BRAVES vs. PHILLIES- Official Full Game Highlights (September 7) - 2026 MLB Season

I mean it's just picture perfect and I hope everybody's getting a chance to enjoy Labor Day wherever you are this afternoon. We're enjoying it here at the ballpark on a Monday afternoon where the Phillies and the Braves wrap up this four game series as Ronald Acuna Junior will leave things off. Ronald and the Philly fanatic have a little fun but Ronald's had more fun than the Philly fanatic here over the last three days in Philadelphia. What a moment yesterday that three run homer right side and Bohm crossing the foul line into foul ground he's under it he'll make the catch one pitch one out a little floater out towards the bag at second fielded by Turner behind the base with the first involved in his assault out number two swing and struck him out fastball got him at 98 miles an hour from Jesus and it's a one to three first inning for the Phillies left hander Schroeder with forty two home runs he has one lead off home run this season that was hit into the Iowa cornfields it sharply base hit it to right center field and Schwarzer is a board fourth hit of the series for Kyle really nice to see him start to heat up he had about two weeks there where he was struggling some with some swing and miss but he's barreling the ball up pretty consistently over the last few days fly ball pretty deep to right Thomas finds it in front of the wall and a throw back to first but Schwarzer that was closer than I thought. Lane Thomas doing his best Ronald Acuna junior impersonation you know though partner thinking about the boos for Acuna and obviously reached a new height yesterday when Harper is in Atlanta he gets booed and it just adds to the rivalry. I think it's fun. I love it. And the guys love it as well. They love the intensity even when you're on the road. Clearly Ronald loves it. He said it missing low with a curveball two on one out now runners at first and second one down for Luis arrives center field Harris going back just shy of the track. He's got it. The runners will still be at first and second now two down and he missed inside the ball for he was determined to hit that inside corner with a fastball kept going there missed every time. So the bases are loaded for Bryson Stott left handed batter one for eight in the series. Billy's looking for early runs just as they accomplished each of the last two games and a fly ball toward center field coming in Michael Harris and he gallops to it making a chest high catch for the out. How is it right on the nose but directly to Harris and a great play made by Michael Lozano looking sharp in the first two innings three strikeouts six up six down twenty three pitches. A lot of talk about the sequence to Kukuna yesterday the seven straight fastballs all over one hundred miles per hour or more. The pitch swung on hit in the air right field Harper over towards the gap. So is Crawford Harper calling on the track he'll make the catch. Believe it or not it was the first home run he's ever hit on a pitch over 100 miles per hour. Grant Holmes has been through the Phillies lineup one time one strikeout two walks and now faces Schwarzer who's singled against him in the first inning and he strikes him out for Schwarzer that is strikeout number two hundred on the season and now Grant Holmes is one shy of three hundred on his young big league career and he goes down swinging does Turner back to back strikeouts for Grant Holmes and there is number three hundred for Grant Holmes in his major league career. All of a sudden Grant Holmes missing a lot of bats last five hitters nine swing and misses and he strikes out the side in order. So he strikes out the side getting Schwarzer Turner and Harper to go to the top of the fourth no score Zardo has permitted one base runner so far a hit batsman Austin Reilly with one out in the third swing and a miss he went after the sweeper again five strikeouts for Lozano and why not. I mean really no chance to touch it back to the middle softly off the mound a rise has it throws and he pulls off the bag but the Condor is able to slide his tag on the body. What a play by Alec Bowe on the receiving end of a throw that brought him inside the bag down the line towards the plate. He catches and tags Albies going by that'll bring up Matt Olsen struck out looking his first time up. There's another strike but Olsen is ready for it. And that is the Braves first hit off of Jesus Luzardo today. So now Lane Thomas with the best career numbers against him gets the bat with a man of boards for breaking ball got him looking and Thomas goes down on a breaking ball at the knees six strikeouts for Jesus Luzardo who is sharp through the first four innings today. Fifty pitches here for home struck out the side last inning and Louisa rise. That is a feather in Grant Holmes cap right there. He strikes out the least amount at Major League Baseball but Holmes gets it. He does and on a fastball of all things now it's a foul tip but it's a whiff nonetheless here and a punch out and you're absolutely right an impressive one and that's a big swing from Louisa rise those four straight punch outs each one of them on a different pitch they throw a slider it's a line to right and Lane Thomas sliding and making the grab good play out here by Lane Thomas again I think the defense we don't know a lot about it can get underrated but he's been good out there with a good arm that's not an easy one right it's going to be sinking in the air deep to center off the bat a stop sending Harris to the wall and he has it right in front of the wall and it's another one two three inning for Holmes he's retired 10 straight we go to the top of the fifth inning no score Luzardo has been in total control through four in fact he and Holmes both have been in control Luzardo is only allowed one hit Holmes is allowed one hit that was the first inning single by Schwarzer Tapper back to the mounds and Luzardo will make it easy toss over to first base got to love those quick outs well if you do he has to one pitch outs first pitch strikes twelve of fourteen 0 2 count seven so far fly ball short right Harper sprints in that makes the catch so two outs here's a wind up in the two to pitch to Riley swing and struck him out fastball got him and there's number seven on the day for Jesus Luzardo another one two three frame for the left hander for the first three ball count of the day for Luzardo results in his eighth strikeout and here comes Acuna Acuna has had a big series 0 4 2 today now seven for fourteen with two doubles two homers and six runs batted in Swig and a miss he got him throw him a sweeper to pick up his ninth strikeout he has eight 0 2 counts today swinging our weekly hit ground ball a second to rise two steps to his right in front of it he'll throw out Baldwin and there are six incredible scoreless inning so far for Jesus Luzardo go to the home half of the sixth inning still scoreless third time through the order for the Phillies against right hander Grant Holmes line drive into the alley and left center field that'll be an extra base hit for Turner it goes off the giant sign Turner will glide in the second he's there standing first extra base hit of the day for the Phillies and just their third hit overall and the Phillies with a man in scoring position for the first time since the first inning today swing at a ground ball right side Albies dive smothers it and from a knee he will throw to first and get Harper sharply hit but it's out number two down to third goes Turner and that'll leave it up to Luis arise swung on lifted left field pretty deep but DuBon has it measured and he's got it now in the inning and Grant pitches out of trouble and we go to the seventh still no score a lot of soft contact a lot of punch outs I mean this is about as good and strong an outing as I've seen from Luzardo especially under the circumstances when the Phillies are trying to even this series up right that one swing and a miss he reaches double figures and strikeouts for the 20th time in his career it's only eighty five pitches for Luzardo and that one toward the second base side and it bounces over the glove of a rise and that's only the second hit of the day for the Braves back toward the middle he got a ground ball toward the middle and a rise has got it on the second base bag to first in time a four three double play perfect positioning there Luis arise takes care of it himself and the bases are clear for Austin Riley and I called strike three right on the outside part of the plate he threw him a sweeper the eleven strikeouts for Luzardo eight shutout innings for the crafty lefty I wonder if he's going to the left hander here with Schauber at the dish. Well Walt White he is walking when this has been outstanding Lee is warming up now he's going to let him go. I hope it backfires. I'm not going to lie to you. Walt White staying with the right hander against Schauber and a high fly ball a deep rock the first row of the second deck Kyle Schauber has just given the Phillies the lead nothing he's homered three consecutive game one swing is all it takes on a day like today in the Phillies with a one nothing lead he gets in those roles when he gets going he can put his barrel on a bullet and that's what he did against Fuentes. That was pretty exciting at bat. Nice job by Kyle his career. Jesus Luzardo is about to throw a pitch in the ninth inning of a game and the fans well they were soaking it all in. I mean this was the reaction when he ran out to the mound. This place had life in it like it normally does. So now we begin the ninth inning fly ball center field going back is Crawford he waits and makes the catch one out here in the ninth inning and now the match up I think everybody is looking forward to is Luzardo and Acuna inside ball four and the Braves are alive here in the ninth inning. It'll bring up Drake Baldwin clearly the Phillies without John Duran available to them today as Alvarado and Bolton can continue to throw and a called strike three bell. It's twelve strikeouts. Baldwin was looking for that sweeper again and he got himself a fastball basically right down Broadway Ozzie Alvarez is all for three today right handed with a runner at first the pitch swing and a fly ball left field. This should do it. Marsh is in. He says he has it and he does. Jesus Luzardo a two hit shot the first of his career and the Phillies win it by a final score of one to nothing on a stunning day here at Citizens Bank Park. Jesus Luzardo for the first time on a professional mound has thrown a complete game and it's a one to nothing shutout win over the Braves. And boy was it needed by the Phil's. They needed him to step up and boy did he step up in a huge way thanks to Kyle Schwarzer gets the complete game shutout tremendous twelve strikeouts on the day for Luzardo who never threw a complete game in the minor leagues he hadn't thrown one yet in the big leagues and he does so today as he blanks the Braves you know first time doing that for me so trying to keep the adrenaline down and the emotions that I knew I was going to come out firing and felt really good. So just trying to keep the emotions in check. But did the ninth inning feel any different beyond the emotion and the adrenaline the ninth inning felt great. I mean honestly it was I felt kind of good. Yeah I mean I had to make it interesting with the walk but I felt like I was in control of the zone the whole time so thankfully came back out in the ninth attack and that's what it was.