Baltimore 5, Philadelphia 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
74°
Umpires:
Home -
Ramon De Jesus, 1B -
Sean Barber, 2B -
Bill Welke, 3B -
Pat Hoberg
Attendance:
By Field Level Media
Chance Sisco homered, singled and drove in three runs to lift the visiting Baltimore Orioles past the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, on Wednesday.
Anthony Santander homered among his two hits and Rio Ruiz added a home run for the Orioles, who have won the first two games in this series.
Dwight Smith Jr. also had two hits.
Orioles starter Wade LeBlanc lasted only 3 1/3 innings and allowed six hits and three runs. LeBlanc walked three and struck out two.
Shawn Armstrong (2-0) earned the win in relief while Cole Sulser picked up his fourth save in six opportunities after throwing a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts.
Andrew Knapp had three hits, his first three-hit game since 2017, and two RBIs while Andrew McCutchen and Bryce Harper contributed two hits each.
Phillies starter Zach Eflin (0-1) tossed six innings and gave up seven hits and four runs while striking out a career-best 10.
Rhys Hoskins grounded into three double plays, becoming the first Philadelphia player to do so since Placido Polanco in 2010.
The Phillies jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second when Knapp doubled to left, scoring Didi Gregorius from first base.
Santander lofted a solo homer off the foul pole in right to the game at 1 in the third.
Philadelphia went ahead 2-1 in the third when Hoskins walked, Harper bunted for a single and J.T. Realmuto singled to center, scoring Hoskins. Gregorius added a sacrifice fly to right to score Harper for a 3-1 advantage.
The Orioles tied the game at 3 in the fourth when Sisco blooped a single to left, scoring a pair of runs.
Ruiz blasted a solo homer to right center in the fifth and the Orioles took a 4-3 lead.
Sisco put Baltimore ahead 5-3 with a solo homer to open the seventh off Phillies reliever Adam Morgan.
Knapp's third hit, an RBI single to right, scored Jean Segura and closed the Phillies within 5-4 in the eighth.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Baltimore |
|
Philadelphia |
|
Wade LeBlanc |
Player |
Zach Eflin
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Loss |
|
3.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
10 |
|
6 |
Hits |
7 |
|
8.10 |
ERA |
6.00 |
Hitting
| Baltimore |
|
Philadelphia |
|
Dwight Smith Jr | Player |
Andrew Knapp
|
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
0 |
RBI |
2 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
3 |
TB |
4 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Baltimore
|
11 |
3 |
23 |
.289 |
21 |
15 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Philadelphia
|
10 |
0 |
11 |
.294 |
21 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
1 |