Padres Rally in Sixth, Breathe Sigh in Ninth : Baseball: Sheffield caps five-run inning with two-run double. Myers escapes ninth in an 8-7 victory.

They gave away white All-Star T-shirts Friday night, and it sure looked like a group surrender when the 35,376 in San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium waved the things.

But after Padre starter Bruce Hurst had been banished to the showers early when three of his pitches had landed on the wrong side of the outfield fence, Philadelphia showed the Padres that anyone can blow a game here and there.

All it takes, as the Padres know, is the right mix of poor pitching and bad luck.

And in the sixth inning of the Padres’ 8-7 victory, the Phillies had both.

The Padres sent nine men to the plate, scored five times and roared back from a 5-1 deficit to win their second game in a row.

Of course, what would any Padre victory be without a little suspense? Leading, 8-5, entering the ninth, Larry Andersen put two runners on base and then, with two outs, Randy Myers came on to load the bases with a walk to John Kruk and allow two runs on a single to Wes Chamberlain. Finally, though, with the Padres clinging to a one-run lead and the bases loaded, Myers induced Ruben Amaro to fly to right to end the game.

And yes, they actually awarded a save to Myers, his 15th and only his second since May 29. Rich Rodriguez (4-2), who pitched one inning, got the victory.

It wasn’t exactly a glimpse at two powerhouses.

The Phillies, in the midst of their longest West Coast trip in history (in more ways than one), have lost six in a row and 10 of their past 12. They are 2-9 on the trip.

As for the Padres, they have lost six of nine on their current home stand, but, since the Philly Phollies have arrived in town, things have been looking up.

For only the third time since June 18, Padre Manager Greg Riddoch was able to pencil the names of Tony Fernandez, Tony Gwynn, Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff into the first four slots in the lineup.

Not coincidentally, the five-run sixth was the Padres’ biggest inning since scoring five runs in the fourth on June 18 at San Francisco.

“Well, you can tell it,” Riddoch said. “Like I said in spring training, we can’t replace All-Star players with All-Star players. We don’t have that kind of depth.

“We have guys to replace them, but not of the caliber of a McGriff or a Sheffield.”

Sheffield collected two doubles and two RBIs; Fernandez had an RBI single and Gwynn went 2-for-5.

And with catcher Benito Santiago expected back from an injury rehabilitation assignment today, Riddoch’s smile should break into a broad grin.

But it was center fielder Darrin Jackson who sparked things the most on Friday evening, going 3-for-5 and scoring three runs. Jackson started the season slowly but has batted .342 in his past 28 games.

Jackson led off the Padre sixth with an innocent-enough single to right that started the rampage.

Dan Walters followed Jackson’s hit with another single, bringing Philadelphia Manager Jim Fregosi out to yank starter Mike Williams. In came Barry Jones, who quickly walked Jerald Clark.

Jones’ next two pitches each landed on the outfield grass: Kurt Stillwell and pinch-hitter Phil Stephenson each singled. Jackson, Walters and Clark scored, tying the game at 5.

That was it for Jones; Fregosi summoned Wally Ritchie. Ritchie got two out, but Sheffield ripped a double into left field, driving Stillwell and Stephenson home.

By the time the Phillies escaped, they trailed, 7-5.

That gave a night’s worth of redemption to Hurst, who turned in his shortest outing since April 27--also against Philadelphia--when he was chased after only 3 2/3 innings. On that day, he surrendered seven runs and nine hits.

Actually, Hurst has been clobbered by the Phillies all three times he has faced them in 1992 after entering the season with a career record of 5-0 with a 2.30 ERA against them.

In three appearances this season, he is 0-1 with a 10.28 ERA. He has lasted 3 2/3 innings, 5 1/3 innings and 5 innings.

Friday, Hurst left after five innings and 97 pitches. By comparison, Philadelphia’s Terry Mulholland threw only 90 pitches during a complete game loss to the Padres the day before.

Hurst departed after allowing five runs and eight hits. The unfortunate part of that line, for Hurst, that three of the eight hits were homers. Mariano Duncan got him twice, and Chamberlain added another.

But then, Padre pitchers have had a penchant for throwing home run pitches. Only San Francisco’s staff has allowed more than the Padres’ 65.

It was only the third two-homer game of Duncan’s seven-year major league career. He last did it Sept. 12, 1991, as a Cincinnati Red, against San Francisco.

The Padres, meanwhile, drew the task of facing a right-hander named Mike Williams, someone whom they knew little about.

Williams, making just his third big league appearance, was coming off of a complete-game, 9-3 victory over Los Angeles. During that effort, he tied the staff low for hits allowed in a complete game--three--and he became the first Philadelphia rookie to throw a complete game since Pat Combs did it in 1990.

Although Williams was removed in the sixth, the Padres did learn that the guy can hit a little. He singled to left to drive in Philadelphia’s first run in the second and added another single in the sixth.

In his complete game victory against the Dodgers, he went 2-for-4 with an RBI. And he is batting .571, 4-for7.

Williams’ second-inning single was the only damaging blow in what could have been a disastrous inning for Hurst. He allowed four consecutive singles but then induced Stan Javier to hit what was, for Hurst, the most beautiful ground ball of the evening--directly at Fernandez, who started a double play.

After four singles, the Phillies managed only one meager run.

They added one more in the third when shortstop Duncan led off by sending a 0-and-1 pitch over the left-field fence. But Hurst was able to settle down and retire the next three batters, keeping the score 2-0.

The Padres finally squeezed a run out of Williams in the fourth to trim the score to 2-1. Jackson singled to left and two batters later, Clark dropped a high fly into shallow left field for a double, allowing Jackson to score.