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Trea Turner recorded four hits, including his 1,500th career hit, while Bryce Harper went deep twice to lead the Phillies past the Mariners 12-7.
As if those home runs weren't enough on their own, Harper also made a bit of franchise history with those longballs, becoming the first Phillies player in the StatCast era (since 2015) to hit two home runs in the same game that traveled 440 or more feet.
PHILADELPHIA — Before he launched a 440-foot homer that he followed with a 448-foot homer, Bryce Harper smacked a slider to dead center. He missed the barrel. He knew it and looked disgusted. He jogged to first base as Julio Rodríguez caught the fly ball, then clapped his hands a few times. “Just missed it,” Harper said.
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper broke down where his team stands with the postseason looming and what it takes to win.
The Philadelphia Phillies routed the Seattle Mariners 12-7 on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park as they continue their pursuit of the National League East titl
Bryce Harper launched two mammoth home runs and Trea Turner drove in five runs to highlight the Philadelphia Phillies' 12-7 home victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday.
Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Phillies beat the Nationals 6-2 to snap a three-game skid.
Realmuto, who hit his ninth homer, reached base three times and had three RBIs. He also had an RBI single and reached on a catcher’s interference call on Mariners backstop Mitch Garver. It was the third time in a month the Phillies were on the positive side of a catcher’s interference call.