St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies

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St. Louis Cardinals

66-66, 34-32 Away

Final
4 - 6

Philadelphia Phillies

73-58, 38-30 Home

Schwarber's 2-run HR with 2 out in 9th rallies Phillies for a 6-4 win over the Cardinals

Kyle Schwarber completes Phillies' comeback with a walk-off 2-run HR

Schwarber's walk-off blast traveled an estimated 459 feet to center field and punctuated an incredible comeback with six runs in the bottom of the ninth. The win was the Phillies' ninth straight and gave Philadelphia its third consecutive series sweep.

The Phillies were scoreless through eight innings when Bryce Harper led off the ninth with his second double of the game. Riley O’Brien (3-5), the Cardinals' fifth reliever, got two quick outs before J.T. Realmuto singled and Justin Crawford worked a walk to load the bases. That brought on utility man Edmundo Sosa, who cleared the bases with a double down the left-field line that cut the lead to 4-3. Bryan De La Cruz's RBI single scored Sosa, tying the game at 4.

Pitching-short Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol opted to stick with O’Brien and Schwarber ended the game by hitting a 2-2 sinker to deep center.

Phillies reliever Alex McFarlane (3-1) pitched the ninth and earned the victory. Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez allowed four runs over 6 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts.

Alec Burleson had a pair of RBI singles and Jose Fermin homered as the Cardinals built a 4-0 lead.

St. Louis starter Kyle Leahy seemed well on his way to another winning day after victories in all three of his previous August starts. Leahy has gone 11 consecutive starts allowing two or fewer runs, but with the Cardinals keeping him on a limited pitch count as he transitions from reliever to starter. The 29-year-old right-hander was limited to 63 pitches and left after four innings despite pitching a two-hit shutout with four strikeouts to that point.

Up next

The Cardinals have an off day Monday before opening a home series against Baltimore. St. Louis has not named a starter to face Orioles RHP Shane Baz (4-13, 4.02 ERA) on Tuesday.

The Phillies will send RHP Zack Wheeler (10-4, 2.92 ERA) against Mariners RHP Bryce Miller (4-7, 3.71) in Seattle on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Schwarber homered to center (459 feet), De La Cruz scored.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz singled to left, Sosa scored.
	9th Inning	Sosa doubled to left, Crawford scored, Harper scored and Realmuto scored.
	9th Inning	Crawford walked.
	9th Inning	Realmuto to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Realmuto singled to center, Harper to third.

Statistics

STL		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	5
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	4
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	16
37	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
3.9	Runs Created	5.0
.278	Batting Average	.265
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.361	Slugging Percentage	.471
.167	Secondary Average	.294
.297	On Base Percentage	.324
.658	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.795
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.1
31.0	Batter Rating	44.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.70	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.19
.083	Isolated Power	.206
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.029
8.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.0	MLB Rating	89.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0