Phillies blank Padres as Jesús Luzardo tosses six scoreless innings, Brandon Marsh belts two-run homer

Lochlahn March, The Philadelphia Inquirer on May 25, 2026

Published in Baseball

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SAN DIEGO — Jesús Luzardo pulled off his glasses and grinned.

He had capped six shutout innings against the Padres with a flyout from former teammate Nick Castellanos. It had been a battle from start to finish, but Luzardo kept on wriggling out of jams to hold San Diego off the scoreboard.

He rebounded from a 27-pitch first inning to post a quality start in the Phillies’ 3-0 series-opening win over the Padres.

Kyle Schwarber gave the Phillies an early lead with a solo homer to right field. That was the only hit allowed by Padres starter Griffin Canning until the seventh inning, when Schwarber delivered again with a single. Brandon Marsh then pounced on a slider for a two-run homer to add to the Phillies’ lead.

The hardest-hit ball of the day came from Bryce Harper, a 108.6-mph, 399-foot blast in the eighth inning, but somehow it stayed in the ballpark for Jackson Merrill to make the catch at the center-field wall.

It looked like it was shaping up to be a rough day for Luzardo in the first inning. The Padres had the bases loaded with no outs, courtesy of two singles and a fielding error from Trea Turner at shortstop. But Luzardo battled back, striking out Manny Machado and Merrill.

That brought up Castellanos. Luzardo jumped ahead 0-2, but Castellanos worked the count full before grounding out to Turner to end the threat.

It wasn’t the only time Luzardo worked around traffic, as he allowed the leadoff man aboard in each of the first three innings. But each time, he found a way out. Catcher Rafael Marchán helped Luzardo out in the second inning by catching a runner stealing, and the defense turned a double play in the third inning.

It helped Luzardo become more efficient, and he finished six scoreless innings with 104 pitches. He allowed four hits, issued two walks, hit one batter and struck out six.

The bullpen picked up the baton, with Orion Kerkering pitching a 1-2-3 seventh. Brad Keller sidestepped a leadoff walk to Fernando Tatís Jr. for a scoreless eighth. Jhoan Duran pitched the ninth and picked up his 10th save of the season and 100th of his career.