SAN DIEGO — Don Mattingly has been peppered with questions over the past few weeks about potentially moving a struggling Trea Turner out of the leadoff spot.

The Phillies’ interim manager had been resistant to that change — until now.

“Mattingly texted me yesterday — me and Kyle — and I was all for it,” Turner said. “It’s, I guess, kind of an honor to hit at the top of the order and you want to be up there. You want to take pride in that, but whether it’s one, two, three, four — whatever it is is fine with me.”

The Phillies are hoping to find some sort of spark for the reigning National League batting champion — and they may have done just that.

Turner, who entered Tuesday hitting .221 with a .277 on-base percentage and a .608 OPS, smashed a Statcast-projected 434-foot solo homer in the top of the third inning. He added a base hit in the fifth, then notched his 10th stolen base of the season.

“That home run — that was a big one tonight,” said Aaron Nola, who had a bounce-back game of his own. “I mean, we know what kind of player and hitter Trea is. It’s only a matter of time when he does what he does. He can do so much, can obviously hit home runs, he can cause havoc on the basepaths, get hits. All-around good player.”

Prior to his multihit effort against the Padres, Turner had gone 0-for-16 with six strikeouts over the past four games. He entered the night hitting just .178 (16-for-90) with a .475 OPS in May.

Turner wasn’t the only slumping Phillie to potentially turn a corner on Tuesday night. J.T. Realmuto hit his first homer since April 1 — and just his second of the season — en route to reaching base three times. The home run also marked Realmuto’s 500th extra-base hit of his career.

Along with a Harper solo shot in the first, the Phils provided just enough offense for Nola to earn only his second win in his past nine outings. The veteran right-hander turned in a much-needed strong effort, allowing just two runs over six innings — and both runs scored on a two-run homer after Turner misplayed a potential inning-ending groundout.

“If it wasn’t for that play up the middle, he probably could have went scoreless,” Turner said. “He was getting ahead of guys, the sinker was really good, curveball was sharp — he looked great.”

Turner was a catalyst atop the lineup last season. He led the NL with a .304 average, while his .312 average specifically out of the leadoff spot was the fourth best in the Majors. That set the table for a Phillies offense that ranked eighth in the Majors in runs per game (4.8).

This year, however, the Phils entered Tuesday tied for 22nd in runs per game (4.0).

While Schwarber is tied for the MLB lead with eight first-inning home runs, Turner has been on base for only two of those. The other six — all out of the No. 2 spot — have been solo shots.

“Obviously, it’s not ideal,” Mattingly said. “You’d like that [leadoff] guy to be getting on base, especially when you’ve got Schwarb and Harp coming up. But it’s not a situation that you think is going to sustain itself. Trea’s going to get it together. … So yeah, it’s not ideal, but it kind of is what it is right now.”

Mattingly isn’t expecting Turner to suddenly see better pitches or magically flip a switch just because he’s hitting second. But we have seen Schwarber immediately put the opposing starter on his heels enough times over the past few years that maybe Turner steps to the plate in a more favorable spot.

Schwarber — who ranks among the top 10 all-time in leadoff homers — led all players in leadoff blasts during his time as the Phillies’ primary leadoff man from 2022-24. In fact, despite Tuesday marking only the 15th time Schwarber has hit leadoff over the past two seasons, he still has 10 more leadoff homers than any other player going back to 2022.

Turner, of course, hit second behind Schwarber for the majority of those games. The speedy shortstop has hit second nearly as many times (516) as he’s hit leadoff (633) in his career.

So, could this be a more permanent swap atop the lineup?

“I mean, I think we just see, right?” Mattingly said. “Schwarbs has hit first a lot. Trea has hit two, he’s hit one. I really don’t think it’s a big deal, honestly, which one’s which. I’d like to get Trea going, and really hopefully, just give a little different feel to where he’s at.”

“I’ll do whatever for the team,” Turner said. “And just to shake things up, I thought it was good.”