Schwarber homers for 5th straight game as Phillies beat Red Sox 2-1

"Kyle Schwarber tied a Phillies record by homering for the fifth consecutive game, hitting his major league-high 17th to lead Philadelphia over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night and give Don Mattingly his 900th managerial win."

"Schwarber has six homers in his last five games. He joined Bobby Abreu, Dick Allen, Odúbel Herrera, Rhys Hoskins, Mike Schmidt, Trea Turner and Chase Utley as Phillies homering in five games in a row."

"Zach Wheeler (2-0) gave up one run and six hits in 7 1/3 innings with four strikeouts. Jhoan Duran gave up a hit and a walk in the ninth but picked up his sixth save."

"It was the first game Philadelphia has played against Boston since Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski fired manager Rob Thomson last month and tried to hire former Red Sox skipper Alex Cora, who had lost his job two days earlier. After Cora turned down the job, wanting to spent the summer with family, Dombrowski promoted Mattingly from bench coach."

Kyle Schwarber hit his 17th major league home run to tie a Phillies record by homering in five consecutive games, leading Philadelphia to a 2-1 victory over Boston. Zach Wheeler allowed one run on six hits over 7 1/3 innings with four strikeouts. Philadelphia improved to 20-22, winning three straight and six of eight, and reached 11-3 since Don Mattingly took over as manager on April 28. Jhoan Duran worked the ninth for his sixth save. Boston lost three of its last four, with Jovani Morán surrendering Schwarber’s homer and Brayan Bello later limiting damage. Bryson Stott added an RBI double in the second.

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