PHILADELPHIA (AP) Kyle Schwarber and Max Kepler hit solo homers in the seventh inning to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Schwarber moved into a tie for the major league home run lead when he hit his 10th of the season off Arizona reliever Jose Castillo (0-1) to tie the game 2-2.
One out later, Kepler hit a home run into the right-field seats to put the Phillies ahead. It was his fourth homer this season and his first off a left-handed pitcher this year.
Schwarber also had an RBI double in the first inning to give Philadelphia an early lead.
Tanner Banks (1-0) earned the win in relief by pitching a 1-2-3 seventh. Jose Alvarado pitched the ninth for his sixth save for Philadelphia.
Jesús Luzardo pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on nine hits for the Phillies, who have won five of their last six.
Arizona starter Merrill Kelly was having an efficient and effective start, throwing just 60 pitches through five innings and allowing one run on four hits, but he appeared to injure himself while warming up in the sixth inning and had to be removed from the game.
The Diamondbacks did not announce the nature of the injury before the conclusion of the game.
Luis Perdomo and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had RBI singles for Arizona, which has lost six of its last nine.
Johan Rojas, who came into the game as a defensive replacement, made a lunging catch in center field and crashed hard into the fence, but hung on to help preserve the one-run lead in the ninth inning.
Schwarber extended his major league leading on-base streak to 38 games with his first inning double.
Arizona sends RHP Brandon Pfaadt (5-1, 2.78 ERA) to the mound to face Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (0-5, 5.40) on Saturday night.
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#1| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Marte 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| C. Carroll RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .285 |
| R. Grichuk DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| E. Suarez 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| J. Naylor 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .316 |
| G. Moreno C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| L. Gurriel LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .204 |
| A. Thomas CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| a- T. Tawa PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| G. Perdomo SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .277 |
- a-flied out for Thomas in the 9th
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Stott 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| T. Turner SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .299 |
| B. Harper 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 |
| K. Schwarber DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| N. Castellanos RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| M. Kepler LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| J. Realmuto C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| A. Bohm 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| C. Stevenson CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| J. Rojas CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
- 2B – G. Moreno (3), L. Gurriel (6)
- RBI – L. Gurriel (16), G. Perdomo (26)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – K. Marte, J. Naylor, G. Moreno 2 (2)
- 2B – K. Schwarber (3)
- HR – K. Schwarber (10), M. Kepler (4)
- RBI – K. Schwarber 2 (25), M. Kepler (8)
- 2-Out RBI – K. Schwarber
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – N. Castellanos
- SB – J. Naylor (5)
- DP – 2 (Bohm-Stott-Harper; Realmuto-Stott)
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Kelly | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.06 |
| J. Morillo(H, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| J. Castillo(L, 0-1) (BS, 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 |
| J. Beeks | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.04 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Luzardo | 5.1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1.94 |
| M. Strahm | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 |
| T. Banks(W, 1-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.14 |
| J. Romano(H, 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 |
| J. Alvarado(S, 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.72 |
- Pitches-Strikes – M. Kelly 60-42, J. Morillo 15-8, J. Castillo 14-9, J. Beeks 16-8
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – M. Kelly 6-4, J. Morillo 2-0, J. Castillo 1-4, J. Beeks 1-0
- Batters Faced – M. Kelly 18, J. Morillo 3, J. Castillo 5, J. Beeks 4
- Pitches-Strikes – J. Luzardo 95-63, M. Strahm 2-2, T. Banks 12-7, J. Romano 8-4, J. Alvarado 11-7
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – J. Luzardo 12-3, M. Strahm 1-0, T. Banks 1-1, J. Romano 1-2, J. Alvarado 0-2
- Batters Faced – J. Luzardo 25, M. Strahm 2, T. Banks 3, J. Romano 3, J. Alvarado 3