Late Night with Cameron Rupp

Cameron Rupp led off the top of the 12th inning with a solo homer on a 3-2 pitch from San Diego Padres reliever Kevin Quackenbush (1-2), providing the winning margin in the Phillies 4-3 victory in late night Friday action.

Of course, it was only late night on Friday if you were with the team, or somewhere else out in the western time zone. Here in Philly, for those night owls still watching, it was almost 2:30am on Saturday morning when Ken Giles closed the hosts out in the bottom of the 12th with his 4th Save.

Hours earlier, the Padres had jumped out to an early 3-0 lead off Phillies rookie starter Aaron Nola. A 2-out, full count RBI single from Derek Norris scored Justin Upton to make it…