LOS ANGELES – Cristopher Sánchez pitched six strong innings, Edmundo Sosa and Kyle Schwarber homered consecutively in the ninth and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Tuesday night in a matchup between the National League’s two best teams.
A preliminary magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred midway through the seventh inning. It was centered near Mettler, California, about 89 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Phillies announcers said they didn’t feel it in their booth, but it was noticed in the control truck and press box at Dodger Stadium. There was no noticeable reaction from the crowd of 47,150.
Sánchez (8-7) allowed one run and five hits, struck out two and walked one to help end the Dodgers’ three-game winning streak.
Schwarber’s RBI single knocked Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw (0-2) out of the game in the fifth and gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead. After Austin Hays’ double, Kershaw had an 0-2 count on Brandon Marsh before hitting him to set up Schwarber.
Making his third start of the season, Kershaw gave up one run and five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out five against no walks.
Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol suffered a strained right hamstring that forced him out in the sixth, one day after coming off the 60-day injured list. The Phillies defeated his replacement, Brent Honeywell.
They scored three runs in the sixth. Nick Castellanos had an RBI single and Sosa added a two-run single that made it 4-0.
The Dodgers got their first run in the sixth on Will Smith’s RBI.
Trailing 4-1 in the seventh, Shohei Ohtani reached base as the potential tying run with runners on first and second, but reliever Matt Straham induced a flyout to right to end the inning. Ohtani was 0-for-4.
Teoscar Hernández, last month’s Home Run Derby champion, pulled the Dodgers to 4-2 with his 25th homer off Jeff Hoffman in the eighth.
But Sosa went the distance in the leadoff of the ninth on an 0-2 Honeywell pitch that landed in the lower right-field seats. Schwarber’s 24th home run hit the right field post to increase the lead to 6-2.
Dodgers right fielder Andy Pages made the defensive play of the game in the seventh. He caught JT Realmuto’s fly and soared to third, where Kiké Hernández hit Bryce Harper to complete the inning-ending double play. The Phillies lost the calling challenge.
Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman hit his 500th career double in the first.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: LHP Ranger Suárez (lower back soreness) is expected to throw a two-inning simulated game Thursday in Arizona. … RHP Taijuan Walker (right index finger inflammation) will undergo a second rehab before returning to the rotation next week at home.
Dodgers: RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (shoulder) had a 30-pitch bullpen session and will have another this week before throwing to hitters before a game at Milwaukee next week.
NEXT
Phillies: RHP Tyler Phillips (3-1, 4.39 ERA) makes his first career start against the Dodgers in Wednesday’s series finale.
Dodgers: RHP Gavin Stone (9-5, 3.63) tries to bounce back from a loss at Oakland in which he was rocked for five runs and eight hits in four innings.
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