Ranger Suárez cruised through his first two innings but ran into trouble in the third, when Arcia and Sean Murphy hit back-to-back shots to left to put their team on the board.
Ranger Suárez cruised through his first two innings but ran into trouble in the third, when Arcia and Sean Murphy hit back-to-back shots to left to put their team on the board.
Phillies Bryson Stott watches his fourth-inning solo home run Friday against the Braves. The Phillies scored both of their runs via the long ball Friday night.But based on his splits, he’s a different player when he visits Citizens Bank Park. In 15 at-bats in Philadelphia this season, Arcia entered Friday with a .467 average and a 1.263 OPS. And he padded those numbers on Friday with two home runs in a 7-2 Phillies loss to Atlanta.
Suárez started off strong and retired the first six batters he faced — five via the strikeout. But he started to struggle in the third inning. Atlanta’s first two hits of the game were back-to-back homers from Arcia and Sean Murphy in the third, both smoked to left field. The Braves added two more runs in the fourth inning on three hits and a walk.Harper had a solid offensive night and went 3-for-4.
Max Lazar pitched the sixth inning. His streak of seven scoreless appearances to start his MLB career come to an end with Arcia’s second homer of the night, a two-out solo shot to center field. Murphy drew a walk and was driven home by a double from Gio Urshela. Atlanta tacked on another run off Yunior Marte in the seventh. Matt Olson nearly scored another on a wild pitch, but Realmuto recovered the ball in time and make the out at the plate.showed some signs of life in the eighth inning, with singles from Harper and Stott, but Realmuto grounded out to end the rally. Austin Hays popped out, and Edmundo Sosa and Weston Wilson struck out to end the game.
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