Phillies smash three home runs to back Ranger Suarez, beat the Reds 5-1

The Phillies bounced back on Saturday with a no-nonsense 5-1 win over the Reds, powered by homers from Alec Bohm, Kyle Schwarber, and another rock-solid start from Ranger Suárez.

After Friday night’s bullpen meltdown, The Fightins flipped the script behind Ranger, who lowered his ERA to 1.99 and continues to pitch like a guy who absolutely belongs not only in the All-Star Game, but in the Cy Young conversation.

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Suarez only went five innings, but that was the plan. He came in with an 85-pitch limit after a heavy workload over his last five starts (each at least 7 innings). He struck out six and gave up just one earned run: a solo shot by Will Benson in the fifth.

Edmundo Sosa immediately answered with a solo blast of his own in the bottom half of that inning, and from there, The Fightins took control.

Love Sosa

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Alec Bohm came through in the sixth with a two-run homer off Nick Lodolo to break the tie and give the Phillies a 3-1 lead.

Alec Bohm Go-Ahead 2-Run HR

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Kyle Schwarber launched his 27th bomb of the season to put it on ice.

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Big moment came in the eighth, when the Reds got their first two runners on against Orion Kerkering, but he induced a ground-ball double play, inning over.

Red-Phillies Game Notes

The bullpen combo of Romano, Banks, Kerkering, and Strahm locked it down with four clean innings, and Jordan Romano picked up the win (1-3).

Trea Turner stayed hot with two more hits, pushing his NL-leading total to 108. He also leads the league in multi-hit games (31), and somehow no one’s talking about it.

Final Line:

• Ranger Suárez: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 6 K
• Bohm: 2-run HR (6th)
• Schwarber: 2-run HR (8th)
• Sosa: Solo HR (5th)
• Phillies Bullpen: 4 IP, 0 R

Up Next: Zack Wheeler (8-3, 2.27 ERA) gets the ball Sunday in the rubber match against Reds rookie Chase Burns (0-1, 13.50 ERA). Time to win the series.

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