Sánchez had 12 strikeouts and allowed two earned runs across 6⅓ innings. Realmuto, who also had an RBI single in the third inning, hit the go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth.

Realmuto, who hit his ninth homer, reached base three times and had three RBIs. He also had an RBI single and reached on a catcher’s interference call on Mariners backstop Mitch Garver. It was the third time in a month the Phillies were on the positive side of a catcher’s interference call.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Seattle Mariners vs. Philadelphia Phillies MLB game to be played on August 20, 2025 on ESPN.

PHILADELPHIA — Before he launched a 440-foot homer that he followed with a 448-foot homer, Bryce Harper smacked a slider to dead center. He missed the barrel. He knew it and looked disgusted. He jogged to first base as Julio Rodríguez caught the fly ball, then clapped his hands a few times. “Just missed it,” Harper said.

Zack Wheeler underwent surgery and his return to the Philadelphia Phillies for the postseason is unclear after manager Rob Thomson said he has "no timetable" for the right-hander's return.