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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit his 25th home run and ended the game with a 12th-inning sacrifice fly, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

The defending NL champions won three in a row over the Padres after opening the second half with a loss to San Diego. The Padres dropped to 44-60, including 19-27 on the road.

Philadelphia (51-42) overcame a 3-0 deficit, then wasted a 5-3 lead when pinch-hitter Fernando Tatis Jr. had a two-run single in the eighth off Gregory Soto. Juan Soto hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th against Matt Strahm and Bryce Harper hit a tying single off Josh Hader in the bottom half.

San Diego Padres relief pitcher Adrian Morejon fields a ground ball before throwing to first for the out on New York Mets' Luis Guillorme during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 7, 2023, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Knuckleballer Matt Waldron was recalled from Triple-A El Paso by the San Diego Padres, who placed left-hander Adrian Morejon on the 15-day injured list because of right knee inflammation.

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. is hit by a pitch from Philadelphia Phillies' Yunior Marte during the seventh inning of the first baseball game in a doubleheader, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. left the second game of a Saturday doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth inning with an ankle injury.

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper hits a home run against San Diego Padres pitcher Ryan Weathers during the fourth inning of the second baseball game in a doubleheader, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Bryce Harper ended the longest homerless streak of his major league career in the second game, and the Philadelphia Phillies swept a doubleheader from the San Diego Padres 6-4 and 9-4.

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado hits a home run against Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Jeff Hoffman during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 14, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Manny Machado, Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. homered, Yu Darvish struck out nine in six sharp innings and the San Diego Padres defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 in a rematch of last year’s National League Championship Series.

With automatic runner Edmundo Sosa on second base starting the 12th, Johan Rojas sacrificed against side-arming left-hander Tim Hill (1-4) and Schwarber hit a 304-foot fly to Soto in left. Sosa slid home easily ahead of Soto’s throw.

Jeff Hoffman (3-1) retired six straight batters.

San Diego manager Bob Melvin was ejected in the 12th by crew chief Dan Bellino after a pitch-clock violation call, Melvin’s fifth ejection this season and the 59th of his managing career.

Phillies starter Zack Wheeler allowed three runs and five hits in seven innings with seven strikeouts and no walks.

Ha-Seong Kim and Xander Bogaerts built an early lead when each hit his 11th homer, Kim connecting in the first and Bogaerts in the fourth. Trent Grisham made it 3-0 with and RBI double in the fifth.

Bryson Stott homered in the bottom half and Schwarber went deep to spark a four-run sixth. J.T. Realmuto’s two-run double that chased starter Seth Lugo and Drew Ellis had bases-loaded walk off

BRYCE IN THE FIELD

Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Harper likely will play his first big league game at first base in the next week, his first time in the field since Tommy John surgery last November. Harper has been a DH and pinch hitter since his return on May 2.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Padres: LHP Adrian Morejon was placed on the 15-day IL with right knee inflammation.

Phillies: OF Cristian Pache will have right elbow surgery to re-insert a screw from a 2015 operation that has become troublesome. Thomson said the procedure will sideline Pache for “weeks, but not months.”