Kyle Schwarber led off the game with a home run, Jean Segura made up for a run-scoring error with a go-ahead single and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the NL Championship Series.
The Phillies returned home to another packed house for the first NLCS game in the city since 2010 and are now only two wins away from playing for their first World Series championship since 2008.
Phillies starting pitcher Ranger Suarez survived shoddy fielding to earn the win. He walked none and allowed only two hits and one earned run over 68 pitches in five sharp innings. Zach Eflin and Jose Alvarado each tossed scoreless innings and Seranthony Dominguez earned a six-out save as the Phillies head into a Game 4.
San Diego Padres postseason ace pitcher Joe Musgrove couldn’t get out of the sixth inning and left the mound to Alec Bohm gesturing the crowd to get louder after his RBI double to right in the sixth past a diving Juan Soto made it 4-2.
Kyle Schwarber hits a solo home run during the first inning. Photo courtsey of Your EDaily News