Turner homers twice in the same inning as Phils rout Nats
WASHINGTON – When Trea Turner smacked a go-ahead residence run in opposition to his former membership within the eighth inning on Saturday afternoon, it regarded like it will stand because the spotlight of the Phillies’ 12-3 win over the Nationals. But the shortstop rapidly one-upped himself.
Turner grew to become the primary Phillies participant in additional than 38 years to homer twice in the identical inning when he took Corey Abbott deep once more to cap an eight-run eighth, sending Philadelphia into Sunday’s Little League Classic using excessive and sustaining its lead atop the National League Wild Card race.
Turner socked a 107.3 mph solo residence run off Abbott to open the body, snapping a 3-3 tie in a recreation the Phillies had been held scoreless in till Nick Castellanos’ game-tying three-run homer within the seventh. Philadelphia then batted round, including runs off Abbott by way of two run-scoring singles, a sacrifice fly and Bryson Stott’s three-run tater. That introduced up Turner, who crushed one other Abbott pitch into the left-field seats, additional igniting a Philly-heavy sellout crowd of 38,853 and etching his identify within the membership’s document books.
Turner is just the third participant in franchise historical past to homer twice in the identical inning, and he’s the primary since Von Hayes on June 11, 1985, in opposition to the Mets (first inning). Andy Seminick additionally did it on June 2, 1949, in opposition to the Reds (eighth inning).
Turner can also be the primary Major League participant to homer twice in the identical inning off the identical pitcher since David Ortiz on Aug. 12, 2008. Turner can also be simply the fourth shortstop with a two-homer inning since 1974, and the primary since Juan Uribe on Sept. 23, 2010.
The come-from-behind victory inched the Phillies’ result in 2.5 video games over the Giants within the NL Wild Card race, with San Francisco set to proceed its three-game collection in Atlanta later Saturday night. With head-to-head document figuring out tiebreakers within the standings, the Phils are 0-3 in opposition to the Giants this season, with the ultimate three matchups of their season collection looming subsequent week.
