The Philadelphia Phillies (25-23) were without a couple of regulars to begin the night but still found a way to come from behind in the eighth inning to win their fifth consecutive ballgame by a score of 5-4 against the Cincinnati Reds (24-24) on Monday night.
Kyle Schwarber was out of the lineup with an illness and Brandon Marsh was rested, though he did enter as a defensive substitution later on.
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Andrew Painter put together his second straight strong outing, going six innings and allowing only two runs.
The Phillies opened the scoring in the bottom of the first after a leadoff double by Trea Turner, a walk by Bryce Harper and a double steal put two runners in scoring position and a walk by Alec Bohm loaded the bases with no outs. Sacrifice flies by Edmundo Sosa and Adolis Garcia made it 2-0.
The Reds would get it right back in the top of the second with three straight singles and a sacrifice fly before KeBryan Hayes hit into an inning-ending around-the-horn double play.
Bohm broke the tie in the bottom of the sixth for his first of two hits on the night, a one-out solo shot to straightaway center field, his fourth homer of the year.
The Reds again answered back in the next half inning as Brad Keller, ahead 0-2 against his first batter in relief of Painter, surrendered a leadoff home run to Sal Stewart.
Jose Alvarado coughed up the lead in the top of the eighth inning with a two-out RBI double by Spencer Steer before Orion Kerkering induced a pop up by Stewart to end the threat.
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With two outs and a runner on first, Bryson Stott flexed his power stroke once again with a go-ahead two-run homer to right field. After going homerless in March and April, Stott now has five in May and is averaging an RBI per game across his last 20 played.
Jhoan Duran had two K’s in a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth for his eighth save of the season in as many opportunities.
Same place same time tomorrow night as Jesus Luzardo is slated to do battle against righty flamethrower, Chase Burns.
