Phillies 7, Padres 1
PHILADELPHIA -- Rookie right-hander Aaron Nola worked seven strong innings to run his personal winning streak to five as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 7-1 on Friday night.
Catcher Cameron Rupp hit a three-run homer in a five-run eighth inning for the Phillies, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Justin Upton accounted for the Padres' run with a solo home run in the fourth inning. It was his 23rd homer of the season.
San Diego lost for the fourth time in five games.
Nola (5-1), who in his previous start allowed three hits over eight shutout innings to beat Miami, surrendered one run and two hits while striking out six and walking two.
Jerome Williams, temporarily dropped out of the Philadelphia rotation, worked two perfect innings for his first save.
San Diego starter Ian Kennedy (8-12) pitched 6 2/3 innings and yielded two runs and two hits, while striking out seven and walking five. He also hit a batter, and his fourth-inning wild pitch produced a run.
Neither team had a hit until Justin Upton hit Nola's 3-0 fastball into the seats in left center field with one out in the fourth, giving the Padres a 1-0 lead.
The Phillies answered with two runs in their half of the fourth on an infield out and Kennedy's wild pitch.
Philadelphia center fielder Odubel Herrera led off the eighth with an infield single and scored on a triple by right fielder Aaron Altherr. One out later third baseman Andres Blanco was hit by a pitch and pinch hitter Jeff Francoeur, batting for left fielder Cody Asche, roped an RBI double to left.
Rupp followed by hitting a 3-2 curveball from reliever Odrisamer Despaigne into the seats in left field, making it 7-1.
It was Rupp's seventh homer of the season.
NOTES: The Phillies placed LHP Elvis Araujo on the disabled list with a left groin strain and recalled RHP Nefi Ogando from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. ... The Phillies also announced that RHP Alec Asher, acquired from Texas in the Cole Hamels trade on July 31, will be called up from Lehigh Valley to start Sunday's game against San Diego. A corresponding roster move has yet to be announced. ... Philadelphia RHP Jerome Williams, a starter all season, will pitch out of the bullpen for the time being, though interim manager Pete Mackanin said it is possible Williams will return to the rotation when the rosters expand Tuesday. Mackanin also said that the Phillies continue to mull going to a six-man rotation the final month of the season to limit the number of innings worked by their young pitchers. ... Padres OF Matt Kemp was not in the starting lineup because of a sore left shoulder. He is day-to-day.