Harper’s inside job carries Phillies to win
PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper hit an insidethe-park home run, three Philadelphia teammates went deep and Aaron Nola pitched seven strong innings to lead the Phillies to a 10-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night in a matchup of teams leading the National League wild-card race.
Kyle Schwarber, Alec Bohm and Edmundo Sosa also homered for the Phillies, who moved three games ahead of the Giants in the wild-card standings.
Lamonte Wade Jr. and Joc Pederson homered for the Giants, who have lost four of five and 11 of 15.
Nola (11-8) was hit hard early before settling down. He wound up allowing two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and a walk.
Harper, electrified the crowd of 36,274 in the fifth inning. His drive off Sean Hjelle caromed hard off the wall in left-center. When center fielder Wade Meckler finally chased down the ball in right-center, he twice failed to pick it up before throwing it toward home. It likely would’ve taken a perfect toss and relay to nab Harper.
It was Harper’s 10th homer of the season and 295th of his career for the two-time NL MVP from Las Vegas, whose power stroke has been returning the last two months after offseason Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.
■ Cubs 7, Tigers 6: At Detroit, Yan Gomes and Nick Madrigal hit doubles in the ninth inning. Mark Leiter Jr. pitched the ninth for his fourth save in six chances.
■ Padres 6, Marlins 2: At San Diego, Haseong Kim hit a grand slam and a double, stole third and scored twice. Miami has lost five of its last six.
■ Astros 9, Red Sox 4: At Houston, Chas Mccormick homered twice and had four RBIS to back Cristian Javier (9-2), who won his second straight.
■ Mets 10, Braves 4: At Atlanta, DJ Stewart, Rafael Ortega and Francisco Lindor homered as New York won for the seventh time in nine games.
■ Diamondbacks 4, Rangers 3: At Phoenix, Durango High alum Tommy Pham hit a walk off two-run double in the bottom of the 11th.
■ Athletics 6, Royals 4: At Oakland, Calif., rookie Brent Rooker hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth.
■ Mariners 14, White Sox 2: At Chicago, Cal Raleigh homered twice and drove in six runs as Seattle won its seventh straight.
■ Pirates 11, Cardinals 1: At Pittsburgh, Joshua Palacios hit a three-run home run and had a career-high five RBIS.