PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez ran his consecutive shutout innings streak to 50 2/3 before allowing a run and earned the win after J.T. Realmuto and Kyle Schwarber homered in the seventh inning, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.
Jhoan Duran worked a scoreless ninth for his 14th save.
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San Diego Padres' Ty France scores past Philadelphia Phillies' J.T. Realmuto on a run-scoring single by San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
San Diego Padres' Walker Buehler wipes his face while pitching against Philadelphia Phillies' Trea Turner during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies' Adolis García hits a run-scoring double against San Diego Padres pitcher Walker Buehler during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies' Cristopher Sánchez reacts after pitching during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies' Cristopher Sánchez pitches during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Sánchez’s streak ranks as the third-best overall dating to the start of the Live Ball Era in 1920 behind the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser, with a record 59 straight scoreless innings in 1988, and Don Drysdale with 58 in 1968. With a scoreless first inning against the Padres, Sánchez topped Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell's mark of 45 1/3 in 1933 for longest by a left-hander.
Sánchez (7-2) breezed through six scoreless innings against the Padres before allowing a two-out double in the seventh to Ty France. Sánchez allowed an RBI single to lefty-swinging Jackson Merrill that scored France and accounted for the only run he allowed since the end of April.
Sánchez stood on the mound and finally cracked a smile and fidgeted with the bill of his cap after a nearly minute-long standing ovation from 40,453 Phillies fans. He finished with eight strikeouts.
Sánchez last allowed two runs in the first inning of a 3-2 victory over the Giants on April 30.
Sánchez got the run support he needed for the win in the bottom of the seventh when Realmuto and Schwarber hit solo homers off Padres reliever Jason Adam (2-1) to make it 3-1.
Adolis Garcia, struggling mightily and batting .193 in his first season as Nick Castellanos' replacement in right field, laced an RBI double to center off Padres starter Walker Buehler in the fifth for the 1-0 lead.
Phillies reliever Brad Keller drilled Xander Bogaerts with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to make it 3-2.
The Padres send RHP Lucas Giolito (2-0, 4.97 ERA) against Phillies RHP Zack Wheeler (4-1, 2.27 ERA) on Thursday
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San Diego Padres' Ty France scores past Philadelphia Phillies' J.T. Realmuto on a run-scoring single by San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
San Diego Padres' Walker Buehler wipes his face while pitching against Philadelphia Phillies' Trea Turner during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies' Adolis García hits a run-scoring double against San Diego Padres pitcher Walker Buehler during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies' Cristopher Sánchez reacts after pitching during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies' Cristopher Sánchez pitches during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nelly Korda won the 81st U.S. Women's Open on Sunday for her second consecutive major victory, holding off Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez by one shot when her final 2 1/2-foot par putt curled perilously around the cup and dropped in.
Korda's first U.S. Open win is the fourth major victory of her career, and she claimed it with a steady 2-under 69 in the final round — but only after her second putt on the 18th green caught the left edge and toured half the circumference of the hole before falling.
The top-ranked Korda put her hand over her open mouth in disbelief before finally laughing at the frightening way she had finished a victory that emphasized her dominance of the sport. She finished at 8-under 269 after sharing the lead with multiple competitors throughout the windy finale of the first Women's Open ever held at 100-year-old Riviera.
“I feel like I’m in a dream,” Korda told the gallery. “I just can’t even explain how much this means to me with all of you here cheering me on.”
Korda made a 9-foot birdie putt on the 17th to break out of a four-way tie for the lead with Lopez, the hard-charging Hull and three-time major champion In Gee Chun. Korda two-putted for par on the 18th, claiming the $2.5 million winner’s share of this Open’s record $12.5 million purse.
The 27-year-old Korda won The Chevron Championship in April, and she had three victories and three second-place finishes in her first seven starts of a spectacular season after going winless in 2025. After a rough opening-round 73 during which she changed out of a pair of Nike shoes given to her by LeBron James, she coolly put together back-to-back 67s to take a share of the lead into the final round.
The leaderboard only separated late on Sunday after seven players began within two strokes of the lead.
Four shared the lead late, but only Korda avoided a bogey on the back nine, allowing her to fend off excellent final rounds from England's Hull and Mexico's Lopez, who both narrowly missed out on their first major victories.
Hull began the day three shots back, but she charged into the lead before the wind picked up off the Pacific and led to a roller-coaster finish — for everybody except Korda.
The champion made just three birdies and a bogey, playing steadily and comfortably with her improved competitive mentality. Korda has stressed positivity and steadiness after her inexplicably winless 2025, and it has paid off with one of the most outstanding starts to a season in recent golf history.
Three-time major champion In Gee Chun finished two shots back at 6-under 278, while third-round co-leader Sei Young Kim carded a 1-over 72 to finish at 279.
Hull played her first two rounds at 3 over, squeezing under the cut by one stroke while saying she had been confused by the speed of the greens. The Englishwoman decided to play with all the aggression she could muster Saturday, and she played the final two rounds at 10 under, including Saturday’s low round at 65.
Hull started three groups ahead of the leaders on a sunny Sunday in Pacific Palisades, and she was hunting flagsticks again. She eagled the first hold before briefly seizing the lead with back-to-back birdies after her turn.
Hull’s bogey on the 14th left Lopez, Chun, Kim and Korda all tied for the lead at 7 under. When Kim and Lopez fell back with bogeys, Korda added to her string of nine consecutive pars.
After Hull made a 7-foot birdie putt on the 17th to regain a share of the lead, Korda barely missed a 22-foot birdie putt on the 16th.
Hull ended with a 9 1/2-foot par putt for her 67. A few minutes later, Lopez made her 15-foot putt to join the pack of leaders, but Korda pulled ahead moments later with her comfortable birdie on the 17th.
Korda dropped her approach shot squarely on the 18th green and two-putted to another major victory – but only after a major last-second scare.
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Nelly Korda reacts after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Nelly Korda celebrates after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Nelly Korda holds up the trophy after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Nelly Korda reacts after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Nelly Korda hits on the third hole during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Nelly Korda hits on the third hole during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Nelly Korda walks on the eighth green during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
Nelly Korda reacts after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Nelly Korda reacts after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
