The Phillies packed plenty of drama into their first game after the trade deadline.

They came back Friday night for a wild 5-4 win at Citizens Bank Park over the Tigers in their series opener, improving to 62-47 overall.

Ranger Suarez started for the Phils and pitched well, allowing three runs and four hits in seven innings. He struck out five Tigers and walked none.

Gleyber Torres tagged Suarez for a three-run home run in the third inning, bashing a cutter 404 feet. 

The Phillies’ efforts to hit Tigers starter Jack Flaherty were futile. Max Kepler flew out to the center-field warning track in the bottom of the third. With two outs in the fourth, Nick Castellanos fouled off a 3-1 fastball and whiffed at a knuckle curveball. 

Edmundo Sosa picked up the Phils’ first knock, doubling off the top of the left-field wall with two outs in the fifth. He stayed on second base, though. The inning ended when Trea Turner popped up to shortstop.

Outside of the third inning, Suarez was highly effective and efficient. He reached seven innings pitched for the first time since June 29. 

Flaherty exited after the first batter of the seventh. Castellanos lined a leadoff single and lefty reliever Tyler Holton entered.

Otto Kemp pinch-hit for Brandon Marsh and flared a base hit to right field, moving Castellanos to third. That brought another pinch-hitter to the plate in Harrison Bader and the home crowd’s volume seriously jumped at the trade deadline addition’s Phillies debut. Bader continued the rally with a four-pitch walk. 

The Phils ultimately evened up the game. Bryson Stott produced a sacrifice fly and Turner’s single to right drove in Castellanos. Kyle Schwarber made it 3-all with a scorching single (113.7 mph exit velocity). 

Bryce Harper came to the plate, fell behind 0-2, and then watched three straight balls. He thought he saw a fourth, but third base umpire Vic Carapazza ruled that Harper swung on a low slider. 

The call outraged Harper, who removed his helmet, yelled at Carapazza and got ejected.

Though Harper was obviously not near the same page on the swing call, he said postgame that he “can’t get thrown out in that situation, especially with the ninth inning possibly coming around an my at-at coming.”

He also didn’t see the ejection as hasty.

“I left the batter’s box coming toward him, so I think it was warranted,” Harper said.

The sharp downturn in the Phils’ fortunes bled into the eighth inning. Wenceel Perez cleared the right-field fence for a go-ahead homer off of Orion Kerkering. 

The Phillies bounced right back. Castellanos singled and chugged home on a Kemp double down the left-field line.

Two infield singles gave the Phils an improbable lead. Sosa squibbed a ball in front of home plate and Brenan Hanifee’s wide throw to first base pulled Spencer Torkelson off the bag. Stott followed with a grounder to short and narrowly beat Javier Baez’s one-hop throw.

New closer Jhoan Duran was up next and made a fantastic first impression with a 1-2-3 save.

Game 2 of the series features a juicy pitching matchup. 

Zack Wheeler (9-4, 2.56 ERA) and Tarik Skubal (10-3, 2.09 ERA) are the scheduled starters on Saturday. Wheeler has 172 strikeouts this season, Skubal 171. First pitch is set for 4:05 p.m. ET. 

Rollins and Wade go on the Wall 

The Phillies inducted former general manager Ed Wade and former star shortstop Jimmy Rollins into their Wall of Fame in a pregame ceremony. 

Ryan Howard spoke before Rollins, who he called his “little big bro.” Chase Utley unveiled the two new Wall of Fame plaques. 

Rollins wasn’t short on charisma and humor. Recalling the Phillies’ choice to pick him in the second round of the 1996 MLB draft, Rollins noted he was grateful to be listed at 5-foot-9 instead of his true 5-7.

“Ed, I think it was a good decision,” he said. 

You can watch Rollins’ full speech here.

Rehab updates 

Aaron Nola, Joe Ross and David Robertson all pitched Friday in the first game of Triple A Lehigh Valley’s doubleheader against the Worcester Red Sox.

Nola tossed three innings and threw 47 pitches in his rehab start, allowing no runs and three hits. Ross logged one scoreless inning. Robertson conceded three runs in one inning of work and took the loss. 

Alec Bohm fielded pregame grounders at Citizens Bank Park. He’s progressing well in his rehab from a fractured rib, according to Phillies manager Rob Thomson. 

“They’re going to increase the tee and toss today, so he’s going to get some more swings, see how he feels,” Thomson said. “He’s moving around pretty good right now.”