Schwarber homers twice as Phillies blank Rockies 6‑0
PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Kyle Schwarber homered twice, Bryce Harper also went deep and Cristopher Sánchez pitched seven shutout innings as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park. The win was the 10th in 13 games for the Phillies since Don Mattingly replaced Rob Thomson as manager, improving them to 19-22. The Rockies fell to 16-25.
Schwarber, who has five home runs over his past four games, tied the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge for the major league lead with 16. It is his second career four-game home run streak. Harper hit a solo shot in the first inning after Schwarber’s first homer, and Schwarber added a second homer in the second. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with four singles and leads the majors with a .353 average.
Sánchez (4-2) allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked none over seven innings. Tomoyuki Sugano (3-3) took the loss, allowing five runs on seven hits in five innings. Attendance was 44,620. The game lasted 2 hours, 25 minutes.