The Philadelphia Phillies secured an 8-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night, relying on a strong offensive performance to overcome a difficult start by pitcher Jesus Luzardo.
Luzardo ran into trouble with two outs in the second inning.
After hitting a batter, he allowed a run-scoring double to Luisangel Acuna and a run-scoring single to Tristan Peters, putting the Phillies in an early 2-0 hole.
Philadelphia responded quickly in the bottom of the frame. J.
T.
Realmuto walked, and Brandon Marsh followed with a home run off a left-handed pitcher for the first time in his career with the franchise, tying the game.
The Phillies continued their push.
Singles from Adolis Garcia and Kyle Schwarber put runners on first and third, and Garcia scored on a Trea Turner grounder to first base, giving Philadelphia a 3-2 lead.
Alec Bohm extended the advantage with a double to left field, driving in both Schwarber and Turner. Bohm was later tagged out trying to reach third base.
Randal Grichuk quickly responded for the White Sox with a leadoff home run in the top of the third inning, cutting the deficit to one run.
Adolis Garcia widened the margin again to 6-3 with his second home run in consecutive games.
However, Luzardo immediately surrendered another run when Grichuk hit his second solo homer of the night.
Luzardo remained on the mound into the sixth inning, where he gave up another solo home run to Derek Hill, trimming the Phillies' lead to 6-5.
Jonathan Bowlan relieved Luzardo in the seventh inning. He opened with an infield single that was complicated by a throwing error.
Three batters later, Colson Montgomery hit a game-tying single to make it 6-6.
The Phillies offense responded by loading the bases against Chicago reliever Bryan Hudson in the bottom of the seventh.
After an Alec Bohm lineout, Edmundo Sosa hit a sacrifice fly to drive in a run.
Former Phillie Seranthony Dominguez then threw a wild pitch with two strikes, giving Philadelphia an 8-6 cushion.
Brad Keller took over pitching duties for the Phillies in the eighth inning. He immediately encountered trouble with a leadoff single and a fielding error by Bryce Harper.
Keller escaped the jam when Rikuu Nishida lined out directly to him, enabling a double play to end the threat.
Jhoan Duran entered in the ninth inning to secure the final three outs.
He used two strikeouts and defensive assistance from Bryson Stott to seal the win for Philadelphia.
