Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves

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Philadelphia Phillies

58-30, 25-16 Away

Final
8 - 6

Atlanta Braves

47-39, 27-17 Home

Trea Turner homers twice, Aaron Nola gets 100th career win in Phillies' 8-6 victory over Braves

The NL East-leading Phillies extended their lead over second-place Atlanta to 10 games by winning the opener of the weekend series.

The Phillies have three key hitters — Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto — on the injured list but still had 15 hits.

“It's what makes a good team,” Nola said.

Added manager Rob Thomson: “It says a lot. Our front office has done a great job of creating that depth.”

Nola (10-4) retired Atlanta's first 10 batters before giving up a one-out single to Ozzie Albies in the fourth inning. Austin Riley followed with a two-run homer to center field. Albies had three hits, including a homer, and Marcell Ozuna added a three-run shot in the eighth off José Alvarado.

The Braves' three homers were not enough to overcome the power show from Turner, the shortstop who on Wednesday was voted one of Philadelphia's three National League All-Star Game starters. Third baseman Alec Bohm and Harper also were voted as starters by fans, but Harper's left hamstring strain leaves his All-Star status uncertain.

Turner hit his first homer off Fried (7-4) in the Phillies' three-run fourth. Turner's second two-run shot carried 459 feet into the left field seats in the sixth for his 16th career multi-homer game. It was the longest homer of his career.

“I knew I hit it good,” Turner said. “I didn't know I hit it that far.”

The 6-foot-2 Turner is listed at only 185 pounds, making his power a surprise even for Thomson.

“He's not the biggest guy on the planet and I don't know how he hits the ball so far,” Thomson said.

Nola improved to 100-75 in his career. He gave up three runs with eight strikeouts in six innings.

Fried allowed five runs and a season-high 11 hits in six innings.

Three Atlanta errors led to two unearned runs in the Phillies’ three-run seventh.

Jeff Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Phillies: RHP Tyler Phillips' contract was selected from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Thomson said Phillips provides depth for the bullpen, especially with rain in the forecast for the weekend. RHP Yunior Marte was optioned to Lehigh Valley and RHP Luis F. Ortiz (right elbow UCL sprain) was moved to the 60-day IL. ... Schwarber (left groin strain) plans to run the bases Saturday. Harper “is not far behind,” according to Thomson.

Braves: SS Orlando Arcia started after having an abscessed tooth removed, causing him to miss three games. ... OF Forrest Wall was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett to clear a spot for Eli White, who was recalled and was 0-for-4 as the LF starter, striking out to end the game. OF Ramón Laureano continues to be held out with lower back soreness, leaving the team one player short of having a full healthy active roster. The Braves Eddie Rosario to a minor league deal and Rosario tripled in his debut with Gwinnett. Rosario was released by Washington on Wednesday. Rosario, 32, played with Atlanta from 2021-23 and was the MVP of the 2021 NLCS. “We know what he's capable of,” said manager Brian Snitker.

Atlanta rookie Spencer Schwellenbach (1-4, 5.68 ERA) will look for his second win when he faces Philadelphia left-hander Ranger Suárez (10-2, 2.27) on Saturday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Braves: 54.9%

Phillies: 45.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	White struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Arcia flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Duvall popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Alvarado
	9th Inning	Pache struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rojas flied out to right.

Statistics

PHI		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
18	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	11
6	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	8
4	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
43	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
23	Total Bases	18
45	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
9.1	Runs Created	4.7
.349	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.535	Slugging Percentage	.514
.302	Secondary Average	.314
.378	On Base Percentage	.250
.913	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.764
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
8.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
57.0	Batter Rating	43.0
21.5	At Bats Per Home Run	11.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.29	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.47
.186	Isolated Power	.286
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.09
.022	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
-.047	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.086
14.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
103.5	MLB Rating	87.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0