Overview
- Walker Buehler worked five scoreless innings with three hits, three walks and a hit batter, improving to 3-0 with Philadelphia and one earned run allowed in three outings.
- Alec Bohm’s first-inning groundout plated Harrison Bader for the game’s only run at Citizens Bank Park.
- The Phillies went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position, part of a 5-for-51 stretch over their last five games, while both teams combined to go 0-for-14.
- Taijuan Walker threw two innings and escaped a sixth-inning jam before Matt Strahm handled the eighth and David Robertson closed after an hour-long rain delay for his second save.
- The win moved Philadelphia to 94-65 and, with a first-round bye already secured, the club opens its final regular-season series Friday against the Twins with Aaron Nola scheduled to start.