Bryce Harper went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs, including the 1,000th of his career, as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a 8-4 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
J.T. Realmuto drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk as Philadelphia scored four runs on just one hit in the seventh inning.
Trea Turner tripled and had two hits and scored twice, Edmundo Sosa doubled and had two hits and Johan Rojas scored three runs for Philadelphia. Ranger Suarez (2-0) picked up the win, allowing three runs on six hits over seven innings, walking one and striking out six. Jose Alvarado came in to retire the final two batters with the bases loaded in the ninth to pick up his seventh save.
Alexander Canario hit a three-run homer for Pittsburgh, which lost for the third time in four games. Ryan Borucki (0-1) suffered the loss in relief, walking two and hitting a batter without retiring a hitter.
Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead in the fifth on Harper’s bloop single to left, driving in Rosas, who had reached on a fielder’s choice. Harper became the 271st player in Major League history to reach the 1,000 RBI-mark in a career.
Pittsburgh took a 3-1 lead in the sixth on Canario’s third homer, a 391-foot drive to right-center, driving in Andrew McCutchen, who had walked, and Ke’Bryan Hayes, who reached on a fielder’s choice. The home run snapped a 12-inning scoreless streak by Suarez.
The Phillies then took a 5-3 lead in the seventh when six straight batters reached base on just one hit, a bloop single by Turner. Harper then walked to load the bases against Borucki, who then walked Kyle Schwarber to force in Rojas, who had walked. Borucki then hit Nick Castellanos to force in another run and tie it, 3-3. Tanner Rainey took over for Borucki and walked Realmuto to make it 4-3, and Alec Bohm followed with a sacrifice fly.
Philadelphia broke the game open with three more runs in the eighth highlighted by an RBI triple into the right field corner by Turner, and an RBI single by Harper.
