The air was definitely out of the balloon at this point but the Phillies perhaps surprised themselves in the bottom of the ninth when Yankees’ closer, Clay Holmes, allowed a couple of singles to JT Realmuto and Bryson Stott, and with Johan Rojas pinch running for Nick Castellanos, who reached on a fielders choice, Holmes made a wild pitch intended for Schwarber that allowed Rojas to come home and bring the game to extra innings.
Jeff Hoffman and former Phillie and recent Yankees’ deadline addition, Mark Leiter, Jr., together pitched a scoreless 10th inning. Hoffman stayed in for the 11th and allowed a go-ahead from by allowing the ghost runner, Anthony Volpe, to advance on a ground out before a sacrifice fly by Verdugo scored him.
The Phillies would again benefit from a wild pitch in the bottom of the 11th, this time by Yankees’ reliever, Michael Tomkin, who had Hays down 0-2 and lost control of a slider that allowed Stott, the designated runner, to move up to third. Hays would single on the next pitch to even the score.
Orion Kerkering came in to handle the 12th and allowed a leadoff single to Chisholm to put runners on the corners. Gleyber Torres hit into a double play but it was enough to put New York on top.
Tonkin came back out for the bottom of the 12th and got Marsh, Realmuto, and pinch-hitting Weston Wilson out in order to end it.
The Phillies can salvage a sweep in the wrap-up game tomorrow afternoon as lefties Cristopher Sanchez and Nelson Cortes go head to head.
The slump continues as the Philadelphia Phillies (65-42) lost 7-6 in 12 innings to the New York Yankees (64-45) for the second straight night to match their longest losing streak of the season at three games.
Though the Yankees would get on the board first after left fielder, Alex Verdugo, doubled to lead off the game and came home to score on a Jazz Chisholm ground out, the Phillies quickly leveled the score in the bottom of the inning with an Alec Bohm double that scored Kyle Schwarber (walk) and led for much of the night thanks to a three-run home run by new addition, Austin Hays, in the bottom of the second.
They would maintain the three-run advantage until the top of the sixth inning when Chisholm tagged Aaron Nola (11-4) for a leadoff homer.
Chisholm would collect his fourth home run of the series in the seventh inning off of Matt Strahm, who put Juan Soto and Aaron Judge on the table with free passes prior, giving Chisholm five RBI on the evening. It was the worst of Strahm’s 44 appearances by far and the first in which he allowed more than two runs or one walk.
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm is the newly christened Phillie-killer.
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