Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies

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Houston Astros

70-61, 35-32 Away

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Philadelphia Phillies

77-54, 43-23 Home

Bryce Harper's RBI single in 10th off Josh Hader lifts Phillies past Astros 3-2

Brandon Marsh homered for Philadelphia, which won its third straight. The Phillies entered leading the NL East by six games over Atlanta, while Houston began play 4 1/2 games ahead of Seattle in the AL West.

“I thought we fought and kept after it,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said.

Shay Whitcomb had a pair of RBI for Houston, which defeated Philadelphia in the 2022 World Series.

With runners on first and second and no outs, Harper lined the first pitch he saw from Hader (6-7), a 96 mph sinker, to right field to score automatic runner Kyle Schwarber. Hader struck out the side in order in the ninth, finishing the inning by getting Schwarber looking on a sinker.

“Happy it got through and happy to win the game,” Harper said.

Matt Strahm (6-2) worked a scoreless 10th for Philadelphia. He got help on the final out from center fielder Johan Rojas, who made a diving catch to rob Yainer Diaz of a base hit that would have scored the automatic runner.

“He got a pretty good jump, and he closes on it as good as anybody,” Thomson said. “A lot of guys don't make that catch.”

Philadelphia scored 22 runs while winning a pair of games over the weekend at Kansas City. But the Astros limited the Phillies to Marsh’s fifth-inning, opposite-field drive off Ronel Blanco and Nick Castellanos’ RBI single in the sixth before Harper came through in extra innings.

Phillies players mobbed Harper after he rounded first base, celebrating a victory to start a seven-game homestand against the Astros and the Braves.

“Big at-bats by everybody and the bullpen did their job,” Harper said.

Whitcomb put Houston in front with a two-run, two-out single in the fourth off Zack Wheeler.

“Just one hit away, but our at-bats were really good,” Houston manager Joe Espada said.

Wheeler gave up six hits in six innings with six strikeouts and two walks.

“It's fun,” Wheeler said. “Two good teams going at it.”

Blanco lasted 5 2/3 innings and allowed two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Phillies: Placed left-handed reliever José Alvarado on the restricted list for a personal matter. The 29-year-old Alvarado has a 4.30 ERA in 56 appearances this season. He has converted 13 of 16 save opportunities. Philadelphia recalled right-hander Michael Mercado from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Astros RHP Justin Verlander (3-3, 3.92 ERA) opposes Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (11-6, 3.45) as the series continues Tuesday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Phillies: 63.8%

Astros: 36.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Harper singled to right, Schwarber scored, Turner to second.
	10th Inning	Turner walked.
	10th Inning	Dubón in left field.
	10th Inning	Diaz lined out to center.
	10th Inning	Alvarez grounded out to first, McCormick to third.
	10th Inning	Bregman struck out swinging.

Statistics

HOU		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	12
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	160
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	15
39	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
1.9	Runs Created	4.6
.222	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.429
.111	Secondary Average	.314
.282	On Base Percentage	.333
.532	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.762
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
18.0	Batter Rating	31.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.10
.028	Isolated Power	.171
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
-.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.057
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
71.8	MLB Rating	80.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0