clinched a first round bye in the National League<\/a>, and there were franchise and personal records being set left and right. <\/p>\nNotes and Quotes from a wild night in South Philadelphia<\/p>\n
Phillies offense explodes<\/p>\n
11 runs on 12 hits and three walks typically means things were going well. but without watching the game or diving into the box score, you couldn\u2019t predict this game.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia set a new franchise record with eight home runs in the game. Kyle Schwarber hit two, no surprise there. How about THREE from Edmundo Sosa. Alec Bohm, Otto Kemp, and Bryson Stott each added one of their own to see the franchise record.<\/p>\n
Despite the offensive explosion, manager Rob Thomson was still focused on the present:<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I think any record is great and every record is meant to be broken,\u201d he told reporters after the game when asked about the new franchise record eight home runs. \u201cIt came on a really important night. We secured the bye. It\u2019s like winning a playoff series, really.\u00a0But we still have more to do, you know. Milwaukee hasn\u2019t been clinched yet, so we gotta keep playing. But yeah, it\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tonight was the second time this season \u2013 and fifth ever \u2013 the Phillies hit seven or more long balls in a game. Let\u2019s do rapid fire style notes for some of the performances tonight:<\/p>\n
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Philadelphia Phillies short stop Edmundo Sosa (33) celebrates in front of Miami Marlins catcher Agust\u0092n Ram\u0092rez (50) after hitting a three RBI home run during the fifth inning at Citizens Bank Park. Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Edmundo Sosa<\/p>\n
3 HRs tonight \u2013 the first Phillies shortstop to do so in franchise history<\/p>\n
1st multi-homer game in Sosa\u2019s career<\/p>\n
His .533 SLG against LHP would be 5th best in the NL, 18th best in MLB if he qualified<\/p>\n
5 RBIs ties a career high<\/p>\n
10th HR of the season, tying a career high<\/p>\n
Sosa became the tenth Phillies hitter to record 10 or more homers this season, just the second time in franchise history they have done so (last in 2019). He is also the fifth Phillies infielder to reach the mark \u2013 the last time the Phillies had five infielders reach the mark was 2004 when Jim Thome, David Bell, Placido Polanco Chase Utley, and Jimmy Rollins all reached the milestone.<\/p>\n
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Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber (12) reacts after hitting a home run against the Miami Marlins during the third inning at Citizens Bank Park. Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Kyle Schwarber<\/p>\n
2 HRs tonight \u2013 fifth time this season he\u2019s had a multi-HR game<\/p>\n
22nd time he\u2019s done so as a Phillie, good for fourth all-time in franchise history<\/p>\n
36th time in his career<\/p>\n
Hit his 23rd HR off a left-handed pitcher \u2013 that\u2019s the most by any left-handed hitter in a season in major league history<\/p>\n
Reach 80 extra-base hits \u2013 the first Phillies hitter to do so since Ryan Howard, who hit 86 in 2009<\/p>\n
He is now two HR away from tying Howard\u2019s franchise record set in 2006<\/p>\n
Schwarber, Kemp, Bohm, and Sosa all went yard in the seventh inning. It was the third time in franchise history they hit four or more homers in an inning and the first since 1985. They had two separate instances of back-to-back jacks in the frame.<\/p>\n
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Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jesus Luzardo (44) throws a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the fifth inning at Citizens Bank Park. Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Luzardo domiates<\/p>\n
Luzardo starting the game almost as good as possible. Through two frames, he did allow one run \u2013 but he also struck out six hitters. He has done so TWICE now, this season \u2013 the only pitcher to do that in 2025. However, his pitch count was high \u2013 already at 42 pitches through the two innings. He would settle down and started getting some quick outs, but still managed to finish with 10 Ks on the day \u2013 his seventh outing with double-digit strikeouts on the season.<\/p>\n
Luzardo recorded 10 strikeouts \u2013 14th such a game of his career, 10th this season<\/p>\n
Luzardo set a new career high in Ks with 216<\/p>\n
He set a new career high in innings pitched (183 2\/3) and tied his career high with 32 starts<\/p>\n
2.8 walk-per-nine on the season is tied for 2nd lowest in his career<\/p>\n
Partnered with no walks, he recorded his fourth 10 K \u2013 0 BB game, bringing the Phillies\u2019 team total to 14 such outings. That is double the next closest team (Detroit \u2013 7). Thomson talked about his starter\u2019s impressive performance:<\/p>\n
\u201d (He was) fantastic. He just keeps rolling along here, knock on wood, but the change-up was really effective tonight. Got two strikeouts in the first inning on 3-2 pitches, but the change-up, slider was good, (he) filled up the zone.\u201d Thomson explained. He added, \u201che had 42 pitches after the second inning and he settled right in. He broke his career record for strikeouts and innings pitched and starts and that\u2019s a really impressive regular season for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomson would later add that when the fastball command is there, as it was after the first two frames, it changes who Luzardo is as a pitcher \u2013 but his off-speed stuff has been great for a while. Luzardo currently ranks tied for third in MLB in strikeouts. <\/p>\n
I had to ask Topper something before things were all said and done at his postgame presser \u2013 how fun was tonight? I mean, first team ever to hit eight homers and have a 10 K, 0 BB outing from your starter in the same game \u2013 that has to be fun, right? He stayed focused.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a complete game. I know we made a couple of errors, but they\u2019re kind of tough plays. But it was a complete game and I like the way we played tonight \u2019cause I mentioned last night after the game, we\u2019ve been a little bit sloppy and we need to clean it up, and I think we played really well tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Indeed you did, coach. Indeed you did. <\/p>\n
Other Phillies notes<\/p>\n
Bryson Stott\u2019s home run in the fourth traveled 440 feet \u2013 the furthest HR of his career. It was also his first homer off a left-handed pitcher in a year and a half! His last was back on May 18, 2024 in a game against the Nationals.<\/p>\n
Philly has a chance to set a new franchise record for series wins, if they can beat Miami tomorrow. They currently sit at 33 series victories. A win tomorrow ties it. If they then go on to beat the Twins, the 2025 club would stand alone at the top.<\/p>\n
Kyle Schwarber is in striking distance for the Phillies franchise record for home runs in a single season. Both he and Thomson were asked after the game if they will go with rest or going for the record, how will they lean? Thomson said if there\u2019s an opportunity, he would let his slugger go for it.<\/p>\n
Rob Thomson is the fourth manager in MLB history to reach the postseason in each of his first four full seasons to begin a managerial career. He joins Dave Roberts, Aaron Boone, and Mike Matheny as the only managers to do so.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow is the series finale against the Marlins. Walker Buehler (9-7, 5.13 ERA) will toe the rubber for Philly, opposed by Janson Junk (6-3, 4.27 ERA) for Miami. Game starts at 6:05 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans cheer as Philadelphia Phillies short stop Edmundo Sosa (blurred in foreground) runs the bases after hitting his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[5,1715,6924,6,81,1816,58,4,144,25,49502,16816,4216,40,49503,16702],"class_list":{"0":"post-340061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-phillies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-bryson-stott","10":"tag-edmundo-sosa","11":"tag-jesus-luzardo","12":"tag-kyle-schwarber","13":"tag-marlins","14":"tag-miami-marlins","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-philadelphia","17":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","18":"tag-philadelphia-phillies-history","19":"tag-philadelphia-phillies-news","20":"tag-philadelphiaphillies","21":"tag-phillies","22":"tag-phillies-history","23":"tag-phillies-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115263768327989459","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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