Trea Turner gave the Dodgers a headache in every possible way, then made sure the Phillies still walked away with the win.
Philadelphia beat Los Angeles 10-7 behind Turner’s two-homer night, a performance that more than erased the damage from a handful of mistakes that helped keep the game alive longer than it should have been. In the end, the Phillies got the version of Turner that changes a game with one swing, and the Dodgers got the one that let them hang around just long enough to make things interesting.
The early innings were messy for Philadelphia, especially behind Cristopher Sánchez. The left-hander is at his best when the ball is put on the ground and the defense cleans it up, but that part of the equation wobbled early.
After the first two batters were retired in the opening inning, the Dodgers loaded the bases for Miguel Rojas when Turner committed an error on a ground ball. Rojas couldn’t cash in, but the chance was there.
The Phillies also got some sharp work from Gabriel Rincones Jr. in right field. He helped retire Teoscar Hernández in the second inning and Andy Pages in the third, then came up with a bigger play in the fourth.
Mookie Betts opened the inning with a single, and Rojas followed with a drive into the right-center gap. Rincones cut it off cleanly, keeping Rojas from advancing into scoring position.
With no outs and runners at the corners, the Phillies played for the double play against Teoscar Hernández and got it. Another Dodgers threat against Sánchez disappeared.
Even with the defensive hiccups, Philadelphia built a 4-1 lead in the second inning, and the offense did the heavy lifting there. Emmet Sheehan got help from Tommy Edman on a sharp 5-4-3 double play in the first, but the Phillies’ bottom of the order came right back with three straight hits in the second. Rincones doubled in the middle of it, and Turner capped the inning by launching a hanging slider from Sheehan for his first homer of the night.
The Dodgers clawed back in the sixth. With Philadelphia ahead 4-1, Don Mattingly went to Orion Kerkering after a couple of loud outs and with Alex Call due up, knowing Los Angeles still had Max Muncy and Kyle Tucker on the bench.
Dave Roberts answered by pinch-hitting Muncy for Call, and Muncy delivered an RBI double. Los Angeles trimmed the gap to 4-3 moments later when Turner’s defense again opened the door, as he mishandled a bases-loaded, two-out ground ball from Andy Pages after an intentional walk to Ohtani.
But the Dodgers’ comeback didn’t last long. Sheehan returned for the sixth with his pitch count under control, but the outing had been uneasy from the start, with traffic on the bases throughout. Brandon Marsh led off the inning with a home run, Bryson Stott followed with a double, and Turner then crushed his second homer of the game, this one off Alex Vesia, to push the Phillies further ahead.
The late innings turned into a home run parade. Bryce Harper and Derek Hill both went deep against Landon Knack, and Harper’s blast was his 200th as a Phillie.
Betts kept the Dodgers alive with two home runs of his own and made the ninth inning a little more lively by cutting the deficit to three, but he couldn’t carry them all the way back by himself. His two-run shot also prompted Don Mattingly to call on Jhoan Duran for the final out, not wanting to take any chances.
Los Angeles also had to live with missed chances against Sánchez, especially with runners in scoring position, and Ohtani’s struggles in this matchup continued. He went 0 for 3 with a pair of strikeouts against Sánchez.
The teams meet again Tuesday with first pitch set for 3:40 p.m. (PT).
Justin Wrobleski will make his first start after being selected to the All-Star Game, carrying a streak of three straight outings of seven full innings. The Phillies will counter with veteran Zack Wheeler.
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