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Wheeler Outduels Skubal, Phillies Blank Detroit 5-0 to Take the Series into the Break
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Detroit Tigers 0 at Comerica Park, a two-hit shutout and a series win going into the All-Star break. Zack Wheeler out-duels Tarik Skubal head to head, six innings, two hits, no runs, ten strikeouts, and improves to ten and one with a two thirteen E.R.A. José Alvarado, Orion Kerkering, and Jonathan Bowlan finish it without allowing a hit, fourteen strikeouts as a staff. J.T. Realmuto, hitting two-oh-six on the season, gets plunked in the third and scores, then clears the bases with a three-run double in the sixth after Detroit intentionally walks Brandon Marsh to face Derek Hill, who strikes out looking. Hill, last night's hero, goes oh for four with four strikeouts. Bryce Harper's error comes on a ball that goes through a hole in his glove. Cristopher Sánchez is announced as the National League's All-Star Game starter for Tuesday. The Phillies go into the break fifty-four and forty-three, a game and a half back of Atlanta, holding a wild card. The show announces it's being upgraded over the break.
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Derek Hill Steals Three, Phillies Beat Detroit 4-2 as Sánchez Survives Ten Hits
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Detroit Tigers 2 at Comerica Park, a bounce-back win over a Detroit club that had won eight of its last ten. Derek Hill reaches on a third-inning throwing error and then steals second, steals third, and scores on a Trea Turner sacrifice fly, then singles in a run in the fourth and steals second again, three stolen bases in one night and his first three as a Phillie. J.T. Realmuto's two-run double off Casey Mize breaks it open. Cristopher Sánchez gives up ten hits and somehow allows only two runs across seven innings with seven strikeouts, picking off Matt Vierling in the first and getting two double plays behind him. Jhoan Duran closes it on eight pitches, three fastballs at a hundred miles an hour. Spencer Torkelson takes four pitches without swinging, gets rung up, challenges it, and the computer backs the umpire. The Phillies improve to fifty-three and forty-three, two back of Atlanta, holding a wild card, with the rubber game tomorrow before the All-Star break.
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Bullpen Blows It, Phillies Fall 10-2 to Detroit as Derek Hill Is the Entire Offense
Philadelphia Phillies 2, Detroit Tigers 10 at Comerica Park, the third blowout loss of a nine-game road trip. Aaron Nola turns in his best start in a while, five innings, two runs, eight strikeouts on eighty-four pitches, and gets pulled in a two-two tie he never gets to defend. Derek Hill is the whole offense, three for four with a solo homer and an RBI single, three of the team's four hits. Then the bullpen comes apart, Tim Mayza gives up five runs in the sixth with a balk and a throwing error, Max Lazar surrenders two homers in the seventh to Colt Keith and Spencer Torkelson, and backup catcher Garrett Stubbs throws a perfect eighth on four pitches. Kevin McGonigle, a Pennsylvania kid, takes Nola deep for a two-run shot, and the Tigers win their sixth straight. The Phillies fall to fifty-two and forty-three, three and a half back of Atlanta, tied with Miami, still holding a wild card.
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Luzardo Fans 11, Phillies Beat Reds 1-0 on Crawford's 8th-Inning Single to Take the Series
Philadelphia Phillies 1, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Great American Ball Park, a rubber-game shutout built on one run and three pitchers. Jesús Luzardo goes seven innings, allows two hits, walks two, and strikes out eleven on ninety-six pitches. Brady Singer matches him for seven and a third before the Phillies finally break through in the eighth: Gabriel Rincones Jr. is hit by a pitch, Derek Hill pinch-runs, J.T. Realmuto moves him to second on a groundout, and Justin Crawford drives a hundred-and-five mile an hour ground ball into right field to score him. Jonathan Bowlan handles the eighth and Jhoan Duran survives a single, a stolen base, and a hit batsman in the ninth to close it out, touching a hundred point six. Bryson Stott doubles for the sixteenth time and turns a spinning play in the fifth. The Phillies win the series two games to one and climb to fifty-two and forty-two, three back of Atlanta, tied with a red-hot Miami club that has won six in a row.
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Bullpen Torched for 4 Homers in One Inning, Reds Bury Phillies 11-5
Cincinnati Reds 11, Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Great American Ball Park, a bullpen game that came apart in a single inning. Alan Rangel opens and takes the loss, going three and a third with five strikeouts but surrendering a Noelvi Marte solo homer to start a fourth inning that turned into a demolition. Tanner Banks relieves him and gives up four hits and three home runs on seventeen pitches, back-to-back-to-back shots by Elly De La Cruz, Sal Stewart, and JJ Bleday. Four Reds homers in the frame. José Alvarado walks three and gives up four runs in the sixth, the last three on a bases-clearing Noelvi Marte double. Sal Stewart homers twice. Chase Burns wins it despite six walks and a hundred and six pitches in five innings. Philadelphia's bright spots are Justin Crawford, who legs out a hundred and five mile an hour ground ball into an RBI triple and steals a base, Kyle Schwarber's thirty-second home run, and J.T. Realmuto's seventh. Realmuto also takes a backwards Volpe against Burns in the second. The Phillies fall to fifty-one and forty-two, three games back of Atlanta and now tied with Miami, with the rubber game of the series tomorrow in Cincinnati.
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Wheeler Fans 14, Schwarber's 31st Sinks the Reds 4-1 as Phillies Pull to 2 Back
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Great American Ball Park, a Zack Wheeler masterpiece that pulls the Phillies within two games of the division. Wheeler goes seven innings, allows four hits and one run, walks nobody, and strikes out fourteen to tie his career high. Kyle Schwarber crushes his thirty-first home run, a two-run shot to right-center off Andrew Abbott in the third, after Trea Turner had plated the first run on a groundout; Edmundo Sosa adds a sacrifice fly in the eighth for the fourth run. Jhoan Duran closes it out touching a hundred and one on the gun. Orion Kerkering nearly gives it back with a bases-loaded eighth that gets both infield coach Bobby Dickerson and pitching coach Caleb Cotham ejected before Jonathan Bowlan escapes. The umpiring crew is overturned on eight of eleven challenges, home plate ump Malachi Moore losing six of seven at the automated zone. Sal Stewart takes a backwards Volpe against Wheeler in the first. Philadelphia climbs to fifty-one and forty-one, two back of Atlanta and a game up in the wild card, with a hot Miami club three back and breathing.
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Blown Out 15-1 in Kansas City, Royals Score in Every Inning as Sánchez Gets Rocked
Kansas City Royals 15, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Kauffman Stadium, a getaway-day beating that got out of hand before the top of the order came up twice. Cristopher Sánchez is rocked for nine runs on twelve hits in three and a third, the Royals bat around in a six-run first, and Kansas City scores in every single inning. Luke Maile, Salvador Perez, Lane Thomas, and Tyler Tolbert all homer, Tolbert adds his first career five-hit game, and by the eighth Garrett Stubbs is lobbing forty-mile-an-hour eephus pitches in mop-up. The Phillies pile up seventeen baserunners on ten hits and seven walks and cash exactly one, an Alec Bohm double in the first. Kyle Schwarber gets ejected in the sixth arguing a check swing. Philadelphia slips to fifty and forty-one, the wild-card lead trimmed to a single game, and the run differential flips from plus seven to minus seven in one afternoon.
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Nola Deals Seven, Bullpen Folds, Phillies Fall 5-2 to the Royals
Kansas City Royals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Kauffman Stadium, a game the Phillies lost in spite of Aaron Nola, not because of him. Nola throws seven innings of three-run ball with seven strikeouts, no walks, and strikes out the side in the seventh, but the offense manages just two runs against Luinder Avila and the Royals bullpen. Philadelphia claws within one at 3-2 in the seventh on a Garrett Stubbs forceout, then Seth Johnson walks two in the eighth and Salvador Perez rips a two-run double off Kyle Backhus to salt it away. Bryson Stott triples and scores both Phillies runs, Bobby Witt Jr. swipes his thirtieth bag, and the home-plate crew has a rough night at the office. Philadelphia slips to fifty and forty, still three back of Atlanta and a game and a half up in the wild card.
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Back-to-Back Bombs on the Fourth, Phillies Beat Royals 6-1 as Luzardo Deals
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Kansas City Royals 1 at Kauffman Stadium on the Fourth of July, a wire-to-wire win the Phillies never trailed in. Jesús Luzardo throws six innings of one-run ball with nine strikeouts and no walks, and the bullpen of Jonathan Bowlan, Orion Kerkering, and Tim Mayza closes it out with three scoreless. The offense does its damage on the long ball off Michael Wacha: J.T. Realmuto and Gabriel Rincones Jr. go back-to-back in the fourth, and Alec Bohm crushes a 444-foot solo shot to center in the sixth. Rincones adds an RBI double, Trea Turner scores on an Erceg wild pitch, and the Phillies improve to fifty and thirty-nine, three back of Atlanta but a game and a half up in the wild card.
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Bats Wilt in 104-Degree Heat, Phillies Fall 6-1 and Split the Series With Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Citizens Bank Park, a noon start in triple-digit heat, and the Phillies split the four-game series with a flat afternoon. Alan Rangel gives four scoreless innings on three hits and four walks, escaping bases-loaded trouble in the third, but the offense manages just four hits against Jared Jones and the Pirates bullpen game, scoring only on a Bryce Harper double in the first. The Phillies bullpen coughs up six unanswered — Esmerlyn Valdez drives in three, Endy Rodríguez and Nick Gonzales homer late, and José Alvarado takes the loss. Philadelphia falls to forty-nine and thirty-nine, back three games behind Atlanta but still two and a half up in the wild card.
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Phillies Take the Series, Torch Skenes 10-6; Turner, Marsh, and Bohm Go Deep
Philadelphia Phillies 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Citizens Bank Park, and the Phillies take the series with a slugfest against Paul Skenes. Trea Turner hits a three-run homer, his tenth, in the second; Brandon Marsh answers a first-inning robbery with a solo shot in the third, his fifteenth; and Alec Bohm caps it with a two-run drive to dead center in the eighth, his tenth. Bryce Harper adds a two-run double, Skenes is charged with eight runs in four innings, and Zack Wheeler strikes out ten in four and two-thirds but gives up nine hits and four runs. The bullpen lets the Pirates back within two on a Jared Triolo double before Orion Kerkering and Jhoan Duran slam the door. Astronaut Christina Koch throws out the first pitch. The Phillies climb to forty-nine and thirty-eight, within two and a half of Atlanta and two and a half up in the wild card.
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Sánchez Shuts Out the Pirates 8-0, Nine Punchouts; Justin Crawford Drives In Three
Philadelphia Phillies 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Citizens Bank Park, and one night after blowing a five-run lead the Phillies answer with a clean, complete beatdown. Cristopher Sánchez throws seven scoreless on three hits with nine strikeouts, pitching through a blister he picked up in the second, and the bullpen finishes a combined five-hit shutout. Justin Crawford, the rookie, goes three for three with three runs batted in, including the two-run single that opened the scoring. Trea Turner, on his birthday, drives in three and caps it with a two-run homer, his ninth. The Phillies improve to forty-eight and thirty-eight, still three back of a suddenly ice-cold Atlanta but two and a half up in the wild card, winners of seven of their last ten.
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Phillies Blow a 5-0 Lead, Fall to the Pirates 11-7; Nola Shelled as Marsh Goes Deep Twice
Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Philadelphia Phillies 7 at Citizens Bank Park, and the Phillies blow a five to nothing lead at home to a team under .500. Philadelphia jumped out early on a Trea Turner leadoff homer, his eighth, a Brandon Marsh solo shot in the first, and a Bryce Harper two-run homer, his twentieth, to lead five to nothing. Then Aaron Nola came apart, charged with eight runs, seven earned, over four and a third with two homers allowed, and the Pirates batted around for six runs in the fifth to take an eight to five lead. Brandon Marsh homered again in the eighth, his fourteenth and second of the night, but Chase Shugart gave up an Endy Rodríguez three-run homer in the ninth to put it away. Endy Rodríguez drove in four, Esmerlyn Valdez homered for the fourth straight game, and Jared Triolo hit his first of the year. The Phillies hit four home runs and still lost. They slip to forty-seven and thirty-eight, three and a half back of Atlanta, but still two up in the wild card with a seven and three last ten.
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Schwarber Hits 30 First, Phillies Take the Series! Go-Ahead Bomb Beats the Mets 5-4 at Citi
Phillies 5, Mets 4 at Citi Field, and Philadelphia takes the series two games to one. Jesús Luzardo gave five strong innings, one run on four hits with six strikeouts, and the Phillies led three to nothing into the sixth on a Bryce Harper sacrifice fly, an Alec Bohm RBI double, and a Brandon Marsh RBI single, all set up by a Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber double steal in the third. Then it fell apart fast. Chase Shugart got one out, gave up three runs, the back-breaker a two-run pinch-hit homer by A.J. Ewing that tied it, and a Carson Benge forceout put the Mets up four to three. In the seventh, Kyle Schwarber answered with a four-hundred-and-eight-foot two-run homer to dead center off Kodai Senga, his thirtieth of the year and the first player in baseball to thirty, to retake the lead five to four. Orion Kerkering walked the bases loaded in the eighth and escaped without a hit, and Jhoan Duran closed it for the save. Dr. Jürgen Luftberg drops by to run the weather on the two home runs. The Phillies climb to forty-seven and thirty-seven, three back of Atlanta, and bury a Mets team that has lost eight of ten.
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Streak Snapped: Phillies Fall to the Mets 6-2 as a Bullpen Game Unravels, Harper's Lone Homer Not Enough
Phillies 2, Mets 6 at Citi Field, and the four-game winning streak is over. Philadelphia ran a bullpen game in a rain-delayed afternoon, jumped ahead two to nothing on a Bryce Harper home run, his nineteenth, and then watched it come apart. Alan Rangel took the loss after Francisco Lindor's game-tying two-run triple and an A.J. Ewing two-run single in the sixth, and Kyle Backhus gave up two more in the seventh on a Juan Soto triple and a Bo Bichette sacrifice fly. The offense managed five hits and exactly one productive swing, Harper's homer. The Mets, who had lost seven straight, snapped the skid against the Phillies and handed new manager Andy Green his first win, and their much-maligned bullpen, Minter, Brazobán, Weaver, and Devin Williams, shut Philadelphia out the rest of the way. The lone backwards bright spot: opener Tim Mayza froze Jared Young for a textbook Volpe. The Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. Philadelphia slips to forty-six and thirty-seven, falls four and a half back of Atlanta, still holds a wild-card spot by a game and a half, and keeps a run differential of plus one with the hot Marlins closing in.
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Phillies Win the 4th Straight, Edge the Mets 2-1: Wheeler Deals, Derek Hill Robs Soto of a Homer
Phillies 2, Mets 1 at Citi Field, and after three straight slugfests in Washington the Phillies won a completely different kind of game, a two-to-one pitcher's duel in New York. Zack Wheeler was the headliner, seven innings, four hits, one run, five strikeouts on ninety-eight pitches, with a pickoff thrown in. But the play of the night belonged to Derek Hill, who in the bottom of the first leaped at the center-field wall to rob Juan Soto of a two-run homer and preserve a one-nothing lead. Harper drove in the first run and is on an absurd heater. Trea Turner singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh, scoring, of all people, Derek Hill, on a ball hit out to Soto in left. The bullpen finished it, a perfect Kerkering eighth and a Jhoan Duran ninth for his twentieth save, the final out an ABS-confirmed strikeout. The one blemish was Alec Bohm, who hit into three double plays. The Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. Philadelphia wins its fourth in a row, climbs to forty-six and thirty-six, pulls within three and a half of Atlanta, and buries a Mets team that has now lost seven straight.
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Phillies Storm Back from 5-0 to Win 10-5 and Take the Series! Harper and Hill Go Deep in a 5-Run 9th
Phillies 10, Nationals 5 at Nationals Park, and for the third straight night Philadelphia walked out of that ballpark with a comeback. Down five to nothing after Cristopher Sánchez got roughed up early, the Phillies scored ten unanswered, capped by a five-run ninth, to win going away and take the series three games to one. Brandon Marsh put them on the board with a two-run homer in the sixth, his twelfth. Bryce Harper hit the go-ahead two-run shot in the ninth, his eighteenth, and Derek Hill, the man who won it last night, did it again, a four-hundred-and-forty-one-foot two-run blast to make it ten to five. The bullpen was the unsung hero, four scoreless innings from Chase Shugart, José Alvarado, Orion Kerkering, and Tim Mayza after Sánchez left trailing. And the number this whole region has been waiting on finally flipped, the Phillies' run differential is positive for the first time in months, plus four. The Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. Philadelphia rises to forty-five and thirty-six, takes three of four in Washington, and pulls within four of an Atlanta team that has now lost four straight.
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Phillies Do It Again! Derek Hill's 9th-Inning 2-Run Homer Sinks the Nationals 5-4
Phillies 5, Nationals 4 at Nationals Park, and for the second night in a row Philadelphia walked into the ninth inning beaten and walked out winners. Down 4-3 with two outs in the top of the ninth, Kyle Schwarber pinch-hit and worked a ten-pitch walk after sitting two days, Garrett Stubbs came on to run, and Derek Hill, pinch-hitting for Justin Crawford, turned on a one-and-two pitch from Richard Lovelady and drove a two-run homer to right-center to take the lead. Jhoan Duran struck out the side in the ninth to nail it down. Aaron Nola gave the Phillies five innings, two earned, five strikeouts, the only damage two solo homers. Washington went deep three times, Luis García Junior, Jorbit Vivas, and a Curtis Mead two-run shot that had put them back ahead. The Phillies clawed back with three in the fourth on a Stott double, a Realmuto sacrifice fly, and a Rincones single. The Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. Philadelphia rises to forty-four and thirty-six, takes a two games to one lead in the four-game set, and pulls within five of a suddenly ice-cold Atlanta.
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Phillies Steal It 14-9! Down to the Last Strike, Trea Turner Sparks an 8-Run 9th in Washington
Phillies 14, Nationals 9 at Nationals Park, and Philadelphia did not win this game so much as rob it. Down eight to six in the top of the ninth, two outs, nobody on, Trea Turner stepped in oh-for-four on the night and hitting two twenty-six on the year, fought off a one-and-two count, and lined a single to center to keep the season breathing. What followed was an eight-run ninth inning: a Brandon Marsh two-run homer to tie it, a Bryson Stott three-run homer to take the lead, a two-run Edmundo Sosa double, and a second Turner knock to drive in the fourteenth. Sosa finished with five runs batted in and a home run, Stott went three-for-four with four runs scored, and Jesús Luzardo struck out thirteen in six and two-thirds but left trailing. Orion Kerkering coughed up a three-run Jorbit Vivas homer in the eighth and somehow walked away the winner. Dr. Jürgen Luftberg breaks down the five home runs, a north-northwest wind that crossed the field instead of carrying it, and why a ballpark that points due north matters. The Past visits Jeff Hoffman in Toronto; the Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. The Phillies climb to forty-three and thirty-six, second in the East, two games up in the wild card, and the run differential jumped from minus seven to minus two in a single night.
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Phillies Drop the Opener 4-1 to the Nationals: A Rain-Delayed Bullpen Game, Marsh's Lone Homer
Phillies 1, Nationals 4 at Nationals Park, and Philadelphia opens the road trip with a flat one. A rain-delayed first pitch and a planned bullpen game ran into Foster Griffin, the Washington lefty who went seven and a third, four hits, one run, nine strikeouts on a hundred and five pitches. Tim Mayza opened and took the loss after a one-run first. Alan Rangel was the bright spot in bulk relief, five innings of one-run ball with four strikeouts, the lone damage a Luis García Junior solo homer. Seth Johnson got tagged in the seventh, a two-run Curtis Mead shot that made it four to one. The offense managed one run, a Brandon Marsh solo homer in the seventh that broke up the shutout. Bryce Harper went two for four, Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber each struck out twice in oh-for-four nights, and Alec Bohm grounded into two double plays. The Past stops in on Michael Lorenzen in Colorado; the Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. The Phillies fall to forty-two and thirty-six, still second in the East and still a game and a half up in the wild card.
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Phillies Beat the Mets 6-2 to Take the Series: Wheeler Deals, Schwarber & Harper Go Deep
Phillies 6, Mets 2 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia closed the series by winning two straight after dropping Thursday's opener. Zack Wheeler carried it: five and two-thirds innings, four hits, two runs, three walks, seven strikeouts on a hundred and four pitches, and he's now seven and one with a two eleven E.R.A. The offense jumped David Peterson early — two in the first on a Bohm single, a Baty throwing error, and an Edmundo Sosa knock — then Kyle Schwarber crushed a three-run homer in the second, his twenty-ninth, four hundred and eighteen feet to right-center. Bryce Harper, the night after his cycle, went three for four with his seventeenth homer, a three-hundred-ninety-foot shot off the bat at a hundred and eight. Bryson Stott robbed Juan Soto with a diving stop in the first, and Soto pulled a backwards golden sombrero of a strikeout in the eighth, frozen on three called strikes against Orion Kerkering. Jhoan Duran struck out the side flavor to slam the door. The Past stops in on Rhys Hoskins in Cleveland; the Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. The run differential climbs again, from minus eight to minus four. The Phillies sit forty-two and thirty-five, second in the East, two games up in the wild card.
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Phillies Bury the Mets 15-3: Harper Hits for the Cycle, Schwarber Launches 3 Home Runs
Phillies 15, Mets 3 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia took the worst team in the division behind the woodshed on national television. Bryce Harper hit for the cycle — a home run in the first, a double and a single in the third, and a two-run triple in the fifth to finish it. Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs, two of them in one eight-run third inning, and drove in six. Cristopher Sánchez quietly carried the start: six innings, one run, five strikeouts, and the only damage against him a solo homer. The Phillies hung ten runs on Freddy Peralta and the Mets eventually waved the white flag, sending position player Zack Short to the mound in the eighth to lob fifty-mile-an-hour junk. Dr. Jürgen Luftberg breaks down all six home runs and a thirteen-mile-an-hour wind blowing straight out to right. The Past visits Gregory Soto in Pittsburgh; the Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. The run differential jumped twelve in one night, from minus twenty to minus eight. The Phillies rise to forty-one and thirty-five, second in the East and a game and a half up in the wild card.
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Marlins Hammer the Phillies 12-4 on Five Homers; Painter Shelled Again, Stowers Goes 4-for-5
Marlins 12, Phillies 4 at Citizens Bank Park on a getaway-day matinee, and Philadelphia loses the finale after winning the series. Andrew Painter got knocked out in the third, charged with six earned runs on two innings and two home runs, and his season line is now one and eight with a seven oh six E.R.A. Kyle Stowers wrecked the afternoon, four for five with two home runs and five runs batted in. Owen Caissie, Joe Mack, and Jakob Marsee also went deep, five long balls for Miami in all. The Phillies clawed it to six to four early on R.B.I. singles from Brandon Marsh and Alec Bohm and a balk that gave them a run, but Tanner Banks gave up two more homers in the sixth and it broke open. Sandy Alcántara went six for the win. Xavier Edwards went down looking on three straight called strikes again, a second straight Volpe. Backup catcher Garrett Stubbs mopped up the ninth throwing eephus pitches. The Past visits Ranger Suárez in Boston; the Future leans on seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria and Double-A arm Braydon Tucker. Philadelphia falls to forty and thirty-four, still second in the East and still a game and a half up in the wild card after Atlanta and Washington both lost.
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Phillies Pound the Marlins 8-2 on Three Homers, Luzardo Fans Nine; Schwarber's 25th
Phillies 8, Marlins 2 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia takes the series with a game to spare. The Phillies hung three home runs on Marlins starter Tyler Phillips, who got knocked out after four innings and eight earned runs. Brandon Marsh and Alec Bohm went back-to-back in the second, Kyle Schwarber lined his twenty-fifth of the year to right in the fourth on a rare night at first base, and Bryson Stott set the whole thing off with a two-run triple in the first. Jesús Luzardo, the Jesus Lizard, went seven strong with nine strikeouts, giving up only a late two-run shot to Esteury Ruiz. J.T. Realmuto tapped his helmet for an A.B.S. challenge in the sixth and the system agreed with him, ringing up Liam Hicks. Xavier Edwards went down looking on three straight called strikes in the seventh, a clean Volpe. Flyers coach Rick Tocchet swung by the booth in the third. The Past visits Nick Castellanos, and the Future doubles up at Double-A Reading on Gage Wood and an undrafted twenty-six-year-old named Braydon Tucker carrying a one twenty-six E.R.A. Philadelphia climbs to forty and thirty-three, second in the East, a game and a half up in the wild card, seven back of Atlanta.
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Rincones' First Career Hit Is a Homer! Phillies Blank the Marlins 7-0 as Wheeler Fans Nine
Phillies 7, Marlins 0 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia comes home off a .500 road trip to throw a shutout at Miami. Zack Wheeler sets the tone with six scoreless, two hits, three walks, and nine strikeouts, and the bullpen of Tim Mayza, Jonathan Bowlan, and Chase Shugart finishes the blanking. The night belongs to a debut: Gabriel Rincones Junior, up from Jersey Shore, takes a hack in the second and his first career hit is a home run to right, and he drives in two. J.T. Realmuto adds a two-run shot to left in the fifth, his fifth of the year. Justin Crawford keeps cooking with three hits and a steal, Edmundo Sosa knocks two, and Bohm and Harper each cash a sac fly. With two balls in the seats on an open-air June night, the show brings in Dr. Jürgen Luftberg to sort the weather ball from the muscle. Trea Turner takes a pitch off the body in the sixth and exits in the eighth as a precaution. Philadelphia climbs to thirty-nine and thirty-three, holds a game and a half in the wild card, and stays seven and a half back of Atlanta. The Mets, for the record, got spanked.
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Shut Out 4-0! Kyle Harrison Silences the Phillies as Milwaukee Takes the Series
Phillies 0, Brewers 4 at American Family Field, and Philadelphia gets blanked on getaway day to drop the series two games to one. A day after hanging nine, the bats manage four hits and never score. Cristopher Sánchez takes the loss, charged with four runs over five and two-thirds, both off the long ball: a Jackson Chourio leadoff homer in the first and a Blake Perkins three-run shot in the fourth. Kyle Harrison shuts Philadelphia out over six, and Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby finish it. J.T. Realmuto sits on the day game, so Sánchez throws to Rafael Marchán, who later takes a foul off the helmet and is replaced by Garrett Stubbs. The lone bright spots are gloves: the Phillies nail William Contreras in a rundown and win their only challenge, an overturned tag on David Hamilton at second. Philadelphia falls to thirty-eight and thirty-three, stays eight back of Atlanta, and watches the wild-card cushion shrink to a half game. The road trip ends three and three; the club heads home.
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Phillies Survive 9-8! Realmuto's 4 RBI and a White-Knuckle 8th in Milwaukee
Phillies 9, Brewers 8 at American Family Field, and Philadelphia answers a one-hit shutout with a seventeen-hit avalanche. A night after Misiorowski one-hit them, the bats wake up: J.T. Realmuto goes three for four with a three-run homer and four runs batted in, Edmundo Sosa and Realmuto both go deep, Bryson Stott doubles twice and drives in two, Brandon Marsh and Sosa each rack up three hits. Aaron Nola wobbles through four and two-thirds, Tim Mayza vultures the win, and Jhoan Duran slams the door for the save. But it's nearly a disaster: up 9-5 in the eighth, Brad Keller turns the inning into a fire drill and the Brewers crawl back to 9-8 before it ends. Jackson Chourio is a one-man wrecking crew for Milwaukee with four hits, two homers, and four RBI. The Phillies climb to thirty-eight and thirty-two, stay eight back of Atlanta in the East, and hold a game and a half in the wild card. Kyle Schwarber takes a backwards K in the first, a textbook Volpe, and a ball clanks off Alec Bohm's head in the eighth.
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Phillies One-Hit in a 6-0 Loss! Misiorowski's 104 MPH Heat and 15 Strikeouts
Phillies 0, Brewers 6 at American Family Field, and Philadelphia runs into the buzzsaw to open the Milwaukee series. Rookie Jacob Misiorowski throws a complete-game one-hit shutout, strikes out a career-high fifteen, walks nobody, faces the minimum, and hits 104.5 miles an hour, the fastest pitch of 2026 and the fastest ever thrown by a starter. Kyle Schwarber's fourth-inning single is the Phillies' only hit and the only thing standing between them and a perfect game. Tanner Banks opens and takes the loss after a Will Contreras RBI double in the first; Andrew Painter follows with five runs over five innings, the big blow a Jake Bauers three-run homer in the fifth. The Phillies fall to thirty-seven and thirty-two, slip to eight and a half back of Atlanta in the East, but hold a game and a half lead for the wild card as the Braves drop their second straight. Last ten still seven and three.
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Three Homers Off Scherzer! Phillies Win 7-4, Take the Toronto Series on Schwarber's 423-Foot Bomb
Phillies 7, Blue Jays 4 at Rogers Centre, and Philadelphia takes the series two games to one in Toronto. They jump Max Scherzer for three home runs — Bryce Harper's solo shot in the first, Alec Bohm's three-run blast in the third, and a 423-foot Kyle Schwarber bomb off the reliever in the fourth — and chase the future Hall of Famer in the fourth on the same day he records his three thousand five hundredth career strikeout. Jesús Luzardo strikes out eight over five and two-thirds, Realmuto guns down a runner in a rundown, and José Alvarado collects his five hundredth career K. Chase Shugart walks in three runs in a shaky seventh to make it 7-4, but Jhoan Duran slams the door for the save, bouncing back from last night's walk-off, his third straight night pitching. Roof open all game. The Phillies are thirty-seven and thirty-one, back up a game and a half for the wild card, and the Braves have lost two straight, so the division gap is down to eight.
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Bullpen Heartbreak in Toronto: Blue Jays Walk Off the Phillies 3-2, Duran Blows the 9th
Phillies 2, Blue Jays 3, walked off in the bottom of the ninth at Rogers Centre. Philadelphia carries a 2-1 lead to the last three outs on Bryson Stott's go-ahead double, then Jhoan Duran comes in for the save and records zero outs: a Jesús Sánchez single, a Piñango single, a wild pitch that ties it, and a Brandon Valenzuela walk-off single. Zack Wheeler was excellent and got nothing for it, six innings and one run on a Sánchez solo homer, and Dylan Cease carved the Phillies up for eleven strikeouts. Stott had two doubles and the only life in the lineup. The streak snaps at one, the wild-card cushion shrinks to a single game with the Jays now a half-game back, and the umpiring crew got reversed on three of four challenges.
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Phillies Win in Toronto, 5-2 — Sánchez Punches Out 10, García Goes Deep
Phillies 5, Blue Jays 2 up at Rogers Centre to open the road trip. Cristopher Sánchez does exactly what the show promised the night before, seven innings, ten strikeouts, two earned, the eleventh ten-punchout game of his career. Adolis García gets it started with a two-run homer in the second, then the Phillies hang three in the third on a Bohm single, a Realmuto single, and a bases-loaded Bryson Stott walk, all of it off a Patrick Corbin who couldn't find the plate. Ernie Clement's solo shot is the only real Toronto damage. Bryce Harper challenges the home plate umpire twice and the computer overturns the call both times, then walks both times, Blue Jays hitting coach David Popkins gets tossed in the fourth, and Jhoan Duran slams the door at a hundred miles an hour for his sixteenth save. The Phillies are thirty-six and thirty, seven and three over their last ten, still up a game and a half for the last wild card.
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Phillies Take the Series! 9-5 Over the White Sox on a Lockdown Bullpen
Phillies 9, White Sox 5, and the Phillies take the series two games to one. Aaron Nola gets roughed up again, five earned over four and a third, but the bullpen throws four and two-thirds of shutout ball behind him, José Alvarado picks up the win, and Jonathan Bowlan ends it on a double play. Brandon Marsh keeps mashing, his eighth homer plus a wall-climbing catch, Rafael Marchán adds a two-run shot, Harper and Bohm each double in runs, and the bottom of the order does the damage. Jacob Gonzalez of the Sox gets the show's first official Volpe, called out by Nola without ever moving the bat. The Phillies are seven and three over their last ten and now up a full game for the last wild card. Off to Toronto tomorrow.
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Painter Roughed Up as the Phillies Fall to the White Sox 6-3
White Sox 6, Phillies 3. The Phillies go for a fifth straight and don't get it. Andrew Painter gets buried early, four runs in the first and six before he's out in the fifth, the killers a Colson Montgomery solo shot and Jacob Gonzalez's first career home run. Alec Bohm and Brandon Marsh answer with solo homers and Adolis García drives one in, but Sean Burke and the Sox pen hold the line and Grant Taylor strikes out Schwarber to end it. The bullpen, Banks, Mayza, and Shugart, throws four and a third scoreless behind Painter, the one clean thing on the night. The win streak ends at four, but the Phillies are still seven and three over their last ten and still holding the last wild card by a half-game. Rubber match with the Sox tomorrow.
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Slugfest! Phillies Out-Hit the White Sox 8-6, Schwarber's Four Hits
Phillies 8, White Sox 6. A slugfest, and the Phillies out-slugged them. Jesús Luzardo gets roughed up for three home runs, two from Randal Grichuk and one from Derek Hill, but Kyle Schwarber goes four for five at the top, Brandon Marsh and Adolis García go deep, and Alec Bohm rips a two-run double. Tied at six in the seventh on a Colson Montgomery single, Edmundo Sosa lifts a go-ahead sacrifice fly and the Phillies tack on for the 8-6 final. Jonathan Bowlan gets the win in relief, Jhoan Duran slams the door for his save. Four straight now, eight and two over the last ten, the Braves finally lost one, and the Phillies are holding the wild card by a half-game.
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Broom Time! Phillies Sweep the Padres 6-4 Behind Wheeler
Phillies 6, Padres 4. The broom comes out. Zack Wheeler carves the Padres up, eight strikeouts and two hits over seven, the only dent a Manny Machado two-run homer in the seventh. Adolis García's fifth-inning solo shot and a Justin Crawford run on a throwing error build a three-nothing lead, and when Machado pulls San Diego within one, the Phillies answer with three in the bottom of the seventh off Adrian Morejon. A Jackson Merrill two-run homer off José Alvarado in the ninth makes the finish a touch loud, but it's a sweep. Three straight over San Diego, and the Phillies climb into the wild card, a half-game up on the team they just buried.
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Sánchez Carves the Padres Again as the Phillies Win 3-2
Phillies 3, Padres 2. Cristopher Sánchez carves up San Diego, eight strikeouts over seven innings, and his left-handed scoreless-innings record ends at fifty and two-thirds on a Jackson Merrill single in the seventh. Adolis García's fifth-inning double opens the scoring, then Realmuto and Schwarber go back to back in the seventh off Jason Adam, Schwarber's M.L.B.-leading twenty-third. Trea Turner saves a run with a barehanded play in the eighth, Brad Keller plunks Bogaerts with the bases loaded to make it close, and Jhoan Duran slams the door for the save. Two in a row over the Padres, a half-game out of the wild card.
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Harper Goes Deep as the Phillies Edge the Padres 3-2
Phillies 3, Padres 2. Home cookin' fixes a lot. Aaron Nola goes five with eight punchouts, the only damage a Gavin Sheets two-run homer in the third. Bryce Harper answers with a four-hundred-and-nineteen-foot two-run shot in the fourth to tie it, and the go-ahead run scores in the sixth on, of all things, an Alec Bohm double play. Brandon Marsh goes four for four. Jhoan Duran slams the door in the ninth with three strikeouts on hundred-mile-an-hour splitters. The Phillies climb back to second in the East, past Washington, one game back in the wild card.
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Yamamoto Dominates as the Dodgers Bury the Phillies 9-1
Dodgers 9, Phillies 1. Rubber game in LA. Andrew Painter can't get out of the fourth, giving up two home runs, Ryan Ward and Alex Freeland, and four runs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto carves the Phillies up, 5⅓ shutout innings, ten punchouts. Bryson Stott's ninth-inning solo homer is the only run. The Dodgers take the series two games to one, and the Phillies slip to third in the East at 30 and 29.
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Sosa's Pinch-Hit Bomb Stuns the Dodgers: Phillies Rally to Win 4-3
Phillies 4, Dodgers 3. Game two in LA. Down 3 to 1 in the eighth against Tanner Scott, Bryce Harper singles home a run and Edmundo Sosa, pinch-hitting, launches a two-run homer to take the lead. Jesús Luzardo grinds 5⅓, Orion Kerkering takes the win, Jhoan Duran closes it touching 101. Alec Bohm homers off Roki Sasaki early. Phillies even the series and climb to 30 and 28.
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Wheeler Homer-Bombed in LA as the Dodgers Beat the Phillies 4-2
Dodgers 4, Phillies 2. Series opener in LA. Zack Wheeler gives up four solo home runs in six innings, Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Will Smith, and Shohei Ohtani all going deep. Justin Wrobleski shuts the Phillies down, seven innings, one run, nine punchouts. Kyle Schwarber's solo shot and a Steward Berroa run-scoring single in the eighth are the only Phillies offense. Sweep at Petco on Wednesday, flat night in LA on Friday. Phillies fall to 29 and 28.
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Sánchez Sweeps the Padres 3-0 and Breaks a 1911 Phillies Record
Phillies 3, Padres 0. Sweep clinched. Cristopher Sánchez throws seven shutout innings, nine punchouts, no walks, on a hundred pitches — and breaks Grover Cleveland Alexander's 1911 franchise record for consecutive scoreless innings, pushing the streak to 44⅔. Walker Buehler has to come out injured in the sixth. Trea Turner caps it with a solo shot in the ninth. Three in a row over San Diego. Phillies pass the Nats into second in the East.
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Three Solo Bombs Beat the Padres 4-3: Harper, Realmuto & Trea Go Deep
Phillies 4, Padres 3. Three solo shots — Bryce in the first, Realmuto in the second, Trea in the third. Nola goes six on eighty pitches. Brad Keller hangs a sweeper to Laureano in the eighth, Duran closes it. Two in a row, sweep tomorrow.