Kyle Schwarber continues to thrive at Petco Park, which is known to be unkind for hitters

SAN DIEGO — Once in a while, Kyle Schwarber will glance up at the second deck at Petco Park, where he once parked the furthest-hit homer ever at the stadium.

His 488-foot blast in the 2022 National League Championship Series, off Yu Darvish in Game 1, was one of 11 he’s hit in San Diego in his career. Schwarber doesn’t ever think about it when he’s in the batter’s box, preferring to stay in the moment during a game, but he can still appreciate the memory.

“It’s always fun to kind of look up there now that you’ve done it, and realize,” Schwarber said, “it’s kind of far.”

Petco Park isn’t typically kind to hitters, and especially not left-handed hitters. According to StatCast data from the past three seasons, it has a park factor of 97, indicating that it favors pitchers.

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Bryce Harper experienced that firsthand on Monday, when he crushed a ball 108.6 mph that travelled 399 feet, but it died at the wall and stayed in the stadium for a flyout.

“Harp’s ball, it got cool and kind of kept that from going out,” said interim manager Don Mattingly. “Early in the game, that probably goes. But you do see on the West Coast, you start to get that moisture late in the game, and it cools down, the ball doesn’t fly as well.”

On Tuesday, though, Harper was able to overcome the cooler temperatures of the San Diego evening with a first-inning solo home run off Randy Vásquez.

Schwarber doesn’t have an explanation for why he’s had success in San Diego. He homered Monday against Padres starter Griffin Canning to bring his MLB-leading total this season to 21.

“It’s just weird,” Schwarber said. “I don’t know, it’s coincidental. ... I don’t know how else to explain it, but hopefully it continues.”

Added Brandon Marsh: “He’s special, man. I’ve never seen a dude pump them out of the yard like Schwarber does, so I feel like I’m never surprised anymore.”

With the Phillies’ right-handed bats continuing to scuffle in Monday’s series opener against the Padres — Trea Turner, Adolis García, and Alec Bohm went a collective 0-for-10 — Mattingly made some changes on Tuesday.

Turner dropped from the leadoff spot to No. 2 in the order, swapping lineup spots with Schwarber. García had the day off against Vásquez, with Marsh hitting cleanup and sliding over to right field, and Edmundo Sosa drawing into the lineup in left field.

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Both Turner and García are mired in slumps. In the month of May, Turner was hitting .178 with a .474 OPS, while García had a .135 average and .435 OPS.

“It looked like [García] was just forcing it,” Mattingly said. “Looked like he needed a day. ... Then, with the Trea thing, not really doing anything a lot different. We’re just looking for a little different feel for him.”

With Sosa hitting ninth, Schwarber moving to the leadoff spot also helped split up the two right-handers.

While he’s been scuffling, Turner hasn’t been finding other ways to get on base, either. His on-base percentage for the season is .277, compared to his career marker of .346. The shortstop hit a solo home run in the third inning on Tuesday’s game.

“It’s not ideal,” Mattingly said. “You’d like that guy getting on base, especially when you got Schwarber coming up, but it’s not a situation you think is going to sustain itself. Trea’s going to get it together.”

Cristopher Sánchez (5-2, 1.62 ERA) is scheduled to start Wednesday’s series finale against Padres right-hander Walker Buehler (3-2, 5.05). Sánchez carries a scoreless streak of 37⅔ innings into the game, which in franchise history trails only Grover Alexander’s 41-inning streak in 1911.