Captain Jack's Phillies Postgame

Phillies 6, Mets 2 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia closed the series by winning two straight after dropping Thursday's opener. Zack Wheeler carried it: five and two-thirds innings, four hits, two runs, three walks, seven strikeouts on a hundred and four pitches, and he's now seven and one with a two eleven E.R.A. The offense jumped David Peterson early — two in the first on a Bohm single, a Baty throwing error, and an Edmundo Sosa knock — then Kyle Schwarber crushed a three-run homer in the second, his twenty-ninth, four hundred and eighteen feet to right-center. Bryce Harper, the night after his cycle, went three for four with his seventeenth homer, a three-hundred-ninety-foot shot off the bat at a hundred and eight. Bryson Stott robbed Juan Soto with a diving stop in the first, and Soto pulled a backwards golden sombrero of a strikeout in the eighth, frozen on three called strikes against Orion Kerkering. Jhoan Duran struck out the side flavor to slam the door. The Past stops in on Rhys Hoskins in Cleveland; the Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. The run differential climbs again, from minus eight to minus four. The Phillies sit forty-two and thirty-five, second in the East, two games up in the wild card.

Phillies 15, Mets 3 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia took the worst team in the division behind the woodshed on national television. Bryce Harper hit for the cycle — a home run in the first, a double and a single in the third, and a two-run triple in the fifth to finish it. Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs, two of them in one eight-run third inning, and drove in six. Cristopher Sánchez quietly carried the start: six innings, one run, five strikeouts, and the only damage against him a solo homer. The Phillies hung ten runs on Freddy Peralta and the Mets eventually waved the white flag, sending position player Zack Short to the mound in the eighth to lob fifty-mile-an-hour junk. Dr. Jürgen Luftberg breaks down all six home runs and a thirteen-mile-an-hour wind blowing straight out to right. The Past visits Gregory Soto in Pittsburgh; the Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. The run differential jumped twelve in one night, from minus twenty to minus eight. The Phillies rise to forty-one and thirty-five, second in the East and a game and a half up in the wild card.

Mets 6, Phillies 4 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia drops the opener to the last-place Mets. Juan Soto did the damage with two solo home runs off Aaron Nola, his sixteenth and seventeenth, and Nola otherwise battled, five innings, two earned, six strikeouts. The Phillies clawed all the way back to a three to three tie on R.B.I. hits from Alec Bohm twice and a Derek Hill single. Then José Alvarado walked into a tie game in the seventh and walked out of a three-run deficit, a pinch-hit go-ahead single by Eric Wagaman and a two-run triple by Marcus Semien doing the damage. Philadelphia got one back in the ninth on a Justin Crawford single but Devin Williams shut the door. Trea Turner left early after a hit by pitch. The home plate umpire Brian Walsh had four of five A.B.S. challenges overturned on him. The Past visits Matt Strahm in Kansas City; the Future leans on Double-A arm Braydon Tucker and seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria. The Phillies fall to forty and thirty-five, still second in the East and still a game up in the wild card.

Marlins 12, Phillies 4 at Citizens Bank Park on a getaway-day matinee, and Philadelphia loses the finale after winning the series. Andrew Painter got knocked out in the third, charged with six earned runs on two innings and two home runs, and his season line is now one and eight with a seven oh six E.R.A. Kyle Stowers wrecked the afternoon, four for five with two home runs and five runs batted in. Owen Caissie, Joe Mack, and Jakob Marsee also went deep, five long balls for Miami in all. The Phillies clawed it to six to four early on R.B.I. singles from Brandon Marsh and Alec Bohm and a balk that gave them a run, but Tanner Banks gave up two more homers in the sixth and it broke open. Sandy Alcántara went six for the win. Xavier Edwards went down looking on three straight called strikes again, a second straight Volpe. Backup catcher Garrett Stubbs mopped up the ninth throwing eephus pitches. The Past visits Ranger Suárez in Boston; the Future leans on seventeen-year-old Francisco Renteria and Double-A arm Braydon Tucker. Philadelphia falls to forty and thirty-four, still second in the East and still a game and a half up in the wild card after Atlanta and Washington both lost.

Phillies 8, Marlins 2 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia takes the series with a game to spare. The Phillies hung three home runs on Marlins starter Tyler Phillips, who got knocked out after four innings and eight earned runs. Brandon Marsh and Alec Bohm went back-to-back in the second, Kyle Schwarber lined his twenty-fifth of the year to right in the fourth on a rare night at first base, and Bryson Stott set the whole thing off with a two-run triple in the first. Jesús Luzardo, the Jesus Lizard, went seven strong with nine strikeouts, giving up only a late two-run shot to Esteury Ruiz. J.T. Realmuto tapped his helmet for an A.B.S. challenge in the sixth and the system agreed with him, ringing up Liam Hicks. Xavier Edwards went down looking on three straight called strikes in the seventh, a clean Volpe. Flyers coach Rick Tocchet swung by the booth in the third. The Past visits Nick Castellanos, and the Future doubles up at Double-A Reading on Gage Wood and an undrafted twenty-six-year-old named Braydon Tucker carrying a one twenty-six E.R.A. Philadelphia climbs to forty and thirty-three, second in the East, a game and a half up in the wild card, seven back of Atlanta.

Phillies 7, Marlins 0 at Citizens Bank Park, and Philadelphia comes home off a .500 road trip to throw a shutout at Miami. Zack Wheeler sets the tone with six scoreless, two hits, three walks, and nine strikeouts, and the bullpen of Tim Mayza, Jonathan Bowlan, and Chase Shugart finishes the blanking. The night belongs to a debut: Gabriel Rincones Junior, up from Jersey Shore, takes a hack in the second and his first career hit is a home run to right, and he drives in two. J.T. Realmuto adds a two-run shot to left in the fifth, his fifth of the year. Justin Crawford keeps cooking with three hits and a steal, Edmundo Sosa knocks two, and Bohm and Harper each cash a sac fly. With two balls in the seats on an open-air June night, the show brings in Dr. Jürgen Luftberg to sort the weather ball from the muscle. Trea Turner takes a pitch off the body in the sixth and exits in the eighth as a precaution. Philadelphia climbs to thirty-nine and thirty-three, holds a game and a half in the wild card, and stays seven and a half back of Atlanta. The Mets, for the record, got spanked.

Phillies 0, Brewers 4 at American Family Field, and Philadelphia gets blanked on getaway day to drop the series two games to one. A day after hanging nine, the bats manage four hits and never score. Cristopher Sánchez takes the loss, charged with four runs over five and two-thirds, both off the long ball: a Jackson Chourio leadoff homer in the first and a Blake Perkins three-run shot in the fourth. Kyle Harrison shuts Philadelphia out over six, and Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby finish it. J.T. Realmuto sits on the day game, so Sánchez throws to Rafael Marchán, who later takes a foul off the helmet and is replaced by Garrett Stubbs. The lone bright spots are gloves: the Phillies nail William Contreras in a rundown and win their only challenge, an overturned tag on David Hamilton at second. Philadelphia falls to thirty-eight and thirty-three, stays eight back of Atlanta, and watches the wild-card cushion shrink to a half game. The road trip ends three and three; the club heads home.

Phillies 9, Brewers 8 at American Family Field, and Philadelphia answers a one-hit shutout with a seventeen-hit avalanche. A night after Misiorowski one-hit them, the bats wake up: J.T. Realmuto goes three for four with a three-run homer and four runs batted in, Edmundo Sosa and Realmuto both go deep, Bryson Stott doubles twice and drives in two, Brandon Marsh and Sosa each rack up three hits. Aaron Nola wobbles through four and two-thirds, Tim Mayza vultures the win, and Jhoan Duran slams the door for the save. But it's nearly a disaster: up 9-5 in the eighth, Brad Keller turns the inning into a fire drill and the Brewers crawl back to 9-8 before it ends. Jackson Chourio is a one-man wrecking crew for Milwaukee with four hits, two homers, and four RBI. The Phillies climb to thirty-eight and thirty-two, stay eight back of Atlanta in the East, and hold a game and a half in the wild card. Kyle Schwarber takes a backwards K in the first, a textbook Volpe, and a ball clanks off Alec Bohm's head in the eighth.

Phillies 0, Brewers 6 at American Family Field, and Philadelphia runs into the buzzsaw to open the Milwaukee series. Rookie Jacob Misiorowski throws a complete-game one-hit shutout, strikes out a career-high fifteen, walks nobody, faces the minimum, and hits 104.5 miles an hour, the fastest pitch of 2026 and the fastest ever thrown by a starter. Kyle Schwarber's fourth-inning single is the Phillies' only hit and the only thing standing between them and a perfect game. Tanner Banks opens and takes the loss after a Will Contreras RBI double in the first; Andrew Painter follows with five runs over five innings, the big blow a Jake Bauers three-run homer in the fifth. The Phillies fall to thirty-seven and thirty-two, slip to eight and a half back of Atlanta in the East, but hold a game and a half lead for the wild card as the Braves drop their second straight. Last ten still seven and three.

Phillies 7, Blue Jays 4 at Rogers Centre, and Philadelphia takes the series two games to one in Toronto. They jump Max Scherzer for three home runs — Bryce Harper's solo shot in the first, Alec Bohm's three-run blast in the third, and a 423-foot Kyle Schwarber bomb off the reliever in the fourth — and chase the future Hall of Famer in the fourth on the same day he records his three thousand five hundredth career strikeout. Jesús Luzardo strikes out eight over five and two-thirds, Realmuto guns down a runner in a rundown, and José Alvarado collects his five hundredth career K. Chase Shugart walks in three runs in a shaky seventh to make it 7-4, but Jhoan Duran slams the door for the save, bouncing back from last night's walk-off, his third straight night pitching. Roof open all game. The Phillies are thirty-seven and thirty-one, back up a game and a half for the wild card, and the Braves have lost two straight, so the division gap is down to eight.