Final: Braves 7, Phillies 2
The Philadelphia Phillies may have avoided a decade of having Juan Soto in their division, but they got an untimely reminder Friday of how electric Ronald Acuña Jr. is, and how unfortunate it is for them that he’s employed by the division-rival Atlanta Braves.
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Kyle Schwarber broke the Phillies into both the hit and run columns with a leadoff home run off of Max Fried in the top of the fourth inning, a 410-foot blast that was his second home run in as many days:
By hitting his 39th home run of the season, Schwarber set a new career-high, passing his previous high water mark from the 2019 season.