SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – The San Diego Padres could not generate any offense against Zach Wheeler and the Phillies in a 4-0 loss in Philadelphia Monday night.
Wheeler struck out 10 and kept the Padres off the board over his eight innings of work in the first game of a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park.
Padres starter Matt Waldron, called up from Triple-A El Paso, gave up four earned runs and walked six batters in 4 2/3 innings. He also threw three wild pitches.
After going 0-7 with runners in scoring position on Monday, the Friars are a combined 1-31 with runners in scoring position in the first four games of their six-game road trip that began Friday in Cincinnati.
Jackson Merrill provided the lone Padres highlight in Monday’s game, robbing Max Kepler of a three-run home run with a spectacular catch over the center field wall in the third inning.
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