Bruntlett's game-ending unassisted one in 2009, but it erased a Padres threat in the bottom of the seventh as the Phils held on for another one-run win, taking the rubber match in San Diego.
WP: Jerad Eickhoff (7-12, 3.78) ❖ LP: Brad Hand (3-3, 2.95) ❖ S: Gómez (29)
Hub: Game Summary ❖ Starting Pitchers ❖ At the Plate ❖ Bullpen ❖ What's Next
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| PHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 |
| SD |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Odubel Herrera got the Phillies' offense, which has been fairly good recently, off to a sharp start with a solo homer into the left-field corner in the first inning.
The Padres tied it in the third on an RBI groundout from Travis Jankowski, which came after Maikel Franco's error on a throw to second allowed Derek Norris to reach third.
Carlos Ruiz, who started off Sunday's game with three straight hits, delivered the second of these into right in the fourth to score Ryan Howard from third and put the Phils back on top. Freddy Galvis doubled into left; Ruiz scored when left fielder Alex Dickerson bobbled the ball. Jerad Eickhoff's double and Herrera's single added a run each as the Phillies took a 5–1 lead in the fourth.
Padres starter Jarred Cosart, the former Phillies prospect traded from the Miami Marlins to San Diego as part of the return for Andrew Cashner, allowed 10 hits and five runs while striking out five.
Dickerson's homer in the bottom of the inning, coming against Eickhoff, made it 5–2; he hit a sac fly in the sixth to cut into the lead further. Ryan Schimpf followed Dickerson with a two-run shot into right field to tie it.
Eickhoff, who had been pitching well before the sixth, was replaced by Edubray Ramos for the seventh. Eickhoff allowed five hits and four earned runs while striking out five.
Tommy Joseph came through as a pinch-hitter in the seventh with a go-ahead single scoring César Hernández from second against San Diego reliever Brad Hand.
Ramos walked the first two batters in the bottom of the frame, but the defense behind him held up on a 5–4–3 around-the-horn triple play. Maikel Franco took Jabari Blash's grounder to the third-base bag, threw to Hernández at second, and watched in elation as the relay to first was somehow in time to get Blash at first and end the inning.
Hector Neris struck out the side in the bottom of the eighth with two backwards Ks; the Phillies loaded the bases with one out in the ninth but couldn't score.
Jeanmar Gómez closed it out for his 29th save of the year as the Phillies won the series over the Padres.
The Phils go up the West Coast just a bit for a mid-week series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Zach Eflin takes on Scott Kazmir in a 10:10 p.m. start on Monday.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerad Eickhoff | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.78 |
| Jarred Cosart | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.79 |
Phillies
- Odubel Herrera: 3-5, R, HR, 2 RBI, .285 AVG
- Carlos Ruiz: 3-4, R, RBI, .262 AVG
- Freddy Galvis: 2-4, R, 2B, RBI, .229 AVG
Padres
- Alex Dickerson: 1-3, R, HR, SF, 2 RBI, .294 AVG
- Ryan Schimpf: 1-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, .215 AVG
- Travis Jankowski: 1-4, R, RBI, .260 AVG
Bullpen
Phillies
- Edubray Ramos (7th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 3.20 ERA
- Hector Neris (8th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR, 2.50 ERA
- Jeanmar Gómez (9th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 2.61 ERA
Padres
- Carlos Villanueva (7th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 5.61 ERA
- Brad Hand (7th): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 2.95 ERA
- José Domínguez (8th): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 2.87 ERA
- Ryan Buchter (9th): 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 2.72 ERA
What's Next
- Monday, August 8, 2016: at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
- Dodger Stadium
- RHP Zach Eflin (3-4, 4.77 ERA) vs. RHP Julio Urías (1-2, 4.98 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
