Kyle Schwarber belted a go-ahead grand slam within the sixth inning to vault the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-5 house win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.
Bryce Harper additionally homered for Philadelphia after hitting two bombs in Friday’s 6-5 defeat within the collection opener. Nick Castellanos, Trea Turner and Johan Rojas drove within the different runs for the Phillies.
Taylor Ward, Jo Adell and Yoan Moncada hit house runs for the Angels. Yusei Kikuchi allowed two runs and 5 hits over 5 innings earlier than the Los Angeles bullpen scuffled to the end line.
The important thing inning for Philadelphia was a five-run sixth towards relievers Sam Bachman and Jose Fermin.
Bachman started by loading the bases on successful, successful batter and a stroll earlier than giving technique to Fermin, who allowed a sacrifice fly by Rojas that trimmed the Phillies’ deficit to 4-3. Turner then drew a stroll earlier than Schwarber swatted a 1-1 fastball into the seats in right-center discipline.
Ward’s RBI double within the seventh helped the Angels get inside 7-5, however Harper alleviated any strain with a two-run blast within the eighth.
Matt Strahm logged a 1-2-3 ninth to shut it out, night the collection at a recreation apiece. The groups will reconvene for the rubber recreation on Sunday afternoon.
Phillies starter Taijuan Walker allowed three runs and 9 hits over 4 innings earlier than handing the ball over to the bullpen.
Los Angeles fell behind on a first-inning RBI single by Castellanos earlier than rallying for 3 runs within the fourth inning. Ward and Adell belted back-to-back homers off Walker early within the body, adopted shortly thereafter by a Zach Neto RBI single to make it it 3-1 in favor of the guests.
Turner’s RBI single obtained the hosts inside 3-2 within the fifth, however Moncada’s solo shot towards Seth Johnson (1-0) restored a two-run lead within the sixth.
–Area Degree Media