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Phillies have hilarious jumbotron error after Trea Turner reaches personal milestone originally appeared on The Sporting News Trea Turner has hit very few home runs in recent months, but he was able to hit an impressive personal milestone on Monday, despite struggling in this area of his game.
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Harper, Turner have monster nights, Suárez strikes out 10 as Philadelphia Phillies beat Mariners
Trea Turner recorded four hits, including his 1,500th career hit, while Bryce Harper went deep twice to lead the Phillies past the Mariners 12-7.
Turner isn’t going to hit .583 the rest of the season the way he has the past five days, but he - along with the sluggers behind him in the order, Kyle Schwarber and Harper - are going to be the key to the Phillies going where they want to go the rest of this season and into the playoffs.
Stott struggled through the first half of the year, but he found stability at the ninth spot in the order, and realized what had fallen off about his swing.
Turner finished a triple short of hitting for the cycle while Harper homered in back-to-back innings with his two longest blasts of the season. The Phillies finished with a season-high 21 hits.
The Philadelphia Phillies dismantled the Seattle Mariners in the series opener on Monday after All-Star shortstop Trea Turner's milestone night at Citizens Bank Park.
The Mariners’ unforgiving East Coast trip carried on, ever so mercilessly, with a 6-4 loss the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.
Castellanos sat for the third time in 11 days. Rob Thomson said he doesn’t know if this rotation will be long term, and it will depend on who is heating up.