Stott struggled through the first half of the year, but he found stability at the ninth spot in the order, and realized what had fallen off about his swing.

Turner isn’t going to hit .583 the rest of the season the way he has the past five days, but he - along with the sluggers behind him in the order, Kyle Schwarber and Harper - are going to be the key to the Phillies going where they want to go the rest of this season and into the playoffs.

Castellanos sat for the third time in 11 days. Rob Thomson said he doesn’t know if this rotation will be long term, and it will depend on who is heating up.

Phillies have hilarious jumbotron error after Trea Turner reaches personal milestone originally appeared on The Sporting News Trea Turner has hit very few home runs in recent months, but he was able to hit an impressive personal milestone on Monday, despite struggling in this area of his game.

Trea Turner had four hits, including his first home run at home this season, Bryce Harper homered twice and the Phillies defeated the Seattle Mariners 12-7 on Monday night.

PHILADELPHIA — Before he launched a 440-foot homer that he followed with a 448-foot homer, Bryce Harper smacked a slider to dead center. He missed the barrel. He knew it and looked disgusted. He jogged to first base as Julio Rodríguez caught the fly ball, then clapped his hands a few times. “Just missed it,” Harper said.

The Mariners’ unforgiving East Coast trip carried on, ever so mercilessly, with a 6-4 loss the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.