Phillies Keep Good Times Rolling, Comeback To Defeat Reds 4-1 For Fourth Straight Win
Aug 11, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Edmundo Sosa (33) high fives designated hitter Kyle Schwarber (12) after scoring on a double hit by outfielder Weston Wilson (not pictured) in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images
It’s another win on the road trip for the Phillies.
After not recording a hit until the fifth inning, the Phillies used late-inning heroics to come from behind and defeat the Cincinnati Reds 4-1, picking up their fourth consecutive win overall and on their 10-game road trip. It’s also their eighth win in their last 10 games.
Kyle Schwarber smacked his 42nd home run of the year, Edmundo Sosa picked up two hits and scored a run, and Trea Turner and Weston Wilson both had huge RBIs in the four-run seventh inning that powered the Phillies to the win.
Andrew Abbott got the start on the mound for the Reds and made quick work of the top of the Phillies order, getting Turner and Schwarber to pop out and Bryce Harper to ground out. For the Phillies, it was Taijuan Walker who got the call for the start, and unlike Abbott, the Reds hit Walker right away.
TJ Friedl led off the bottom of the first with a double, but Wlaker got a ground out from Spencer Steer and struck out Elly De La Cruz for out number two. However, Miguel Andujar and Gavin Lux hit back-to-back singles, bringing in the first run of the game. Noveli Marte stepped up with a chance to extend the lead, but he grounded out to shortstop for out number three.
The Phillies went down in order in the second, and despite a hit from Ke’Bryan Hayes in the bottom of the inning, Walker worked his way through unschathed. In the third, once again, the Phillies went down in order, and in the bottom half of the inning, Walker ran into trouble again. He got back-to-back groundouts to start the inning, but a walk to Andujar and another single by Lux put two runners on once again for Marte. After working the count, Walker sent Marte down on strikes on the eighth pitch of the at-bat to end the inning.
Both teams went down in order in the fourth, but in the top of the fifth, the Phillies finally got their first hit of the game, a bullet leadoff double to right field by J.T. Realmuto. Despite getting a leadoff runner in scoring position, the Phillies failed to bring him home, as Nick Castellanos popped out to first, Harrison Bader flew out to center, and Otto Kemp grounded out to end the inning.
Walker once again sent the Reds down in order 1-2-3 in the fifth, and in the top of the sixth, once again, the Phillies got a leadoff hit and runner on, this time coming from an Sosa single. Wilson was up after Sosa, but he was called out on strikes after a seven-pitch at-bat, and Turner and Schwarber both popped out to end the inning.
The Reds got a single from Marte in the sixth but were unable to bring him in, and in the top of the seventh for the third inning in a row, the Phillies got a leadoff hit. This time, it was Harper who smoked a double down the right field line and moved over to third on a groundout by Realmuto. With Castellanos up again, he flew out to right field, and Harper tried to tag up from third but was gunned out at the plate to end the inning.
Jordan Romano came on in relief for Walker, who finished his night with six innings of one-run baseball, striking out just two batters but dropping his ERA to under 3.40 on the season. Romano needed just 10 pitches to work through the seventh, sending Cincinnati down in order once again.
However, in the top of the eighth, the Phillies finally got on the board. Bader and Kemp led off the inning with strikeouts, but Sosa smacked a single to right, bringing up Wilson in a big spot again. This time, he came through, hitting a game-tying double down the left field line.
With the game tied, Turner didn’t let that last long as he smoked a single to left that scored Wilson from second to make it 2-1 Phillies, and Turner was able to get to third base on the bad throw.
Now ahead, Schwabrer decided to double the Phillies’ lead, tattooing a fastball deep into the right field seats for his 42nd home run of the season.
40-year-old David Robertson was the next man up out of the bullpen in the bottom of the eighth, making his first appearance of the season for the Phillies. Robertson walked the leadoff hitter and allowed a two-out single from Lux, but got Marte to ground out to end the eighth.
Bader smacked a double to right in the top of the ninth, but the Phillies could not add any more insurance, and with closer Jhoan Duran unavailable, Orion Kerkering came on in the bottom of the ninth looking for his third save of the year.
Kerkering picked up a strikeout of Tyler Stephenson to start the inning, and got back-to-back fly outs to end the ninth, with the Phillies picking up the 4-1 win.
Matt Brown
Matt has been a Philadelphia sports fan all his life and spent four years at Penn State University majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Sports Studies. He previously covered Penn State’s field hockey, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball teams while writing for a Penn State blog called Onward State. He has now covered the Phillies, Eagles, and Sixers for Philly Sports Reports since October 2024 and wants to pursue a career in Sports Journalism.
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