Rupp's 4 RBIs lead Phillies over Padres
SAN DIEGO -- Phillies' catcher Cameron Rupp erased a 2-0 Padres lead with a three-run homer and added a run-scoring double Friday night to tie a career high with four RBIs as Philadelphia defeated San Diego 5-4 at Petco Park.
Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson, who was the subject of considerable trade speculation before last Monday's deadline, retired 13 straight Padres from the third through seventh innings and picked up his ninth win against seven losses.
Padres starter Christian Friedrich (4-7) suffered the loss.
Padres first baseman Wil Myers homered in the bottom of the eighth to cut the Phillies lead to 5-4. But Jeanmar Gomez worked a scoreless ninth to pick up his 28th save.
Rupp's homer came in the top of the fourth.
Aaron Altherr opened the inning with a single and was safe at second on Maikel Franco's grounder.
After both runners advanced on Tommy Joseph's liner to deep center, Rupp blasted a full-count pitch 424-feet to center.
Rupp upped the Phillies lead to 4-2 in the sixth. Franco opened the inning with a single to center and advanced to second on Joseph's ground out to short. Rupp then lined a double to left.
The Padres took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Alex Dickerson opened the inning against Hellickson with a single to right. Dickerson stole second, advanced to third when Derek Norris grounded into a double play and scored on Jose Rondon's single to center.
The Padres added a second run in the third.
Travis Jankowski opened the inning with a single and moved to second on a one-out single by Wil Myers. After both runners advanced on a balk, Jangervis Solarte drew a walk to load the bases with one out.
Jankowski scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Dickerson.
The Padres' Friedrich allowed four runs on five hits with four strikeouts over seven innings.
NOTES: Padres RHP Colin Rea will soon undergo Tommy John surgery and miss all of the 2017 season. Rea, 26, was recently returned to the Padres by Miami (in exchange for RHP prospect Luis Castillo) after injuring his elbow after only 3 1/3 innings in his first start for the Marlins on Saturday. Castillo had come to the Padres as part of the seven-player trade. ... RHP Jake Thompson makes his major league debut as the Phillies starter Saturday night. ... Wednesday marked the seventh time this season that the Padres have scored 12 or more runs in a game this season. It is the highest total in the major leagues this season and the most for the Padres since they scored 12 or more runs in eight games in 1998.