Darick Hall Homers, Drives In 2, Phillies Take Series From Nationals
Didi Gregorius added an RBI triple for Philadelphia, which took two of three from last-place Washington and improved to 6-2 against its NL East rival.
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Didi Gregorius added an RBI triple for Philadelphia, which took two of three from last-place Washington and improved to 6-2 against its NL East rival.
Schwarber's two homers off Gray (7-5) increased his NL-best total to 27. Only New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has more homers with 29.
J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run shot and a sacrifice fly as the Phillies won for the fourth time in five games.
Schwarber clubbed two more home runs on Tuesday night, his 24th and 25 homers of the season, respectively.
Harper was injured last month when he was hit by a 97 mph pitch from San Diego Padres left-hander Blake Snell.
Hall broke a 3-all tie in the sixth when he led off by driving a 79-mph changeup from Miles Mikolas (5-6) into the seats in right.
Kyle Schwarber connected on a three-run shot in the third for his 12th homer in June and 23rd of the season.
Kyle Schwarber went 0 for 4 with a pair of strikeouts to snap his on-base streak at 31 consecutive games.
The Phillies were without Bryce Harper for the second straight game, and the 2021 NL MVP will be sidelined indefinitely due to a broken left thumb that interim manager Rob Thomson said will require surgery.
Interim Manager Rob Thomson did not offer a timetable for Harper's return.
Wheeler (6-4) lost for the first time in his last 10 starts, since losing his first three starts this season after finishing second in the NL Cy Young Award voting last year.
It was just the fourth loss in 19 games for the Phillies, while interim manager Rob Thomson lost for the first time in six series openers since taking over after Joe Girardi was fired.
Harper leads all NL designated hitters by nearly 500,000 votes in the first batch of the All-Star Game fan vote released Tuesday afternoon.
Matt Vierling's first multihomer game helped the Phillies in the second game, when Washington's losing streak stretched to seven.
Philadelphia, which scored seven runs in the third inning, has won 12 of its last 14 and improved to 11-2 under interim manager Rob Thomson.
Stubbs drove a 2-2 fastball deep to right for his third homer.
Rhys Hoskins hit two homers, had four hits and drove in six runs for the Phillies, who lost for the second time in their last 12 games.
The Phillies have won 10 of 11 games to streak into NL wild-card contention.
The Phillies are a sterling 7-0 under interim manager Rob Thomson.
The Phillies have scored 53 runs during this seven-game winning streak.
The Phillies won their season-high sixth in a row, five of them since interim manager Rob Thomson took over when Joe Girardi was fired on Friday.
Bohm belted a leadoff homer off Hader (0-1), whose streak of 40 straight scoreless appearances dating to last season was snapped.
The Phillies have reached out to Caden and his dad and offered tickets to Friday night's game against Arizona.
Phillies fans had a lot to say about the move.
Kyle Schwarber and Nick Maton homered to help the Philadelphia Phillies snap a five-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.
