Max Kepler watched it fly. On Monday, he would have had his first homer — and extra-base hit — since June 16, but Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill hauled it back over the wall before it could become a three-run shot.

Kepler hit his 10th homer of the season — a two-run shot off San Diego starter Dylan Cease (3-8) in the fourth inning — to put the Phillies ahead 2-1.Marsh hit a solo home run of Cease an inning later, his third this season, to make it 3-1.