Daily News | Kyle Schwarber homers twice as the Phillies rout the Nationals to inch closer to wild-card contention
Kyle Schwarber celebrates with teammate Rhys Hoskins after his second home run of the game against the Nationals in the third inning Tuesday. The Phillies won, 11-0.After an 11-0 win over the Nationals on Tuesday, the Phillies are a half a game out of a wild-card spot. Of course, there is plenty of baseball left — half an 162-game season left, to be exact — but it is still a remarkable feat, considering how bleak things looked just over a month ago.
Since that trip, they’ve gone 21-11. Rob Thomson is interim manager and seems to bring a more relaxed approach than Girardi did.since June 25, when he was hit on the hand by a 97-mph Blake Snell fastball, but the Phillies somehow have scored 52 runs over eight Harper-less games. The bullpen, which once was a nightly adventure, has faced 135 batters and has only allowed 21 to reach base.
The Phillies have lost two starters to the injured list — Ranger Suárez and Zach Eflin — and so far, have won all of the games that their fill-ins — Cristopher Sánchez and Bailey Falter — have started. Over those first 81 games, the Phillies have lost 40% of their starting rotation, lost a manager, lost an MVP, lost their starting second baseman, and yet they keep finding ways to win. Part of that is because of an easier schedule in June, but part of it is because of a change in energy. This once wasWe don’t know where the next 81 games will lead, but the outlook looks brighter than it did just over a month ago.
He now leads the national league in multi-homer games in 2022, with four, and has 25 home runs on the season. Tuesday marked his 18th career multi-home run game. He ranks second in MLB in home runs, behind only Aaron Judge .With a single to left field in the bottom of the fourth, Alec Bohm extended his hitting streak to nine games, a career high. The third baseman, who went 2-for-4 on Tuesday night, is leading the Phillies in multi-hit games with 24.Entering Tuesday’s game, J.T.
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