The Philadelphia Phillies obtained Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber again from the injured checklist Tuesday simply in time for a showdown with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
They did not want them.
Anchored by a Trea Turner grand slam, the Phillies torched Dodgers starter Bobby Miller for 9 runs in 4 innings en path to a 10-1 win. Within the first recreation of the season between the NL’s two finest groups, the Phillies improved their MLB-best report (59-32) and delivered a loud message to their potential future postseason opponent.
Harper (hamstring) and Schwarber (groin) had each been sidelined since June 27. They had been each activated from the injured checklist and again of their typical spots within the lineup Tuesday.
It was a gradual night time for Harper, who completed 0-for-4 on the plate and did not account for a run. His teammates greater than made up for his lack of manufacturing.
Schwarber knocked in two runs with a two-out single within the backside of the second inning to increase a 1-0 Phillies result in 3-0.
He then walked within the fourth to set Turner as much as blow the sport open. With the bases loaded and no outs in a 4-0 recreation, Turner launched a Miller slider that hung over the center of the plate into the left-field bleachers for a grand slam.
Three batters later, Bryson Stott despatched a solo shot over the right-field wall to increase the result in 9-0.
By the point the fourth inning was over, every Phillies batter had taken a flip on the plate. Philadelphia plated six runs within the inning, and Miller’s night time was executed. He allowed 9 earned runs on 10 hits together with two dwelling runs and three walks. He recorded two strikeouts.
From there, the Dodgers managed to get on the board with a Cavan Biggio solo dwelling run. That was all of the injury executed in opposition to Phillies starter Zack Wheeler. Shortstop Kiké Hernández was on the mound by the seventh inning to spare the Dodgers’ bullpen because the Phillies cruised to victory.
Turner completed the night time 3-for-4 on the plate with the grand slam. His was one in every of three Phillies dwelling runs alongside Stott’s solo shot and a Brandon Marsh solo dwelling run within the seventh.
The one unhealthy information of the night time for the Phillies arrived after Wheeler left the sport. He was executed after six innings and a season-low pitch rely of 76, seemingly because of the blowout nature of the sport. The Phillies revealed mid-game that Wheeler skilled again tightness on the mound.
His long-term standing wasn’t instantly clear, however his scheduled date for Philadelphia’s first-half finale in opposition to the Oakland A‘s on Sunday was definitely in jeopardy.
The Dodgers, in the meantime, are pressured to regroup amid continued pitching woes that noticed them place All-Star starter Tyler Glasnow on the injured checklist earlier Tuesday.
The Phillies and Dodgers are scheduled to play the second of their three-game collection Wednesday night time.
