The Phillies and Cardinals traded haymakers for 10 innings on Friday night at Citizens Bank Park, and it took a two-run triple from Alec Bohm to finally settle it. Final score: Phillies 7, Cardinals 6, and Philadelphia's win streak is now up to seven straight, its longest run since a nine-game stretch back in May 2025.
St. Louis wasted no time getting on the board. Joshua Baez jumped a first-pitch fastball and put it 360 feet away for a home run, the kind of early aggression that's becoming his calling card.
Joshua Baez crushes a first-pitch homer, with the Statcast readout flashing 100.2 mph off the bat and 360 feet.
The Cardinals kept pushing, and Jordan Walker made it look easy again. Jesus Luzardo, who otherwise turned in a solid start of 5 2/3 innings with just two runs allowed, hung one to Walker in the sixth, and the outfielder deposited it for a two-run shot that flipped a Phillies lead into a 4-3 Cardinals edge. Walker has made a habit of doing damage at Citizens Bank Park, and Friday was just the latest example.
Jordan Walker connects for a home run against the Phillies, with fans in the stands erupting in response.
Philadelphia refused to fold. The game kept swinging both directions deep into the night, and by the eighth it was knotted at 5-5 after St. Louis found a soft spot in the Phillies defense for a game-tying hit off reliever Torres.
A Cardinals bat finds open grass in center to tie the game 5-5 in the eighth inning.
St. Louis actually grabbed the lead back in the top of the 10th on an RBI single, but Philadelphia had the last word. With Bryce Harper running as the automatic runner and Edmundo Sosa also aboard, Bohm ripped a 2-2 pitch to deep center that eluded the Cardinals' Jose Fermin, plating both runners and ending it right there. It was Bohm's third hit of the game, and Don Mattingly's interim club now has a legitimate case as the hottest team in baseball, sitting just four games back of Atlanta in the NL East.
The walk-off slide and the Phillies' celebration at home plate after Bohm's game-ending triple.
Seven wins in a row with an offense clicking on all cylinders and a bullpen finding ways to survive extras — that's the formula the Phillies need if they're going to run down the Braves down the stretch. Bohm's been the engine lately too, hitting well over.350 in August, which is about as good a time as any for a corner infielder to catch fire.