Detroit Tigers at Philadelphia Phillies

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Detroit Tigers

65-47, 29-26 Away

Final
7 - 5

Philadelphia Phillies

62-48, 34-20 Home

Tarik Skubal and AL Central-leading Tigers outduel Zack Wheeler and Phillies 7-5

Tigers overpower Phillies in home run slugfest

Skubal (11-3) limited the Phillies (62-48) to three runs and five hits over seven innings while striking out 10. He struck out six of the first seven batters he faced, and didn’t relent until the seventh.

With AL Central-leading Detroit ahead 5-0, Bryce Harper opened with a single, J.T. Realmuto knocked him in with a double before Nick Castellanos golfed a two-run homer to center, cutting the Tigers’ lead to two runs.

Baez added a two-run double in the eighth, but Harper (three hits) negated that with a two-out, two-run shot — his 18th of the season — off reliever Will Vest.

But, Detroit’s Kyle Finnegan finished off the Phils with a four-out save.

Wheeler (9-5) took the loss, allowing solo home runs by Colt Keith and Kerry Carpenter in the third inning, then a two-run shot by Baez in the seventh.

Keith and Wenceel Perez each had three hits for the Tigers (65-47).

Key moment The Phillies threatened in the sixth when Weston Wilson hit a pitch off the top of the fence for a double, the Phillies’ second hit of the game. But with two outs, Kyle Schwarber hit a sky-high foul pop that Tigers left fielder Riley Greene grabbed via a long-distance sprint and brilliant sliding catch.

Key stat Wheeler gave up a season-high three home runs to the Tigers. The only time he had allowed more than one in a game was on July 12 in San Diego when the Padres hit a pair in a 5-4 victory.

Up next The series concludes Sunday with Detroit veteran RHP Charlie Morton (7-8, 5.42 ERA) taking on the Phillies’ lefty Cristopher Sanchez (9-3, 2.55).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Stott flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Stott hit for Sosa
	9th Inning	Kemp struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bader grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Greene grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Vierling struck out looking.

Statistics

DET		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	9
12	Strikeouts	13
7	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	35
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	6
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
26	Total Bases	16
40	Plate Appearances	35
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	4
8.0	Runs Created	3.7
.316	Batting Average	.229
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.684	Slugging Percentage	.457
.421	Secondary Average	.229
.350	On Base Percentage	.229
1.034	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.686
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
7.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.7
55.5	Batter Rating	38.0
9.5	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.368	Isolated Power	.229
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.105	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
14.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
102.0	MLB Rating	83.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0