Bryce Harper lit the fuse with a two-run bolt in the first. The turning point arrived five innings later, when Jesús Luzardo, after back-to-back walks, coolly turned the inning with a two-pitch fly to center — and the Phillies never ceded control in a 4–2 win at loanDepot park.
Harper’s shot off Sandy Alcantara was No. 24 and the early cushion Philadelphia rode. They added two more in the fourth — Harrison Bader’s RBI single and Bryson Stott’s sacrifice fly — while Brandon Marsh doubled twice. Alcantara allowed four runs over six; the Phillies never trailed.
Luzardo handled the rest against his former club: six innings, five hits, two runs, eight strikeouts, four walks — win No. 13 in a season that’s become a tidy bit of redemption.
J.T. Realmuto turned baserunning into bad ideas, cutting down AgustÃn RamÃrez in the first and Maximo Acosta at third in the seventh — the latter marking the 200th caught-stealing of his career.
From there, the back end did exactly what September teams need. David Robertson worked around a leadoff double in the seventh, Matt Strahm worked a spotless eighth, and Jhoan Duran finished it off for save No. 27.
Kyle Schwarber went 0-for-3, wore two pitches, and still sits on 49 homers a week after his four-homer night; his ninth-inning drive died on the warning track in Jakob Marsee’s glove.
Ledger line: Philadelphia is 83–59, winners of three straight and seven of nine, and up 5–1 in the season set with Miami heading into Sunday.
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