Rushing, Edman lead Dodgers to 9‑5 win over Phillies

PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Dalton Rushing homered and doubled, driving in three runs, and Tommy Edman added a triple and three RBIs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday at Citizens Bank Park. The Dodgers broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth on Max Muncy’s two-run homer, then pulled away with four runs in the eighth, highlighted by Edman’s three-run triple. Rushing put Los Angeles on the board with a solo homer in the third and later delivered a two-run double in the fifth. For the Phillies, Alec Bohm homered in the first and added an RBI single in the eighth, while Bryan De La Cruz homered in the fifth and J.T. Realmuto had an RBI single in the ninth. Eric Lauer (5-5) earned the win, allowing three earned runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with five strikeouts. Aaron Nola (3-8) took the loss. Jack Dreyer pitched a scoreless eighth for the Dodgers. The win gave Los Angeles a 2-1 lead in the four-game series. The Dodgers outhit the Phillies 11-7. Attendance was 40,675, and the game lasted 3 hours, 5 minutes. Los Angeles improved to 65-38, while Philadelphia dropped to 56-47.