Kyle Schwarber hits 3 homers for 2nd time this season as Philadelphia Phillies rally past Blue Jays
Kyle Schwarber's third homer of the game was a go-ahead, three-run drive in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 on Tuesday night after allowing six runs in the first.
Schwarber hit his 12th leadoff homer of the season and went deep again in the fourth before his blast with no outs in the ninth on the ninth pitch he saw from Chad Green (4-5), a 96 mph fastball. Right fielder George Springer barely moved in reaction to Schwarber's 426-foot line drive that reached the second deck for his 31st homer of the season.
Schwarber became the first Phillies player to have two three-homer games in a season and has three such games in his career. He finished 5 for 6 with six RBIs and came within a triple of the cycle, adding a double in the third and an RBI single in the seventh.
Vladimir Guerrero went 4 for 5 with a two-run homer for Toronto, which led 6-1 after one and knocked Phillies starter Tyler Phillips out of the game after two-thirds of an inning. Phillips gave up six runs on eight hits, including two-run homers by Daulton Varsho and Addison Barger.
Orion Kerkering (4-2) pitched a scoreless eighth. Matt Strahm, the seventh Phillies pitcher, gave up Leo Jiménez's homer in the ninth but closed it out for his second save in eight chances.
NL East-leading Philadelphia matched a season high with 18 hits and won its third straight.
Green blew a save for the second straight game after doing so on Sunday at Minnesota. He converted 16 consecutive save opportunities to begin the season.
Edmundo Sosa led off the ninth with a single and advanced to third on Kody Clemens' double before Schwarber's homer made it 10-8.
In the first, Phillips retired two of the 10 batters he faced, departing after Springer's second hit.
Nick Castellanos and Bryson Stott each drove in a run in the third and Schwarber's second homer cut it to 6-4 in the fourth.
Guerrero connected off former Toronto teammate Taijuan Walker in the sixth for his 28th homer to put the Blue Jays ahead 8-4.
Philadelphia answered with a three-run seventh against a trio of Toronto relievers.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Phillies: INF Alec Bohm (left hand) is recovering more slowly than expected and will not play in this two-game series, manager Rob Thomson said, adding that Bohm could return Thursday against Miami. Bohm left last Thursday's game against Atlanta after two innings and has not played since.
Blue Jays: SS Bo Bichette (right calf) ran the bases Monday and will do so again Wednesday. ... Barger exited after six innings because of a sore left knee.
UP NEXT
After being named AL Pitcher of the Month for August, Blue Jays RHP Bowden Francis (8-3, 3.66 ERA) is scheduled to make his first September start against Phillies LHP Cristopher Sánchez (9-9, 3.49) on Wednesday.
