DENVER (AP) \u2014 Kyle Schwarber hit his 17th home run and Bryce Harper had three hits including two doubles to back a strong start by Jes\u00fas Lazardo as the Philadelphia Phillies won their fifth game in a row, 7-4 over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Bryson Stott and Brandon Marsh also had three hits each in Philadelphia’s 17-hit attack. Trea Turner, Max Kepler and Alec Bohm each had two hits for the Phillies.<\/p>\n
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Lazardo (5-0) allowed one run on two hits in six innings with 10 strikeouts.<\/p>\n
Schwarber tied the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani for the major league lead with his solo shot to center in the seventh.<\/p>\n
Harper gave the Phillies a 2-0 lead three batters into the game off Rockies starter Antonio Senzatela (1-8) with his first double. Stott singled leading off and Turner followed with a ground-rule double. Nick Castellanos made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
Colorado scored a run in the fourth when Brenton Doyle walked, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Tyler Freeman.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia made it 4-1 in the fifth when Schwarber walked and scored from first on a two-out double by Kepler. Bohm and Marsh had two-out RBI singles following Schwarber’s homer for a 7-1 lead in the seventh.<\/p>\n
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Adael Amador had an RBI single in the seventh. Max Lazar pitched the final two innings and allowed RBI singles by Mickey Moniak and Ryan McMahon in the ninth.<\/p>\n
Senzatela allowed four runs on 10 hits in six innings for the Rockies, who have lost three straight and fell to a major league-worst 8-40.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
Schwarber’s homer to center in the seventh off Ryan Rolison was his ninth against a left-hander. That’s more than the total of every team but the Yankees.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
The Phillies are 5-0 against the Rockies this season, outscoring them 30-10.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Phillies RHP Taijuan Walker (1-3, 2.52 ERA) starts Wednesday against Rockies LHP Carson Palmquist (0-1, 11.25).<\/p>\n
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