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0:00 Red Sox opening the second leg of the home stand.

0:02 They welcome in the fighting Phils.

0:04 Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper, and a very talented team.

0:08 They fired their manager in April as well.

0:10 Philly's coming to town rolling.

0:12 Bryce Harper on deck and the 2-1.

0:15 Swinging a drive out to right field.

0:17 Driving back Abreu all the way back to the track of the wall.

0:20 And that's gone.

0:24 [cheering]

0:23 So, that is six home runs in five games and he has

0:27 tied the Philly club record for home runs in consecutive ball games.

0:36 One to nothing Phillies.

0:38 His 17th.

0:43 [cheering] over the years.

0:43 And so it has Kyle Schwarber.

0:45 I mean, you know, belt high inner half, Kyle Schwarber, 92.

0:50 That's He only He will take strike three.

0:55 No argument there.

0:58 And the lefty with a 2-2.

1:00 He got him.

1:01 Changeup.

1:02 Struck him out.

1:03 But Schwarber gets him.

1:04 He hits one into the pen and it's one to nothing Phillies.

1:10 Up the middle, Turner behind the bag.

1:12 The shortstop swings it close and got him.

1:17 It's not how you start, but how you finish.

1:18 A lot of season remaining for him to turn it around.

1:20 And pitching coach Andrew Bailey told me

1:22 that that was vintage Bayo that we saw from him.

1:25 It starts by commanding counts.

1:27 They hope this sets him up to continue

1:28 that success that he had against the Tigers.

1:30 And the Brandon Marsh greets him rudely with a base hit on the first pitch.

1:34 One to nothing Phillies.

1:37 Very, very charming man.

1:39 Swinging a shot to right field.

1:41 Well struck.

1:41 That'll take a bounce and it's off into the seats.

1:45 So, that'll be a double.

1:51 And they are swinging the bats right away

1:52 against this guy as well after the home run.

1:57 Runners go.

1:58 Swung on and missed.

1:59 Down he goes on a double steal.

2:03 So, the Phillies being very aggressive.

2:08 Those guys getting good speed on that bases.

2:11 Stott's got seven bags.

2:12 That's Edmundo Sosa at first.

2:17 And a ground ball to short.

2:18 Turner to Stott, got one on the first in time for the double play.

2:22 6-4-3.

2:26 We're talking about you get a good

2:27 little fastball sinker inner half and you know, when he's going well, right?

2:32 He's staying kind of through that baseball, getting it in the air.

2:36 You know, driving this ball to left.

2:42 Rattled.

2:42 In there for strike three.

2:47 This is what we're talking about, control and command, right?

2:49 This is command.

2:50 This is what we want.

2:52 That sinker in off the plate, bring it back.

2:56 Same thing with Schwarber, right?

2:57 Got him out.

3:00 Line drive into right center.

3:02 Bryson Stott leads off with a base hit.

3:05 Red Sox have their first knock against Zack Wheeler.

3:09 Trying to make it a second consecutive 1-2-3 inning.

3:12 And instead a base hit to left center off the bat of Bryson Stott.

3:16 He's two for two.

3:20 Line drive base hit between third and short.

3:22 He keeps on swinging a good one.

3:25 He comes with two down.

3:26 Red Sox have their second hit.

3:28 Too big.

3:29 He's running out of his best to split.

3:31 See, it's just down and away.

3:33 Try to pull this baseball.

3:35 It's a 4-3.

3:35 You're going to roll over to second.

3:38 But he hits this ball really hard the other way, finds that hole.

3:43 Liner and a leaping catch by Turner to retire the side.

3:46 Couple of shots there.

3:47 One for a single and one for out number three.

3:53 2-2.

3:54 past him will split and strike him out.

3:59 He's even got deep in the count.

4:00 And again, this foot finger just disappears down and in.

4:05 You know, the fastball is still a good swing

4:06 and miss pitch for him with that release point.

4:08 Bryce Harper has struck out each time up.

4:11 He's been caught looking.

4:13 He's going to drive this one to right.

4:15 Abreu will make a sliding play.

4:19 Tough to hit anything by him at all, and Harper is over for three.

4:22 Two over back-to-back on hitting balls.

4:26 He'll have to get hits out of it,

4:27 but they got a different guy out there in right field, and Abreu.

4:30 That ball Harper ended the fifth on was hit 113 mph.

4:35 You got Wheeler here tonight.

4:38 On one bounce, it gets to Turner and the shortstop on target, one away.

4:43 And you had Tampa Bay as well.

4:49 And up the middle for single.

4:53 Here he comes with two down here in the seventh.

4:56 You mentioned Bohm kind of off to a slow start.

5:01 The 3-1 liner into right field for a base hit.

5:08 So, he is one for three, good start here in the seventh.

5:12 He got a pitch to hit.

5:13 I mean, Wheeler's been challenging a lot of these hitters.

5:16 Unable to get like an eight swing off, but 3-1 Mickey does.

5:20 Try to give him something good.

5:24 Ground ball through for a base hit.

5:27 So, Story is on Gasper to second.

5:34 Little floater toward right, that's going to drop down for a base hit.

5:38 Gasper rounding going to try and score,

5:40 throw to third won't get him, and the run is in.

5:43 This is a 2-1 game.

5:46 Segedin didn't pulverize it, but he'll take the RBI.

5:50 out of his shoes and try to hit this ball out of the ballpark.

5:54 He just stays inside this sinker, which is what you have to do.

5:57 He's going to sink it.

5:57 He wasn't going to let you lift this ball pull side in the air.

5:59 Sometimes what you want and what the pitch is

6:02 going to let you do are two different things.

6:06 Liner, that skips.

6:08 Turner has it.

6:09 That was a bullet.

6:10 But for out number three, Red Sox had some swings and they're within one.

6:18 Payoff pitch.

6:20 Liner, caught by Duran.

6:22 Back into first, Schwarber.

6:26 Schwarber, let this ball get deep.

6:28 Or Harper, rather.

6:31 Right to where Duran is playing.

6:33 So, that's what I mean.

6:33 This little guy Little floater toward right field and down for a single.

6:41 And Reyes is getting the Red Sox off to a nice start in the eighth inning.

6:44 Remember, Wheeler allowed three hits last inning.

6:48 Take this again.

6:49 This little sinker inner half, much like Saydan, right?

6:52 Just sort of take what he gives you.

6:54 You don't want to go up there swinging for the fences.

6:56 Pitchers know where they are.

6:57 They turn around and look at Oh, one.

7:01 Hard hit.

7:02 Knocked down by Turner.

7:03 HE'LL GO TO THE BAG.

7:04 SAFE THERE.

7:05 EVERYBODY SAFE.

7:07 Duran at first.

7:10 Wong got in there after the fumble by Turner.

7:15 After review, the ruling on the field is overturned.

7:18 The runner is out.

7:19 Philadelphia will retain its challenge.

7:23 So, manager Lee's challenge works out.

7:25 They reverse the call.

7:26 Wong is out at second.

7:29 And there are two down.

7:30 I think Wong, the way he slid, that foot is straight up.

7:33 That toe hits it just [music] before the spike gets to that bag.

7:38 Sub 1.9 pop time he gets rid of it.

7:40 There goes Duran.

7:41 Big jump.

7:42 Here's the throw down and it's into the outfield.

7:45 He's up and running.

7:46 Crawford will fire into third.

7:48 Duran will dive IN SAFE.

7:52 TWO DOWN.

7:52 ALVARADO with the one-two.

7:54 Swing and a miss.

7:55 He struck him out with a cutter.

7:57 And the Red Sox get a man to third but cannot bring him in.

8:00 End of eight, two to one Philly.

8:05 One and oh, hammered to third to his left.

8:07 Duran with the pick.

8:10 Two up, two down.

8:15 Thought about it and he went.

8:17 It's going to be strike three.

8:18 Gets the K.

8:19 They go one, two, three.

8:21 Red Sox coming up bottom of the ninth down a run.

8:26 Duran with a one-one.

8:28 Line drive through the hole.

8:29 Base hit toward the gap.

8:32 Marsh will slide to cut it.

8:34 Masataka is on with a single.

8:37 gets in that gap.

8:41 The winning run up now with Story.

8:44 Kier Faleafa will run and a two-two run it goes.

8:47 High and tight.

8:48 Here's the THROW DOWN.

8:49 THE TAG.

8:50 OUT AT SECOND.

8:52 Kier Faleafa cut down by Realmuto.

8:57 They see with a hand up and they will challenge it.

9:05 I think he did.

9:06 I think he did.

9:06 That foot like like it was up against the side

9:09 of the base there at the time of the tag by Stott.

9:15 Yeah, he's safe.

9:18 Yeah.

9:18 It's not a case of coming off the bag.

9:20 Yeah, and that's kind of We talk about

9:22 sometimes you take off because you're almost guessing pitch.

9:26 Two-two counts.

9:28 Duran will throw that And the one-oh pitch.

9:33 Ground ball to second.

9:35 Stott with it to first.

9:37 And game one of the series goes to the Phillies in a tight one, two to one.

9:43 Well, their damage was done early on.

9:44 I thought Bayo came into this game and threw the ball well,

9:47 a lot better than we had seen.

9:48 But again, the offense you face a tough one tonight in Zack Wheeler.

9:52 Get some rallies here late, but again,

9:55 just not enough offense from this team here in this ballpark.