Randy Vásquez allows a career-high 6 runs, surrenders pair of 2-run homers to Kyle Schwarber, as Padres lose fourth straight game
The Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber, right, and Rafael Marchán celebrate after the first of Schwarber’s two-run homes on Monday night. Then it got worse. And there would be no almost-comeback this time.
At least as troubling as the losing streak, which has dropped them from two games over .500 to two games under, is the Padres’ run of poor starting pitching. The offense bears some blame for the recent travails. Monday was the third time in four games the Padres scored one or two runs. They lost the first of those 2-1 on Friday. A 5-1 loss followed Saturday before Sunday’s 11-6 defeat.
As they did in each of the first six innings, the Phillies put the first batter of the inning on against Vásquez. But after Alec Bohm’s single, left fielder Jurickson Profar ran 111 feet to make a sliding catch, stopping with the ball in his glove just in front of the tarp rolled up alongside the side wall in foul territory.
The defense could not save Vásquez in the third, because defenders are not allowed to play 444 feet from home plate.
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