Daily News | Bryce Harper homers as Phillies finally win a close one against Orioles
“They’ve got to come out of it,” he said on Saturday. “They’ve got to hit. Those five guys have got to hit. That’s where we’re at.”
Harper’s solo home run tied the game, 2-2. It was his first home run since July 15, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner had just recorded their third outs of the night. Turner struck out, which prompted some loud boos from the home crowd.But Harper’s home run changed the energy, even if just for a few minutes. It changed again, in the ninth inning.
It didn’t seem like the Phillies were headed towards a winning outcome. After Harper’s home run in the sixth, they recorded seven straight outs. The next Phillies hit was Harper’s single in the ninth. Over that span, Ryan O’Hearn hit a solo home run off of Matt Strahm in the eighth inning that gave the Orioles a 3-2 lead. Strahm walked his next batter, and avoided another run scoring when Castellanos made a terrific running catch in the next at-bat to rob Adam Frazier of a hit.
Aside from Harper’s home run, most of the Phillies’ production came from the bottom of their lineup. The first eight innings were uninspiring, especially given how Orioles starting pitcher Gibson has pitched recently. Gibson entered Tuesday’s game with a 5.18 ERA for the month of July. He had a 6.84 ERA in the month of June. But he allowed just two earned runs against the Phillies: Harper’s home run, and an RBI single from Johan Rojas in the third.
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