Kyle Schwarber, Darick Hall Help Phillies Rout Braves To Avoid 3-Game Sweep
Kyle Schwarber connected on a three-run shot in the third for his 12th homer in June and 23rd of the season.
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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.
Harper has been the team's designated hitter after being diagnosed with a small UCL tear in his right elbow, which he hurt on a throw from right field in April.
On Monday, the Phillies honored these moms and their fallen heroes with a special ceremony including the first-ever gold star seat inside Citizens Bank Park.
"Every time I place my hand over my heart and remove my hat, I'm participating in a self congratulatory glorification of the only country where these mass shootings take place," Kapler wrote on his blog.
Philadelphia had lost each of Nola's last eight starts, but he had a 3.69 ERA over that stretch.
Dansby Swanson scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning on an excruciating defensive sequence by the Phillies.
Wheeler (3-3) improved to 3-0 with a 1.38 ERA with 40 strikeouts in his last five starts.
