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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The NFLs schedule makers have done what the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers havent been able to do for more than a month: make sure one of those struggling teams doesnt pick up another loss.The Jets (3-9) take their four-game losing streak to the Bay Area on Sunday when they will face a 49ers team on an even longer skid.San Francisco (1-11) has lost a franchise-record 11 straight games since a season-opening win over the Rams.One of the things we always talk about with sports is it teaches us certain life lessons and it brings out the best in us or exposes the worst in us, Jets receiver Brandon Marshall said.This is a great season for both teams to really mature and grow not only as a team and organization but also as men.In a season of ineptitude for both teams, last week might have marked new lows for both. New York was thoroughly embarrassed on the national stage Monday night in a 41-10 loss to Indianapolis that left coach Todd Bowles repeatedly saying they kicked our asses.Things werent any better for the Niners, who went into the snow in Chicago and lost 26-6 to a Bears team that had won only twice previously all season.Quarterback Colin Kaepernick was pulled in the fourth quarter after completing just one pass all game and taking six sacks and San Franciscos porous defense was carved up by third-string quarterback Matt Barkley.Now both teams are playing out the string with the Jets turning to Bryce Petty as starting quarterback for the final four games and Kaepernick back as starter in San Francisco.I think the game is the easy part, Marshall said. When youre having a season like this, Sundays are easy. Its the work you have to put in leading up to Sunday that makes it harder.This week was especially tough for the Niners. Coach Chip Kelly left the team for a few days this week to be with his family following the death of his father , Paul.Kelly attended the funeral in Maine on Tuesday before returning for practice Wednesday as coordinators Jim ONeill on defense and Curtis Modkins on offense led the team in his absence.Obviously we want to win for ourselves because its been way too long but when something like that happens, you know what it would mean to him and his family, receiver Torrey Smith said.Here are some other things to watch:PETTYS READY: Petty, a fourth-rounder from Baylor last year, will make his second NFL start , but first since Bowles tapped him to be the Jets quarterback for the final four games of the season. Petty went 11 of 25 for 135 yards with a TD and two interceptions Monday in relief of Ryan Fitzpatrick.Things to learn from, Petty said. I did some good things, did some things that I want back. Second time being there in live action. As far as an overall grade, its kind of tough to say. Whether its A, B, or C or anything like that. You just have to continue to grow.KAP REGRESSES: After the most productive four-game stretch of his career as a passer, Kaepernick took a major step backward in Chicago .Kaepernick went just 1 for 5 for 4 yards, while taking five sacks for 25 yards. Kaepernick had played well before that, throwing for 1,110 yards in his previous four games, the most of any four-game stretch of his career. He threw eight touchdowns and two interceptions, good for a passer rating of 96.0, with 223 yards rushing.STILL GOING: Jets running back Matt Forte needs 60 yards from scrimmage to reach 1,100 for the ninth consecutive season.Forte, who turns 31 Saturday, would become the fifth running back in NFL history to begin his career with that many, joining Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Curtis Martin and Ricky Watters. Forte is 12th in the NFL with 784 yards rushing, and has 29 catches for 256 yards this season, his first with the Jets.FLAG DAY: After being the least-penalized team in the league in the first seven games with just 31 infractions, the 49ers have been on the wrong side of the NFL law of late. San Franciscos 46 penalties over the past five weeks are the most in the league and a major concern for Kelly.We have to do a good job as a coaching staff of emphasizing and understand of how much of an impact those penalties and that penalty yardage can have on us, Kelly said.CLOUDY MEMORIES: Marshalls first game at Levis Stadium was memorable for everybody but him. Marshall caught three TD passes for Chicago in a 28-20 win in 2014 in the first regular-season game at the stadium. Marshall said he doesnt remember much from that game because he was on painkillers for a high ankle sprain.I just remember catching those balls, he said. That was pretty much it.---AP Sports Writer Dennis Waszak Jr. contributed to this report---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL SAN DIEGO -- Jabari Blash chopped a grounder toward third base and immediately feared for the worst.I knew there was a chance for a triple play, he said.San Diegos pinch-hitter was right. The Philadelphia Phillies went around the horn for the first triple play ever at Petco Park, then took advantage of a key error to beat the Padres 6-5 on Sunday.A throwing error by rookie shortstop Jose Rondon on Cesar Hernandezs grounder was costly in the seventh. Rondons two-base error set up pinch-hitter Tommy Josephs two-out RBI single to score Hernandez with the go-ahead run.But it was the bottom of the inning that the Padres were still kicking themselves about.The Padres were gifted two walks to open the seventh, but then Blash hit into the 5-4-3 triple play.With runners on first and second, Blash hit a grounder to Maikel Franco at third. He stepped on the bag and fired to second baseman Hernandez to erase Rondon. Hernandezs relay to first beat Blash by a step.Im someone that wants to bring that tying run in or potentially put us ahead, Blash said. It wasnt the ideal situation.It was the Phillies first triple play since doing it against the New York Mets on Aug. 23, 2009.Jerad Eickhoff (7-12) pitched six innings, surrendering five runs (four earned) and five hits with five strikeouts as the Phillies claimed the series.Brad Hand (3-3) took the loss.Starter Jarred Cosart recorded a season-high five strikeouts over his five innings. He was charged with five runs, 10 hits and no walks.I would grade myself much better today than my last start, he said. I was calmed down. I tried to settle in a little.Padres manager Andy Green agreed.I thought he was better today, he said. He was in the strike zone. Hee gave us a chance.ddddddddddddRyan Schimpfs 326-foot game-tying two-run homer just stayed fair down the right-field line and capped the Padres three-run sixth inning.Alex Dickersons seventh homer of the year in the fourth pulled the Padres within 5-2.Philadelphia sent nine batters to the plate in the fourth to seize a 5-1 edge as Cosart got knocked around. Most of the damage came with two outs.San Diego tied it at 1 in the third, thanks to some sloppy Philadelphia defense. Derek Norris opened with a single and Franco then flagged down Rondons hot grounder at third, but Francos errant throw to second went into right field for an error. Norris eventually scored on Travis Jankowskis groundout.The Phillies struck in the first inning. Odubel Herrera turned on Cosarts 92-mph fastball for a solo homer, his 12th on the season. That snapped a string of 13 consecutive innings that the Phillies had failed to score with Eickhoff pitching.UP NEXTPhillies: RHP Zach Eflin (3-4, 4.77) gets the nod as the team continues its West Coast swing against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday. Eflin has won but once in his last four starts, which includes two no-decisions. It is Eflins first outing against the Dodgers, a team he was traded to by the San Diego Padres before he landed with the Phillies.Padres: RHP Luis Perdomo (5-5, 6.67) kicks off the Padres road trip in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Perdomo has given up three runs of less in seven of his last nine starts since June 15. He was tagged for a loss in his last outing, working 6 2/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday. ' ' '