San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies
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Harper races for inside-the-park HR, Nola works 7 strong innings as Phillies beat Giants 10-4
Kyle Schwarber, Alec Bohm and Edmundo Sosa also homered for the Phillies, who moved three games ahead of the Giants in the wild-card standings.
“That’s a big first game of the first series,” Harper said. “That’s a good team over there, and we’re fighting for that (No. 1) spot.”
Harper electrified the crowd of 36,274 in the fifth inning. His drive off Sean Hjelle caromed hard off the high wall in left-center. When center fielder Wade Meckler finally chased down the ball in right-center, he twice failed to pick it up before throwing it toward home. It likely would’ve taken a perfect toss and relay to nab the speedy Harper.
“I saw J-Roll (Jimmy Rollins) do it, I saw (Chase) Utley do it a couple of times,” Harper said. “To be part of that is pretty cool.”
It was Harper’s 10th homer of the season and 295th career shot for the two-time NL MVP, whose power stroke has been returning the last two months after offseason Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. He also hit an inside-the-park homer in Philadelphia on July 27, 2021.
“Any time you hit a ball out that way you run as hard as you can just in case,” he said. “Pretty cool.”
LaMonte Wade Jr. and Joc Pederson homered for the Giants, who have lost four of five and 11 of 15.
“Don't want to dwell on one (game), particularly one that didn't go well," Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. "I don't think there's much to look back on, other than we probably don't want to do it in the same way again in the next couple of games.”
San Francisco began play 1½ games ahead of three fourth-placed teams in the race for wild-card spots. Arizona, Cincinnati and Miami entered Monday chasing a playoff spot with 64-61 marks.
Nola (11-8) was hit hard early before settling down. He wound up allowing two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and a walk.
“If you give him a second chance, he's going to come back and punish you for it,” Kapler said.
Harper's homer gave the Phillies a 6-2 lead, and they broke the game open with four runs in the seventh on Johan Rojas’ two-run triple and Schwarber’s two-run shot, a 444-foot drive to the second deck in right field. It was the 33rd homer of the season for Schwarber, who led the NL in homers last season with 46.
“Great game overall,” Nola said.
The Phillies went ahead in the second with a pair of runs off Sean Manaea (4-4), when Sosa connected on a 93-mph fastball into the Philadelphia bullpen in center. Bohm also hit a solo shot off Manaea an inning later. The Giants left-hander had gone 20 straight contests without allowing a home run before surrendering two against the Phillies. He gave up those three runs in 2 ⅔ innings in relief of opener Scott Alexander.
GOOD DEFENSE
Bohm made a pair of stellar defensive plays at first base, diving to his left to rob Meckler of extra bases in the second and then laying out to his right in the fourth to take a hit away from Johan Camargo.
BAD DEFENSE
Trea Turner went to second base after singling in the first inning when Meckler didn’t cleanly field the hit to center field. Then, Meckler couldn't hold Harper to a triple. Finally, left fielder Blake Sabol misread Rojas’ liner in the seventh, coming in on the ball that went over his head.
KAPLER BOOED
Kapler was booed when he removed Alexander in the first and again when he pulled Manaea in the fourth. Kapler was not popular in Philadelphia during his two seasons managing in the club in 2018 and ’19 in which he went 161-163.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: Left-handed reliever José Alvarado (left elbow inflammation) was activated from the 15-day IL, and RHP Luis Ortiz was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Alvarado, sidelined since July 7, has a 1.38 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 26 innings over 26 outings.
UP NEXT
Phillies RHP Taijuan Walker (13-5, 4.03) returns to the mound on Tuesday night after skipping a start to rest his arm following decreased velocity in the second contest of the three-game series. Prospect Kyle Harrison makes his MLB debut for San Francisco.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Davis flied out to center. | |
9th Inning | Davis hit for Schmitt | |
9th Inning | Meckler lined into double play, first to shortstop, Camargo doubled off second. | |
9th Inning | Hoffman relieved Covey | |
9th Inning | Sabol reached on infield single to shortstop, Matos scored, Camargo to second, Ramos to third. | |
9th Inning | Camargo hit by pitch, Flores scored, Ramos to second, Matos to third. |
Statistics
SF | PHI | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
1 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
11 | Ground Balls | 15 |
7 | Strikeouts | 9 |
4 | Runs Batted In | 10 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
9 | Hits | 17 |
0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
3 | Walks | 2 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
4 | Runs | 10 |
2 | Ground Into Double Play | 2 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
32 | At Bats | 38 |
2 | Home Runs | 4 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
10 | Runners Left On Base | 15 |
0 | Triples | 2 |
0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
0 | Doubles | 2 |
14 | Fly Balls | 14 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
140 | Pitches | 139 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
2 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
15 | Total Bases | 35 |
36 | Plate Appearances | 41 |
324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 648.0 |
2 | Extra Base Hits | 8 |
4.8 | Runs Created | 13.1 |
.281 | Batting Average | .447 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.469 | Slugging Percentage | .921 |
.281 | Secondary Average | .526 |
.361 | On Base Percentage | .488 |
.830 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.409 |
0.8 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.1 |
5.2 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 15.4 |
31.0 | Batter Rating | 78.0 |
16.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 9.5 |
0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
3.89 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.39 |
.188 | Isolated Power | .474 |
0.43 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.22 |
.083 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .049 |
.000 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .079 |
8.0 | Runs Produced | 20.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.5 | Patience Ratio | 1.0 |
0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.5 |
84.5 | MLB Rating | 124.3 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 36,274 | Capacity:
2024 National League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles | 98 | 64 | .605 | - | W5 |
San Diego | 93 | 69 | .574 | 5 | L1 |
Arizona | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | W1 |
San Francisco | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | L1 |
Colorado | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | L3 |
2024 National League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | 95 | 67 | .586 | - | W1 |
Atlanta | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | W1 |
New York | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | L1 |
Washington | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24 | L1 |
Miami | 62 | 100 | .383 | 33 | W4 |