Harper’s homer, Nola’s arm lift Phillies past Padres 3‑2

PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Bryce Harper hit a two-run homer and scored on a double-play grounder as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park. Harper’s 14th home run tied the game at 2 in the fourth inning. He scored the go-ahead run in the sixth when Alec Bohm grounded into a double play, part of three double plays turned by the Padres defense. Aaron Nola struck out eight over five innings, allowing two runs and four hits, to improve to 2-1. Nola won for the second time this season against San Diego. Jose Alvarado pitched a scoreless inning and Jhoan Duran struck out three in the ninth for his 13th save. Gavin Sheets hit a two-run homer in the third for the Padres, his 10th, scoring Fernando Tatis Jr. Padres starter Randy Vasquez allowed two runs on five hits in five innings. Reliever Jeremiah Estrada took the loss, falling to 2-2. San Diego, which fell to 32-27, had seven hits. Philadelphia, now 31-29, had nine. Attendance was 38,763. Game time was 2:38.