Kyle Schwarber hit a solo home run, Cristopher Sanchez threw six solid innings and the host Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Wednesday.

Trea Turner and Bryson Stott each added two hits and an RBI for the Phillies, who have won the first two games in a three-game series.

Bryce Harper (bruised hand) and Johan Rojas (sore forearm) were each held out of the Philadelphia lineup.

Sanchez (7-4) gave up five hits and two runs with five strikeouts and one walk.

Jeff Hoffman threw a perfect ninth for his ninth save.

Shohei Ohtani had two hits and an RBI and Miguel Rojas added a single and two RBIs for the Dodgers.

Los Angeles’ Austin Barnes and Andy Pages each had two hits.

Dodgers starter Gavin Stone (9-3) lasted 4 2/3 innings and yielded nine hits and four runs with three strikeouts and no walks.

After Los Angeles put runners at first and third and one out in the seventh inning while trailing 4-2, Matt Strahm took over on the mound for the Phillies and struck out Ohtani. Teoscar Hernandez flied out to right to end the threat.

Rojas hit an RBI single in the eighth to the gap to 4-3, but he was thrown out at second base trying to stretch the hit into a double.

Schwarber led off the bottom of the first inning with a homer to left field for a 1-0 lead.

In the second, Whit Merrifield hit an RBI groundout to third for a 2-0 advantage.

Hernandez opened the fourth with a single to left and Freddie Freeman grounded out, which allowed Hernandez to advance to second base. Pages singled to place runners at first and third. Rojas grounded out, but he recorded an RBI to cut the deficit to 2-1.

Ohtani delivered an RBI single in the fifth to equalize at 2.

Merrifield tripled to begin the fifth as a soft line drive appeared to elude center fielder Pages in the lights. With two outs, Turner responded with an RBI single. After Anthony Banda replaced Stone, Stott added an RBI single for a 4-2 advantage.

–Field Level Media