Kody Clemens grounded an RBI single via the precise facet with the bases loaded and two outs within the ninth inning to raise the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.
Clemens had been hitless in his earlier 13 at-bats earlier than delivering in opposition to Garrett Cleavinger (7-4) to plate Bryce Harper with the decisive run.
Kyle Schwarber’s thirty fourth house run — his sixth up to now seven video games — and Cristopher Sanchez’s six scoreless innings helped Philadelphia (86-58) keep away from a 3rd straight defeat.
Brandon Lowe hit a game-tying pinch homer within the prime of the ninth for the Rays (71-73), who didn’t permit a success till Schwarber’s sixth-inning blast over the right-center area wall opened the sport’s scoring.
Yandy Diaz contributed two hits for Tampa Bay.
Lowe led off the ninth with a deep blast off Carlos Estevez (4-4). Middle fielder Johan Rojas leapt proper on the level the place the excessive middle area wall meets the decrease fence. It was unclear whether or not the ball would have hit off the wall or gone over the fence, however nonetheless, Rojas had it in his glove after which dropped it over the fence.
Two outs later, Estevez took a liner off his leg that wound up as a single for Josh Lowe, who stole second earlier than Ben Rortvedt lined out to finish the inning.
With one out within the backside of the ninth, Harper lined a ball off the precise area wall. Nonetheless, he didn’t run arduous out of the field and was restricted to a single. Harper superior on Bryson Stott’s one-out infield single and Buddy Kennedy’s stroll earlier than Clemens’ heroics.
Sanchez labored round a baserunner in every of the primary 5 innings earlier than setting down the Rays 1-2-3 within the sixth.
Orion Kerkering got here on for the seventh and retired the Tampa Bay facet so as. Jeff Hoffman allowed two baserunners within the eighth, however the All-Star righty struck out Junior Caminero with runners on the corners to flee the jam.
–Discipline Stage Media
