Phillies vs. Braves Game Highlights (6/28/25) | MLB Highlights

When you've gone through a game like the Braves went through last night nothing better than to have arguably your best pitcher on the bump the next day and Spencer Schwell he is so hot and he is the kind of guy that can carry a ball club after a loss. Spencer Schwellenbach has been absolutely nails five and one to seventy five era twelve walks sixty eight strikeouts and an 0 ninety two. We have he's the right guy on this staff for this situation. Schwellenbach one two to Turner is a bouncing ball to the left side. The third baseman Wiley said some tough defensive moments this season but he makes a strong play to retire the Philadelphia leadoff man. There's Kyle Schwarzer. He needs six more before the All-Star break and don't put it past him. He might do it to tie Mike Schmidt for the club record for most homers before the All-Star break a fastball Schwarzer lines it to center. White came in then went back and he misplays his first chance in center field in quite some time. Now Alec Boehm to the plate runner in second one out. Now at the bottom of the zone with a slider three outstanding pitches by Schwellenbach. Boehm frustrated with the call. Let's see if Castellano stays aggressive to to delivery to Castellanos and he gets him with that splitter saw a good mix of that arsenal from Spencer Schwellenbach in the first. The Braves will take out a slew of lefties starting today with a guy who has been very good most of this season and Jesus Luzardo. He started a great run of Philadelphia pitching over the last week. They've allowed just six runs in their last five games. We'll see the electric Ronald Acuna Junior right out of the gate tonight for this Atlanta lineup Acuna muscles went into right field and just like that the Braves get a knock. They had nine hits last night. It's not like they didn't have traffic. They've got the leadoff man aboard tonight. Here's Olsen and he goes the other way as he often has as of late dumps it in the left center Acuna trying to go first to third and he will. The Braves struggling get a big ovation from some of these fans as the first two men have reached the first out. Now Riley wouldn't it be nice to get on the board early. Be the team that scores first and put the pressure on the Phillies. Little number to a tough spot Scott is going to get to the ball but the run will score and the crowd is over for Atlanta. Olsen is safe at second. Riley will take it anyway he can get it and the Braves will to their first run since Wednesday night in the ninth inning and they strike first tonight one nothing in favor of the Braves and the last pitch a strike on Kepler one to pitch fandom at time the splitter got the best of Kepler three straight strikeouts for Schwellenbach and two way here on the top of the second inning goes waving at that curve ball that was out of the zone. You see his frustration and already four strikeouts to the first two innings for Spencer Schwellenbach. A one out walk to Eli White Braves leading one nothing here Stuart Fairchild three one pitch shoots it to right field well struck Castellanos back at the wall and he plays it off the brick it dumps right down at the base of the wall and that is extra bases once again for Fairchild who had two hits last night when he came in for Acuna both were doubles and they're still sitting in a good situation. Runners at second and third one down for Allen trying to add on to the one nothing lead here in the bottom of the second inning Nick Allen two for four last night. He's been swinging a pretty good bat and he connects in a line driving to left field for a base hit in the score white. Here comes Fairchild throw on a left field by Kepler play at the plate a feet first slide and they've got him good throw by Kepler out of left field J.T. Rowe Muto got a perfect bounce right to him and he was waiting on the incoming Fairchild. Here's Olsen to nothing Atlanta and two men on and it's grounded right side Scott dives. He's got it corrals it throws the first and it's in time. Oh what a play by Bryson Stott out in shadow right field as he saves more damage with a terrific play on Matt Olsen. Otto Kemp leads off one and two on Kemp. Here it comes from Schwellenbach a late called third strike by Jeremy Rehag. Whoa whoa look however long it takes to get the strikeout you'll take it. But that was an extra beat or two. So two down back to the top of the order to Trey Turner. Trey Turner goes fishing at a slider six strikeouts to the first 10 batters faced for that potential all star at just twenty five years of age one pitch one out brings up Alec Bowe who struck out looking his first time up. Three man back to back at bats that Bowe has looked at a slider to strike out that seven case now two down on the fourth for Nick Castellanos. Oh to the Castellanos take a swing and a hike got him with a slider. He needed a bow door to reach that thing. It was a long way from him. He still pulled the trigger Spencer's on a roll. He has spent three of the last four for the last six. He has faced eight and all his career high as eleven. He's done that three times including once this year against Boston and he got number nine right there on Kepler. That's three straight Phillies that have been twelve in a row sat down by him got it working J.T. real Muto the batter went back to the slider there and froze real Muto real Muto can't believe it. Six of the 10 K's on that slider. He's just really good. He's rolling this time he lifts one down the left field line slicing near the line and there is Fairchild and he makes the catch and that was a really quick fifth inning seven pitch one two three inning in the fifth from Spencer Schwellenbach what a turnaround here for Luzardo second and third nobody out he gets a comebacker and then a called third strike and that'll bring up Ozzie Albies the infield could back up now and Luzardo could get out of this inning with two down on the pitch swinging a ground ball towards third backhand Boehm gloves it off balance throw and Kemp reels it in and Jesus Luzardo gets out of the jam. Spencer Schwellenbach has been near untouchable Marsh leads from Seckers to walk issued by Spencer he had a base open and it's going to bring up Alec Baum who has not seen it so well against Schwellenbach. Now they're still right in this ballgame because Atlanta's offense has not broken it open to try to get Philadelphia on the board first pitch breaking ball swings away bounces it up the middle for a base hit. Brandon Marsh will come in and score Schwerder will chug his way in a third of that throw gets away from Riley but it takes a friendly Atlanta bounce. In its second is Alec Baum as he finally gets a hit off of Schwellenbach it drives in a run and cuts the lead in half as it's two to one only 77 pitches for Spencer Schwellenbach as we go to the seventh but he's also only got a two to one lead one down with one more strikeout Schwellenbach would tie his career high real Muto waves and a slider that is a career high tying eleven strikeouts for Spencer Schwellenbach third time in his career he's done it two outs in the seventh inning. We'd love to see one more set a new career high for Schwellenbach one to the start struck him out that strikeout number twelve fastball ninety eight and just fuel it up and shot it right on by stop. So that's a new career high for Spencer Schwellenbach with a dozen strikeouts tonight in this performance versus the Phillies tonight a career high twelve strikeouts for the guy who's right now the anchor of a banged up Atlanta rotation. And now if you're a starting pitcher in this situation like our boys open this game up and the bases are loaded for Sean Murphy it's been a lack of power all year long. They don't have a grand slam. Murphy's in position for one now to try to bust the game open three straight hits for the Braves make it four and slam and slam and the Braves take a charging lead here in the seventh inning on the grand slam by Murphy. It's now six one Braves his first in a month makes it a five run lead for Atlanta. Well I'd say that's a feel good inning all the way around for the Atlanta Braves hitters and for Schwellenbach now a five run lead standing in the way of a Braves win the night J.T. Romero is over three a pitch in the air to center Michael Harris is back Michael's got a beat on it and he squeezes it for the final out and the Braves win six to one over the Phillies it was a grand slam by Sean Murphy that gave the Braves the breathing room they were seeking and what a great job on the mound by Spencer Schwellenbach a career best twelve strikeouts.