Trea Turner and Bryce Harper homered on consecutive pitches in the third inning, J.T. Realmuto also went deep, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 9-5 in Denver on Wednesday night.
Realmuto added a double and a single for three-hit night and Turner, Harper and Nick Castellanos finished with two hits each as Philadelphia won its sixth game in a row.
Taijuan Walker (2-3) allowed three runs on six hits in five innings for the Phillies, who have won 10 of their last 11 road games. They finished with 12 hits and have banged out 46 in the first three games of the four-game series.
Nick Martini homered and doubled and Jordan Beck, Ezequiel Tovar and Hunter Goodman had two hits each for Colorado, which took its fourth consecutive loss.
Philadelphia jumped out to a quick lead against Carson Palmquist. Turner and Harper opened the game with singles, both stole a base, and Turner scored on catcher Goodman’s throwing error.
Harper, who went to third on the error, came home on Castellanos’ sacrifice fly.
The Rockies got a run in the bottom of the first when Beck, who led off with a single, scored on Goodman’s hit.
Colorado’s Kyle Farmer hit a leadoff double and scored on Adael Amador’s single to make it 2-2 in the second, but the Phillies broke it open in the third.
Turner led off with his third home run and Harper went deep on the next pitch, his eighth of the season. Kyle Schwarber walked, Castellanos singled, Schwarber scored on Realmuto’s double to right and Castellanos trotted home when right fielder Mickey Moniak misplayed the ball.
Martini’s first home run of the season made it 6-3 in the fourth, but Alec Bohm’s RBI single in the fifth restored the four-run lead.
Palmquist (0-2) subsequently walked two to the bases loaded before departing. He allowed seven runs — six earned — on 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings. The left-hander walked four and struck out two.
Schwarber drew a walk in the sixth and Realmuto hit a two-out, two-run homer to left to extend the lead. It was Realmuto’s fifth long ball of the season.
Tovar and Goodman had RBI singles in the ninth.
–Field Level Media
