Topic: Welcome back: Phillies 3, Astros 2
The last game the Houston Astrosplayed at Citizens Bank Park was Game 5 of the 2022 World Series. Tonight, the home crowd was treated to a morsel of revenge as the Philadelphia Philliesearned a hard fought 3-2 victory in extra innings to open a crucial seven-game Wheeler did not have his best stuff, allowing Astros batters to work five full counts in the first four innings. But he recovered as the game wore on and left with another quality start, his 21st out of 26 starts this season, though his 100th win remains was responsible for the Astros two runs, which came in the fourth inning via a two-RBI double by second baseman, Shay Phillies ledger against Astros starter, Ronel Blanco, was opened in the bottom of the fifth inning with a lead off home run by Brandon Marsh to halve the deficit. Brandon Marsh pulls the Phillies within one with his 13th home run of the season!FS1FOX Sports: MLBAugust 27 Alec Bohm Jersey, 2024After recording a double in each of last the three games in Kansas City, Bryce Harper led off the bottom of the sixth inning with another, his 31st of the year, and came home to score on a Nick Castellanos single to tie the therePhiladelphia PhilliesAugust 27, 2024Both bullpens held serve for the final third of the game, with the Phillies quintet of Orion Kerkering, Jeff Hoffman, Carlos Estevez and Matt Strahm combining for four scoreless innings to bring the game to the bottom of the 10th was lifted in the bottom of the ninth so Edmundo Sosa could face the Astros lefty closer, Josh Hader Josh Harrison Jersey, and Johan Rojas came in to play center in the top of the 10th. Although Sosa would have a poor AB against Hader, Rojas made a catch for the third out that Marshprobably doesn centerfielder Johan Rojas just made an incredible diving catch to keep this game tied in the 10th John ClarkAugust 27, 2024 After mowing down Sosa, Austin Hays and Kyle Schwarber in the bottom of the ninth with consecutive punch outs, the Astros opted to keep Hader in to face the meat of the Phillies order. With Schwarber as the ghost runner on second, Trea Turner worked a six-pitch walk to bring Harper to the plate. Hader threw him a sinker high and inside that Harper turned on and shot through the gap in the right side of the infield to score Schwarber and seal the Harper rings the bell for the ! #WalkoffMLBAugust 27, 2024In addition to Harper, Turner and Bryson Stott also posted two-hit Bohms struggles seem to have followed him home from Kansas City, as he went 0-4 with a particularly disappointing at-bat in the seventh inning. After a two-out double by Turner and a walk by Harper, Bohm saw 10 pitches from Astros reliever, Bryan King. Two were throwaway breaking balls Jose Ruiz Jersey, one was a fastball that missed high, and the other seven were straight fastballs in the zone, none of which topped out faster than 94 mph. Bohm fouled off five of them and looked at the other two, including the one that finished him and the scoring threat the results of the Braves and Padres games still in progress, the magic numbers for the playoffs and the division are 22 and 26 respectively. The Phillies will look to secure their second straight series victory and fourth win in a row tomorrow night as Aaron Nola faces Justin Verlander.