Bohm’s eighth-inning sacrifice fly scores Schwarber and lifts Phillies over Braves

PHILADELPHIA AP Kyle Schwarber scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on Alec Bohm s sacrifice fly and the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves - on Friday night Schwarber who became the st player in major league history to hit four home runs in a tournament on Thursday hit a one-out single in this one went to third on Bryce Harper s single off Dylan Lee - and scored on Bohm s flyout to right field off Pierce Johnson Jhoan Duran pitched a - - ninth for his eighth save in nine chances since joining Philadelphia at the bargain deadline and th in tries overall this season Orion Kerkering - tossed a scoreless eighth after Matt Strahm and David Robertson each didn t allow a run in one inning Phillies starter Ranger Su rez tied his season high with hits allowed but surrendered just one run thanks in part to three inning-ending double plays A night after becoming the fourth Phillies performer to go deep four times in a meeting Schwarber grounded out walked and popped out to shortstop before his eighth-inning hit He leads the NL in homers and RBIs and received M-V-P M-V-P chants when introduced by PA announcer Dan Baker Matt Olson had three hits for the Braves who finished with total Ronald Acu a Jr Ozzie Albies and Sean Murphy had doubles Philadelphia had just six hits a night after scoring runs on hits including seven homers and extra-base hits and RBIs in a - win in the opener of the four-game series The loss ruined a strong outing by Braves starter Bryce Elder who allowed one run and three hits in seven innings Key moment Schwarber hustled to third base on Harper s one-out single in the eighth to set up Bohm s go-ahead RBI Key stat Harper extended his hitting streak to consecutive games with a fourth-inning bunt single after the Braves shifted Harper to his pull side Up next LHP Cristopher S nchez - starts for the Phillies in the third contest of the four-game set on Saturday night Atlanta hadn t released its starter AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source