Castellanos would add another walk in the sixth for three on the day. It was only the fourth time in his career he’s walked at least three times in a game and the first since 2021. Alec Bohm led off the sixth with a single to continue his hot streak and J.T. Realmuto followed with a two-run shot of his own.
Bohm finished 3-5 and extended his hitting streak to 12 games including 8 straight games with an extra base hit. The latter is the longest such streak for the Phillies since Chase Utley had an extra base hit in nine consecutive games in 2008. Trea Turner had such a streak that ended last week at seven straight games, but he added a single in the ninth today to extend his regular hitting streak to five games.
Just good enough
Taijuan Walker made his season debut and finished six solid innings before imploding in the seventh. Walker finished the sixth with 3 runs allowed on 6 hits in 73 pitches with the Phillies holding a 7-3 lead. Rob Thomson elected to send Walker back out for the seventh despite it being his first game in the Majors this season. Walker got Jackson Merrill to fly out to begin the inning but then walked Ha-Seong Kim on five pitches. He then allowed a single to Graham Pauley on a strange play where the ball bounced from Bryce Harper’s glove off Kim’s foot and resulted in both runners being safe to put two on with one out.
Because Thomson was slow to get reliever Jeff Hoffman up, Walker had to stay in for one more hitter. That hitter was Luis Campusano, who entered as a pinch hitter and hit a three-run home run to cut the Phillies lead to 7-6 and end Walker’s day on a sour note. His final line was 6.1 IP with 6 runs allowed on 8 hits and two walks. He struck out four and allowed two home runs.
Hoffman allowed a double to Profar before escaping the inning with the lead intact. Yunior Marter pitched a scoreless eighth after Johan Rojas doubled home Stott who had stolen second base with two outs to give the Phillies an insurance run. Jose Alvarado entered in the ninth and slammed the door with two strikeouts and a flyout.
On deck
The Phillies will now travel to Anaheim for three games with Mike Trout and the Angels. They will send Cristopher Sanchez, Spencer Turnbull, and Zack Wheeler to the mound before adjusting back to a five-man rotation.
The Phillies clubbed three home runs and Taijuan Walker was just good enough in his season debut to win Sunday’s game 8-6 over the Padres and sweep the series on the road. Bryson Stott had his first multi-home run game, collecting a pair of two run shots to lead the way on offense. Walker was good through six innings before faltering in the seventh, but the bullpen held on, and the offense added insurance to protect the lead.
Stott’s first home run came in the top of the second and gave the Phillies a 2-0 lead. Nick Castelanos worked a nine pitch walk after starting 0-2 to put a runner on for Stott’s blast.
But the Padres would answer back in the third after Jurickson Profar walked and Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled him in. Walker seemed to think he had Profar struck out to end the inning, but the pitch was called ball four low and away. Jake Cronenworth then launched a two-run homer of his own on the first pitch he saw from Walker to give the Padres a 3-2 lead in the third.
History repeated itself in the fourth however, as Castellanos once again drew a walk before Stott ripped another pitch over the right center field wall for his second two-run homer of the game.
Phillies' Bryson Stott rounds the bases after a homerun vs the Padres - April 28th 2024 - Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
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