Phillies vs. Braves Game Highlights (6/29/25) | MLB Highlights

Strider three straight wins now trying to get things back on the right track and I think he's done just that he has and a big key as Bertie mentioned yes the velocity is somewhat important and it has been better he can pitch at ninety five ninety six ninety seven there's been more life on that fastball he's coming off the start where he generated a great swing and miss against his heater that is important for Spencer Strider makes everything else better second pitch of the game is a high hopper and he takes it and makes a play here's Kyle Schwerber to forty eight hitter with twenty five homers he swings and rips one back up the middle right back at Strider and into center field for a hit that Strider deflect that a little bit he stuck the glove up there but that ball was smoked a one oh nine exit velocity Alec Bolton the batter with the rudder at first base swing and a miss the slider takes care of Bo Castellanos with an infield single and a walk to Kepler and the sacks are packed full of Phillies here in the top of the first inning for J.T. Romito who's hitting two oh five this year with runners in scoring position ground ball right at Nick Allen and the Braves and Strider do get out of it Phillies leave him loaded got to figure out a way to get this guy out when leading off the first inning he's slashing three thirty three with a one oh seven eight OPS we get a miss and he picks up his first strikeout of the day strikeout number 60 on the year for Ranger who has a one point one 70 R.A. in his last nine starts an infield ahead some of the softest contact you're going to find there that was a green side lob wedge right there for Matt Olsen here's Ozone swing and a miss he got him two keys here in the first inning for Ranger there are two down and to bring up Austin Riley hopped up shallow left center Trey Turner back pedaling he's under it and he makes the catch one away here Sean Murphy who had the biggest hit of last night's ballgame a two to one ballgame at the time and then he launched his second career Grand Slam a four hundred fifty five foot blast this ball to straightaway centerfield off the bat as Sean Murphy hit a Grand Slam yesterday match here on a Sunday only to lead a four hundred and fifty one feet this guy is mash in the baseball league my goodness that was so far over the center field wall and almost hit the back wall that's his eleventh homer of the year and four of them have come against the Phillies this season good inning for Strider good quick inning they go down in order that is seven in a row now retired for Spencer Strider Spencer Strider looking to continue to protect that lead he faces Nick Castellanos on the first pitch he's swinging bounces one out the second as he all be secures it throws the first base one pitch and one down there's the pitch on the way and a fly ball to deep left field Stuart Fairchild looking up under it makes the catch Kepler is finished here in the fourth that'll bring J.T. Romito up to the plate this should make it 10 in a row retired for Strider he is grooving against the Phillies 3 0 sinker sit back up the box and Riley's 1 4 2 all these over one with a ground out the third base trying to find a hole right here 0 2 pitch on the way and all these pokes went into right coming on for Castellanos he'll get there and make the catch Riley back to first Murphy who hit a grand slam last night and first time up today first swing it won the dead center and this one's lifted in the air shadow left field Kepler is coming in and over towards the line he's got it to down Rangers average today velocity wise on the sinker is eighty eight four seamers usually averaging at ninety two there's a ground ball to third but he's still allowed to pitch his one run through four innings and three hits top of the fifth inning Phillies trail at one nothing it'll be Bryce and stop to leave things off off the hands right off the mound in the center field a base hit it ends ten in a row by Strider and it's the first base runner for the Phillies since the first inning and here's Otto Kemp Otto Kemp lines one down the left field line that's it for a base hit it's going to the corner stop runs well he's already on his way to third they're waving him home he's around third heading toward the plate they overthrow the relay man and the Phillies tie the game up RBI double for Otto Kemp it's a one one game really super short sweet swing from Otto Kemp I believe that this is a slider that stays in the middle of the plate yet and he jumps all over it and how bad did they need that bring up Brandon Marsh and at the very least he'll be trying to get that runner moved over to third base here's Marsh he squares bunts it back toward the mound it's a beauty Strider has to hurry and does to get Brandon Marsh I really do like this play especially with the way Ranger has been pitching this is a picture perfect but gets it down to the third base side makes the makes the pitcher field the ball gets the job done the old school ball without Turner with the infield and you know Strider has back to back eight strikeout games he only has one strikeout today fly ball center field Eli White is over tagging from third is Kemp White's got it he gets behind it and here comes Otto Kemp and he'll score the Phillies take the lead sacrifice fly for Trey Turner it's a two one ball game just how you draw it up that's ABC baseball that's a super job by everybody across the board Acuna has struck out and grounded out over two and just one for six in the series that one's floated out to left center field will be a base hit for Acuna a base hit for Acuna who has had no interest in running you know he's just working back on that B right he doesn't want to it's being selected I guess very selective running he's on with two outs Ranger gets to work against Matt Olsen who did have a base hit off him swing and a miss struck him out and that's a half dozen strikeouts for Rangers Suarez as he strikes out Olsen for the second time with the Phillies have a two to one lead top of the sixth inning J.T. the batter with two men on and nobody out Strider ready and no deals this should work on a second for one double play six four three right spot right time we know Spencer Strider is not really a ground ball pitcher this is just the second ground ball double play behind him he is swing and miss his fly balls but he gets the grounder when he needs it and his defense takes care of the rest still one more piece to the puzzle two away you've got Castellanos over at third and Bryson stopped the hitter and there you go it's a curve ball to get him nothing nothing for the Phillies in the sixth well today Rangers Suarez to picking up where the last guy left off he's gone six innings he's allowed only four hits one run one mistake really is Sean Murphy went out got it and Homer to center back in the second inning that's the only run allowed by Ranger if he gets through this inning without allowing more than two runs the Phillies fifty one times this year have had a starter go five innings and allowed two runs or less and Rangers Suarez a masterful seven innings today in the rubber game here in Atlanta he gives up one run and he'll depart with a lead and we go to the bottom of the eighth inning and Orion Kerkering will take over for Rangers Suarez and a strike three called right at the bottom of the zone it's kind of an unhittable pitch nine strikeouts today for Phillies pitching swing and miss he got him back to back strikeouts right back past Orion Kerkering and Matt Olson is on and here comes Marcel Ozuna representing the go ahead run swing and a miss struck him out with a breaking ball and Orion Kerkering strikes out the side here in the eighth a scoreless frame for the right hander and we'll head to the ninth in Atlanta Phillies lead it two to one Matt Strahm is on to try to close this out for the Bills for two saves so far for Strahm he'll face Austin Reilly Ozzie Albies and Sean Murphy fly ball right center field playable for Marsh playable for Castellanos they both call it it's Marcia takes charge and he makes the catch one out swung on line to left that's a base hit tying run is on winning run will come to the plate it's Sean Murphy who's been trouble for the Phillies these last two days swung on hit in the air right center pretty deep Marsh back into his left he's got it measured he'll make the catch with two steps onto the warning track dirt and back to first base goes Ozzie Albies and the Braves are down to their final out Eli White 0 for 3 today with two groundouts and a pop up the short he kicks the three to check swing pitch was low ball got away from J.T. doesn't see it it goes to the backstop and obvious is going all the way around to third base aboard at first is white J.T. never saw that ball trickle all the way to the backstop and now the tying run is 90 feet away the winning run is on base one ball one strike the pitch swung on hit in the air right center Marsh calling for it in the alley backing up to the track he makes the catch in the ball game is over a warning track fly ball is all in Stuart Fairchild is the final out as the Phillies beat the Braves two to one and they take two out of three in the series to finish off the trip I just think this is such a huge win Rangers Suarez he was terrific and some fundamental baseball today scoring a run with a sack but the sack fly that's awesome good job Phil.