San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies

• Monday: 3:35 p.m. (Padres.TV)
• Tuesday: 3:35 p.m. (Padres.TV)
• Wednesday: 10:05 a.m. (Padres.TV)

In the standings

San Diego Padres (45-38, 2nd in NL West)

A ninth-inning loss on Sunday handed the Padres a series loss to start the road trip. They are now 20-24 away from Petco Park, a major reason they are seven games behind the Dodgers in the division and a game out of the NL’s third wild-card spot. The Padres lost five of six last year against the Phillies, including two of three in Philadelphia. The Padres are 3-10 against the Phillies in two years since Philly bounced the Padres out of the 2022 NLCS in five games.

Philadelphia Phillies (49-47, 1st in NL East)

The Phillies have a 1½-game lead over the Mets in the division, are tied with the Cubs for the fourth-best winning percentage in the majors (.583) and have the eighth-best run differential (plus-46). The Phillies are also 26-14 at home. They rank ninth in the majors with a .730 OPS, second in rotation ERA (.330) and 25th in bullpen ERA (.455).

Trending

San Diego: 3B Manny Machado leads the team with seven homers in June and an .803 OPS, but he is the only regular with an OPS above .800. DH Gavin Sheets has a .968 OPS over the last week and 1B Luis Arraez is second with an .885 OPS). The rest of the qualifiers: CF Jackson Merrill (.643), OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (.492) and Machado (.472).

Philadelphia: With Bryce Harper on the injured list (see below), DH Kyle Schwarber and SS Trea Turner both lead the team with six home runs in June. Yet only four Phillies have an OPS over .675 this month: Turner (.856), OF Nick Castellanos (.822), Schwarber (.772) and 3B Alec Bohm (.749). 2B Bryson Stott (.561) and OF Max Kepler (.604) are both struggling in June.

Pitching matchups

Monday

Padres RHP Matt Waldron (2025 debut)   |   The knuckleballer is making his season debut after beginning the season on the injured list with an oblique injury. He had a 5.24 ERA in five starts at Triple-A El Paso, striking out 22 against seven walks in 22⅓ innings. Waldron beat the Phillies with seven innings of one-run ball last year in Philadelphia. He struck out six against two walks.

Phillies RHP Zack Wheeler (7-3, 2.45 ERA)   |   Last year’s NL Cy Young runner-up has quality starts in 12 of his 16 trips to the mound and has an 0.78 ERA in four starts so far in June. Wheeler has a 2.06 ERA in nine career regular-season starts against the Padres. He has not faced the Padres since 2023, when he allowed three runs in 13 innings across two starts.

Tuesday

Padres RHP Nick Pivetta (8-2, 3.36 ERA)   |   The 32-year-old veteran had a 5.50 ERA in four years with the Phillies. He’s made just two starts against the Phillies (8 IP, 8 ER), none in Philadelphia since the trade to Boston. Pivetta tied a season high with 10 strikeouts over seven shutout innings in his last start, a win. Pivetta has a 4.50 ERA in seven road starts this year.

Phillies LHP Cristopher Sanchez (6-2, 2.79 ERA)   |   His strikeout rate so far (9.9 per nine innings) is the best of his career. He has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 15 of his 16 starts and has gone at least six innings in 10 starts. Sanchez has allowed four earned runs in 12 innings across two starts against the Padres, including a win last year (7 IP, 1 ER).

Wednesday

Padres RHP Dylan Cease (3-7, 4.53 ERA)   |   He turned in three straight quality starts in mid-May (2.66 ERA), the only time this season in which Cease has gone back to back with quality starts. He followed up his most recent quality start (6⅔ IP, 1 ER on June 21) with four runs—three earned—allowed over four innings in a loss on Friday in Cincinnati. His only start against the Phillies was a loss last year (6 IP, 5 ER).

Phillies RHP Mick Abel (2-1, 3.47 ERA)   |   The 23-year-old rookie was scheduled to start Friday in Atlanta, but a rain delay washed away the start. Abel last pitched on June 21, allowing four runs—all on homers—in three innings in the first loss of his career. Abel has a 4.85 ERA in three starts so far at home. Lefties have a .963 OPS off him, compared to righties’ .627 OPS.

Team leaders

• OPS: Padres—3B Manny Machado (.834), DH Gavin Sheets (.798), OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (.794); Phillies—DH Kyle Schwarber (.923), SS Trea Turner (.804), OF Nick Castellanos (.766).
• Homers: Padres—Tatis (15), Machado (13), Sheets (13); Phillies—Schwarber (25), Turner (11), Castellanos (9), 1B Bryce Harper (9), OF Max Kepler (9).
• RBIs: Padres—Sheets (49), Machado (47), Tatis (37); Phillies—Schwarber (57), Castellanos (44), Turner (38).
• Steals: Padres—Tatis (17), SS Xander Bogaerts (13), Machado (8); Phillies—Turner (20), 2B Bryson Stott (12), OF Johan Rojas (9).
• Saves: Padres—RHP Robert Suarez (23-for-26, 3.89 ERA); Phillies—RHP Jordan Romano (8-for-10, 7.28 ERA), LHP Matt Strahm (5-for-9, 3.78 ERA).
• Holds: Padres—RHP Jason Adam (19, 1.69 ERA), RHP Jeremiah Estrada (17, 3.41 ERA), LHP Adrián Morejón (10, 1.96 ERA); Phillies—RHP Orion Kerkering (12, 2.48 ERA), Strahm (9), Romano (6).

Training room

San Diego: SS Xander Bogaerts is day-to-day after exiting Sunday’s game with cramping. He also missed Wednesday’s game with left shoulder soreness. RHP Ryan Bergert hit the injured list with a forearm contusion last week. RHP Yu Darvish (elbow) will throw another sim game this week, while RHP Michael King (shoulder) is in the early stages of a throwing progression. RHP Logan Gillaspie (oblique) is rehabbing at Triple-A El Paso.

Philadelphia: 1B Bryce Harper could return from right wrist inflammation as soon as Monday. RHP Aaron Nola won’t return from an ankle sprain and rib fracture until at least early August.