Phillies, minus Bryce Harper, put it all together in 8-5 win over Padres

SAN DIEGO — When Bryce Harper missed a few games at the end of the Dodgers series in Los Angeles in mid-May after getting an injection to treat the torn ligament in his right elbow, Kyle Schwarber noticed something. The Phillies were pressing. Hitters were trying to be someone they were not — Bryce Harper — and they were failing.

Now the Phillies find themselves in a familiar situation, but this time, they are rallying nicely. Only 14 innings have passed since Harper was hit on the hand with a 97 mph fastball that fractured his left thumb, but the Phillies have made the most of those innings. The offense has scored 12 runs over that span. The bullpen has only allowed one runner to get on base.

“We’ve had Harp down a couple of games before,” he added. “We had a little taste of it. Not saying that’s a good thing, obviously we all want him in the lineup, but we’ve had him down before. We’ve all been in that spot where he’s not in the lineup and we have to go out and win a baseball game.” It went well. Castellanos, who entered Sunday’s game batting batting .175 for this road trip, went 4-for-5, all singles. It was his first multihit game since June 17, and his first four-hit game since Aug. 21, 2019. None of them was particularly hard hit, but it was a promising sign from a player who has looked lost of late.Phillies starter Kyle Gibson entered Sunday’s game having not walked or hit a batter in his previous two starts.

“There were flashes of some stuff that looked okay. I had command of my slider for maybe half the time and then even that went away. It was a frustrating outing. But what a great job by Nellie [Nick Nelson] and Alvy [José Alvarado] and [Andrew] Bellatti and [Corey] Knebel coming in and picking me up, and the offense did a great job of battling back. Defense played awesome. Just a great comeback. We needed it.

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