San Diego, CA - J.D. Durbin tossed nine scoreless innings to notch his first-career shutout, as the Philadelphia Phillies blanked the San Diego Padres, 9-0, at Petco Park.
Durbin (2-2) gave up five hits while striking out three and walking three to win his second straight start for the Phillies. On Tuesday, Durbin tossed six innings of one-run ball in a 15-3 rout of the Dodgers to pick up his first- career victory.
“Our gloves were working and so were our bats,” Durbin said. “I haven’t thrown the ball really well to my liking over my last four or five starts. I probably threw as good five days ago.”
Jimmy Rollins went 3-for-4 and fell a double short of the cycle with a single, home run and triple for the Phillies, who took three of four from San Diego. Shane Victorino went 3-for-6 with a pair of doubles and three RBI in the win.
San Diego starter Jake Peavy (9-5) pitched six innings, allowing four runs on nine hits to go along with six strikeouts and two walks. Peavy’s last victory came on June 19.
The Padres, who have lost three straight, finished with just five hits.
“J.D. showed early he was throwing strikes,” said San Diego manager Bud Black, who was ejected in the fifth inning. “We hit the ball hard early in the game but didn’t come up with any runs. His confidence grew, he started getting his breaking ball over the plate.”
The Phillies scored a pair of runs in the second to take an early lead. Rollins led off the inning with a home run to right, his 19th of the season. Chase Utley worked a walk with one out and scored on Ryan Howard’s controversial double to right. On a bounce, the ball appeared to hit off the hand of a fan in the front row, but the umpires ruled the ball never made contact with the fan.
Philadelphia added two runs in the fifth to increase its lead to four runs. Rollins led the frame off with a triple and he scored on Victorino’s bloop double to shallow left. Utley then moved Victorino over to third on a ground out to second, and Victorino scored on Howard’s sacrifice fly to left to make it 4-0.
The Phillies tacked on five more runs in the eighth to make it 9-0. Michael Bourn led off the inning with a three-base hit and scored with one out on Chris Coste’s ground out to the mound. Durbin then helped himself at the plate with a double to right and Rollins followed with a walk. Victorino plated two more runs on a double that just made it inside the left-field line. Royce Ring then entered the contest in relief of Doug Brocail and walked Utley and Howard back-to-back before Aaron Rowand plated two with a single.
Game Notes
The Phillies are 16-6 in their last 22 matchups with San Diego…Howard ended 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBI…San Diego catcher Michael Barrett was ejected by home plate umpire Chris Guccione in the fifth inning after arguing a called third strik
