Hold up: Padres 4, Phillies 2

Thankfully out of San Francisco, the Phillies headed south to San Diego to take on a Padres team that is still on the fringes of the wild card chase, but hasn’t been playing great baseball of late. It’s a tough series, no doubt, but this game was a winnable game. Instead, a questionable decision late, coupled with some shoddy fielding, ended up costing them the win.

The Phillies got on the board first in this one when Nick Castellanos took a hanging slider from Padres starter Ryan Bergert deep to center, this time beyond Jackson Merrill’s reach for a solo home run.

However, Suarez couldn’t make the lead hold. After giving up a leadoff single in the bottom of the frame to Xander Bogaerts,…