Philadelphia Phillies at Boston Red Sox

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Philadelphia Phillies

46-21, 19-11 Away

Final
6 - 8

Boston Red Sox

34-34, 15-19 Home

Valdez hits a key 2-run double to help the Red Sox rally past the Phillies 8-6

Jarren Duran had three of Boston's 13 hits. David Hamilton had two hits, scored twice and drove in two runs.

The Red Sox, who trailed 4-0 after three innings, had dropped three of four. With the win, they returned to .500 at 34-34.

“We swung the bat well from the get-go,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “Hit the ball hard, put pressure on them. Got a chance there to use (Valdez) with men on and he put a great swing on it."

Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos each had two hits for NL East-leading Philadelphia (46-21), which had won five of six. Bryson Stott had two RBI.

Harper and Whit Merrifield each hit an early RBI single against Nick Pivetta, and David Dahl doubled home Stott to make it 4-0 in the third.

But Jamie Westbrook drove in Rafael Devers with a sacrifice fly for Boston in the fourth, and the Red Sox went ahead for good with their big fifth inning.

Hamilton, Ceddanne Rafaela and Duran started the rally with three consecutive singles, chasing Cristopher Sánchez. Merrifield committed a throwing error on Duran’s tough chopper up the middle, and Hamilton and Rafaela scampered home on the play.

“He wasn’t mixing his pitches,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said of Sánchez. “He was behind in the count, his command was off a little bit, velo was there. He wasn’t commanding his fastball, he wasn’t commanding his changeup. They were taking a lot of balls in the dirt.

“Could be just one of those nights. He’ll be back out there.”

Rob Refsnyder greeted José Ruiz (1-1) with another single, and Tyler O’Neill’s sacrifice fly tied it at 4. With two outs and runners on the corners, Valdez’s pinch-hit drive off the wall in left gave the Red Sox a 6-4 lead.

Boston added two more in the sixth. Bobby Dalbec reached on a leadoff walk before Hamilton drove a 1-0 fastball from Spencer Turnbull deep to right-center for his fourth homer.

Cam Booser (1-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win, and Kenley Jansen handled the ninth for his 10th save.

The Phillies closed to 8-6 when Harper doubled, advanced on a Jansen balk and scored on Alec Bohm’s sacrifice fly. Merrifield walked with two down, but Dahl flied to right for the final out.

“I feel great,” Jansen said. “I love where I’m at right now, stuff-wise, especially with my cutter.”

Pivetta issued a season-high four walks in four innings. He allowed six hits and struck out four.

Sánchez was charged with four runs and seven hits. He struck out two and walked two.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Phillies: SS Trea Turner, who has been on the injured list since May 4 with a left hamstring strain, could be activated for the homestand that begins Monday.

Red Sox: INF/OF Romy Gonzalez, on the IL since May 31 with a left hamstring strain, is scheduled to start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Thursday. ... OF Wilyer Abreu (right ankle sprain) is running and feels good. He may need just one rehab game and is expected to be activated when eligible.

The Phillies and Red Sox wrap up their three-game series on Thursday. RHP Aaron Nola (8-2, 2.77 ERA) is scheduled to start for Philadelphia, opposed by RHP Tanner Houck (6-5, 1.91 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Red Sox: 47.1%

Phillies: 52.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Dahl flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Merrifield walked.
	9th Inning	Stott struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bohm hit sacrifice fly to right, Harper scored.
	9th Inning	Harper to third on a balk.
	9th Inning	Harper hit a ground rule double.

Statistics

PHI		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	6
6	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	2
35	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	20
1	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	20
43	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	4
6.3	Runs Created	10.0
.257	Batting Average	.419
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.645
.371	Secondary Average	.419
.372	On Base Percentage	.500
.801	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.145
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	13.5
43.5	Batter Rating	52.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.171	Isolated Power	.226
0.88	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.163	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.150
.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
12.0	Runs Produced	15.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
88.5	MLB Rating	103.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0