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Edmundo Sosa hits 2-run homer, Phillies beat Cardinals 4-2 for 7th consecutive home win

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Edmundo Sosa homered, Bryce Harper doubled and singled and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Friday night for their seventh consecutive win at home.

Aaron Nola (7-2) pitched into the seventh inning for the Phillies, who entered tied with the Yankees for most wins in baseball. Philadelphia improved to 40-18.

Sosa put the Phillies up 3-0 with a 439-foot, two-run drive into Ashburn Alley in center field in the second inning against Miles Mikolas (3-6). It was the first ball to reach the walkway beyond the outfield seats since July 22, 2022, when Darick Hall hit a drive there.

“That ball definitely went a little far,” Sosa said through an interpreter. “I was just aggressive, trying to look for a ball near me.”

Nola allowed a pair of home runs among his three hits while striking out six and walking two.

“Nola was really good,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said.

Nolan Arenado and Brandon Crawford hit the homers for the Cardinals, who lost for just the fourth time in the last 16 games.

“We fought hard,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said.

Philadelphia returned home after losing four of six on a road trip in Colorado and San Francisco. They were welcomed back to Philly by another sellout crowd, their largest of the season of 44,742, on a beautiful night for baseball. The Phillies improved to 23-8 overall at home and followed three-game sweeps over the Nationals and defending World Series champion Rangers by opening this three-game set against the Cardinals with a victory in a crisp 2 hours, 14 minutes.

“They've really played well and played hard every day,” Thomson said.

Jeff Hoffman pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save in eight tries.

The Phillies also got some stellar defense from second baseman Bryson Stott, who leaped high to catch Iván Herrera’s liner in the fifth and then dove hard to his left to record the final out of the eighth on Alec Burleson’s grounder.

“Tremendous,” Thomson said. “He's Gold Glove caliber.”

J.T. Realmuto went 0 for 4 with a pair of strikeouts to end his hitting streak at 17 games.

Cardinals rookie Masyn Winn’s 18-game hitting streak also ended. Winn entered in the seventh inning as a pinch-hitter and flew out to left.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: OF Lars Nootbaar (strained oblique) was placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 30, and INF José Fermín was recalled from Triple-A Memphis. ... OF Brendan Donovan (neck stiffness) was not in the lineup.

UP NEXT

Phillies LHP Ranger Suárez (9-1, 1.75) opposes St. Louis RHP Sonny Gray (7-2, 2.60) in the second contest of the three-game series on Saturday night.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals STL27-28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0
Phillies PHI40-18	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	4	7	0

Citizens Bank ParkPhiladelphia, PA

W: A. Nola (7-2)L: M. Mikolas (3-6)S: J. Hoffman (5)
HR: STL - N. Arenado (16), PHI - E. Sosa (7)

STLCardinals

PHIPhillies

.A. NolaAaron Nola
P
6.1 IP, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO, 96 P
.J. HoffmanJeff Hoffman
P
1.0 IP, 2 SO, 13 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Carpenter DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.231	.333	.333	.667	-1.0
b- J. Fermin PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.316	.188	.503	0.0
A. Burleson LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.313	.417	.730	0.0
P. Goldschmidt 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.221	.305	.356	.660	0.5
N. Gorman 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.214	.302	.440	.742	-1.0
N. Arenado 3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.257	.310	.379	.688	6.0
I. Herrera C	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.260	.326	.341	.668	-1.0
B. Crawford SS	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	.152	.222	.242	.465	7.0
a- M. Winn PH-SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.356	.438	.793	0.0
D. Carlson RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.132	.250	.132	.382	0.5
M. Siani CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.206	.264	.265	.528	-0.5

HITTERS	AB
M. Carpenter DH	3
b- J. Fermin PH-DH	1
A. Burleson LF	4
P. Goldschmidt 1B	3
N. Gorman 2B	4
N. Arenado 3B	4
I. Herrera C	3
B. Crawford SS	2
a- M. Winn PH-SS	1
D. Carlson RF	2
M. Siani CF	3

a-flied out for Crawford in the 7th
b-lined out for Carpenter in the 8th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
K. Schwarber DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.243	.367	.419	.786	0.5
J. Realmuto C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.278	.320	.444	.764	-1.0
B. Harper 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.270	.375	.520	.895	2.5
A. Bohm 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.307	.364	.488	.852	2.0
B. Stott 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.244	.345	.384	.728	-0.5
N. Castellanos RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.272	.338	.610	3.0
B. Marsh LF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.261	.331	.427	.758	3.5
E. Sosa SS	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	.307	.378	.591	.968	6.5
J. Rojas CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.229	.272	.301	.572	1.5

HITTERS	AB
K. Schwarber DH	3
J. Realmuto C	4
B. Harper 1B	4
A. Bohm 3B	4
B. Stott 2B	3
N. Castellanos RF	3
B. Marsh LF	3
E. Sosa SS	3
J. Rojas CF	3

HR - N. Arenado (5), B. Crawford
RBI - N. Arenado (26), B. Crawford
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Siani

2B - B. Harper (10), N. Castellanos (5), B. Marsh (6)
HR - E. Sosa (4)
RBI - B. Marsh (25), E. Sosa 2 (15), J. Rojas (17)
2-Out RBI - E. Sosa 2 (2), J. Rojas
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - K. Schwarber, A. Bohm

DP - (Gorman-Crawford-Goldschmidt)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Mikolas (L, 3-6)	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	5.54	1.32	9.5
K. Leahy	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.80	1.20	-1.0
M. Liberatore	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	5.02	1.40	5.5

PITCHERS	IP
M. Mikolas (L, 3-6)	6.0
K. Leahy	0.2
M. Liberatore	1.1

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
A. Nola (W, 7-2)	6.1	3	2	2	2	6	2	3.03	1.03	25.0
M. Strahm (H, 6)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.78	0.74	2.5
J. Alvarado (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	1.11	3.0
J. Hoffman (S, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.09	0.97	11.0

PITCHERS	IP
A. Nola (W, 7-2)	6.1
M. Strahm (H, 6)	0.2
J. Alvarado (H, 5)	1.0
J. Hoffman (S, 5)	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - M. Mikolas 96-62, K. Leahy 9-7, M. Liberatore 17-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Mikolas 8-5, K. Leahy 2-0, M. Liberatore 0-1
Batters Faced - M. Mikolas 23, K. Leahy 4, M. Liberatore 4

Pitches-Strikes - A. Nola 96-65, M. Strahm 11-7, J. Alvarado 10-7, J. Hoffman 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A. Nola 7-4, M. Strahm 0-1, J. Alvarado 2-0, J. Hoffman 0-1
Batters Faced - A. Nola 24, M. Strahm 2, J. Alvarado 3, J. Hoffman 3

.A. NolaAaron Nola
P
6.1 IP, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO, 96 P
.J. HoffmanJeff Hoffman
P
1.0 IP, 2 SO, 13 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals STL27-28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0
Phillies PHI40-18	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	4	7	0

Citizens Bank ParkPhiladelphia, PA

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Carpenter DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.231	.333	.333	.667	-1.0
b- J. Fermin PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.316	.188	.503	0.0
A. Burleson LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.313	.417	.730	0.0
P. Goldschmidt 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.221	.305	.356	.660	0.5
N. Gorman 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.214	.302	.440	.742	-1.0
N. Arenado 3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.257	.310	.379	.688	6.0
I. Herrera C	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.260	.326	.341	.668	-1.0
B. Crawford SS	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	.152	.222	.242	.465	7.0
a- M. Winn PH-SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.356	.438	.793	0.0
D. Carlson RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.132	.250	.132	.382	0.5
M. Siani CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.206	.264	.265	.528	-0.5
Total	30	2	3	2	2	2	9	3	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Carpenter DH	3
b- J. Fermin PH-DH	1
A. Burleson LF	4
P. Goldschmidt 1B	3
N. Gorman 2B	4
N. Arenado 3B	4
I. Herrera C	3
B. Crawford SS	2
a- M. Winn PH-SS	1
D. Carlson RF	2
M. Siani CF	3
Total	30

a-flied out for Crawford in the 7th
b-lined out for Carpenter in the 8th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
K. Schwarber DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.243	.367	.419	.786	0.5
J. Realmuto C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.278	.320	.444	.764	-1.0
B. Harper 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.270	.375	.520	.895	2.5
A. Bohm 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.307	.364	.488	.852	2.0
B. Stott 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.244	.345	.384	.728	-0.5
N. Castellanos RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.272	.338	.610	3.0
B. Marsh LF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.261	.331	.427	.758	3.5
E. Sosa SS	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	.307	.378	.591	.968	6.5
J. Rojas CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.229	.272	.301	.572	1.5
Total	30	4	7	4	1	1	8	7	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
K. Schwarber DH	3
J. Realmuto C	4
B. Harper 1B	4
A. Bohm 3B	4
B. Stott 2B	3
N. Castellanos RF	3
B. Marsh LF	3
E. Sosa SS	3
J. Rojas CF	3
Total	30

HR - N. Arenado (5), B. Crawford
RBI - N. Arenado (26), B. Crawford
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Siani

2B - B. Harper (10), N. Castellanos (5), B. Marsh (6)
HR - E. Sosa (4)
RBI - B. Marsh (25), E. Sosa 2 (15), J. Rojas (17)
2-Out RBI - E. Sosa 2 (2), J. Rojas
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - K. Schwarber, A. Bohm

DP - (Gorman-Crawford-Goldschmidt)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Mikolas (L, 3-6)	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	5.54	1.32	9.5
K. Leahy	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.80	1.20	-1.0
M. Liberatore	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	5.02	1.40	5.5
Total	8.0	7	4	4	1	8	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
M. Mikolas (L, 3-6)	6.0
K. Leahy	0.2
M. Liberatore	1.1
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
A. Nola (W, 7-2)	6.1	3	2	2	2	6	2	3.03	1.03	25.0
M. Strahm (H, 6)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.78	0.74	2.5
J. Alvarado (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	1.11	3.0
J. Hoffman (S, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.09	0.97	11.0
Total	9.0	3	2	2	2	9	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
A. Nola (W, 7-2)	6.1
M. Strahm (H, 6)	0.2
J. Alvarado (H, 5)	1.0
J. Hoffman (S, 5)	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - M. Mikolas 96-62, K. Leahy 9-7, M. Liberatore 17-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Mikolas 8-5, K. Leahy 2-0, M. Liberatore 0-1
Batters Faced - M. Mikolas 23, K. Leahy 4, M. Liberatore 4

Pitches-Strikes - A. Nola 96-65, M. Strahm 11-7, J. Alvarado 10-7, J. Hoffman 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A. Nola 7-4, M. Strahm 0-1, J. Alvarado 2-0, J. Hoffman 0-1
Batters Faced - A. Nola 24, M. Strahm 2, J. Alvarado 3, J. Hoffman 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

2ND INNING
Marsh grounded out to first, Bohm scored, Castellanos to third 0 1
Sosa homered to center, Castellanos scored 0 3
3RD INNING
Crawford homered to right center 1 3
7TH INNING
Arenado homered to left 2 3
Rojas singled to right, Marsh scored, Rojas to second 2 4

2ND INNING
	Marsh grounded out to first, Bohm scored, Castellanos to third	0	1
	Sosa homered to center, Castellanos scored	0	3

3RD INNING
	Crawford homered to right center	1	3

7TH INNING
	Arenado homered to left	2	3
	Rojas singled to right, Marsh scored, Rojas to second	2	4

1ST INNING
Cardinals
A. Nola Pitching:
M. Carpenter: Ball, Carpenter grounded out to second
A. Burleson: Foul, Foul, Foul, Burleson grounded out to first
P. Goldschmidt: Goldschmidt lined out to right
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Phillies
M. Mikolas Pitching:
K. Schwarber: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Schwarber grounded out to second
J. Realmuto: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Realmuto struck out looking
B. Harper: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Harper flied out to left
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Cardinals
A. Nola Pitching:
N. Gorman: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Gorman struck out looking
N. Arenado: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Arenado grounded out to third
I. Herrera: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Herrera struck out swinging
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Phillies
M. Mikolas Pitching:
A. Bohm: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Bohm singled to left
B. Stott: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Stott flied out to shallow left
N. Castellanos: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Castellanos doubled to shallow right, Bohm to third
B. Marsh: Strike looking, Marsh grounded out to first, Bohm scored, Castellanos to third
E. Sosa: Sosa homered to center, Castellanos scored
J. Rojas: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Rojas struck out looking
End of the 2nd (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Cardinals
A. Nola Pitching:
B. Crawford: Strike looking, Crawford homered to right center
D. Carlson: Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Carlson flied out to right
M. Siani: Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Siani struck out looking
M. Carpenter: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Carpenter struck out swinging
Middle of the 3rd (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Phillies
M. Mikolas Pitching:
K. Schwarber: Ball, Schwarber flied out to deep right
J. Realmuto: Realmuto grounded out to third
B. Harper: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Harper doubled to deep right
A. Bohm: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Bohm grounded out to shortstop
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Cardinals
A. Nola Pitching:
A. Burleson: Ball, Burleson grounded out to third
P. Goldschmidt: Ball, Goldschmidt popped out to second
N. Gorman: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Gorman grounded out to second
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Phillies
M. Mikolas Pitching:
B. Stott: Ball, Stott flied out to deep left
N. Castellanos: Castellanos grounded out to shortstop
B. Marsh: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Marsh struck out looking
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Cardinals
A. Nola Pitching:
N. Arenado: Ball, Arenado popped out to second
I. Herrera: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Herrera lined out to second
B. Crawford: Strike looking, Crawford singled to center
D. Carlson: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Carlson walked, Crawford to second
M. Siani: Siani grounded out to second
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Phillies
M. Mikolas Pitching:
E. Sosa: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Sosa struck out swinging
J. Rojas: Rojas grounded out to second
K. Schwarber: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Schwarber walked
J. Realmuto: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Realmuto reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Schwarber out at second
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Cardinals
A. Nola Pitching:
M. Carpenter: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Carpenter struck out swinging
A. Burleson: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Burleson grounded out to second
P. Goldschmidt: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Goldschmidt walked
N. Gorman: Ball, Gorman flied out to deep right
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Phillies
M. Mikolas Pitching:
B. Harper: Ball, Ball, Harper singled to center
A. Bohm: Bohm grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, Harper out at second
B. Stott: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Stott struck out swinging
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Cardinals
A. Nola Pitching:
N. Arenado: Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Arenado homered to left
I. Herrera: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Herrera struck out swinging
Matt Strahm relieved Aaron Nola
Masyn Winn hit for Brandon Crawford
M. Winn: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Winn flied out to deep left
D. Carlson: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Carlson struck out swinging
Middle of the 7th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Phillies
Masyn Winn at shortstop
Kyle Leahy relieved Miles Mikolas
N. Castellanos: Castellanos lined out to center
B. Marsh: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Marsh doubled to deep left
E. Sosa: Strike looking, Sosa grounded out to shortstop
J. Rojas: Rojas singled to right, Marsh scored, Rojas to second
Matthew Liberatore relieved Kyle Leahy
K. Schwarber: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Schwarber struck out swinging
End of the 7th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Cardinals
Jose Alvarado relieved Matt Strahm
M. Siani: Foul, Siani grounded out to second
Jose Fermin hit for Matt Carpenter
J. Fermin: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Fermin lined out to left
A. Burleson: Burleson grounded out to second
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Phillies
Jose Fermin at designated hitter
J. Realmuto: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike swinging, Realmuto struck out swinging
B. Harper: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Harper struck out swinging
A. Bohm: Foul, Bohm flied out to left
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Cardinals
Jeff Hoffman relieved Jose Alvarado
P. Goldschmidt: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Goldschmidt struck out swinging
N. Gorman: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Gorman struck out swinging
N. Arenado: Ball, Strike swinging, Arenado flied out to deep right
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)