Kyle Schwarber hits his 350th home run and the Phillies win, 3-2, on Justin Crawford's walk-off

Lochlahn March, The Philadelphia Inquirer on Apr 30, 2026

Published in Baseball

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PHILADELPHIA — It seemed like the Phillies offense had fallen back into old habits in the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader against the Giants.

Kyle Schwarber hit his 350th career homer in the first inning, but after that the offense backslid into patterns that had been commonplace during their 10-game losing streak. They were once again unable to string together good at-bats or execute with runners in scoring position and trailed by one run since the first inning.

But after they were down to the last three outs, the Phillies roared back to life. Rookie Justin Crawford was the hero, coming through with his second walk-off hit in his young career to beat the Giants, 3-2. The Phillies won their first series since beating the Rockies on April 4.

Adolis García singled up the middle to lead off the ninth, and Bryson Stott laced a ball into the right field corner for an RBI triple that tied the game. Crawford hit a grounder to shortstop, and his speed beat the throw in time while Stott came home to win it.

Starter Cristopher Sánchez needed 16 pitches in the first inning, allowing back-to-back doubles to start the game. Both runners wound up scoring, but Sánchez found his gear as the game progressed and they proved to be the only runs he allowed.

He became much more efficient, and was up to 85 pitches when he was lifted with two outs in the seventh. It was a somewhat aggressive move for interim manager Don Mattingly, who pulled Sánchez for Orion Kerkering to face Heliot Ramos with no one on base. Ramos had been 2 for 2 with a walk against Sánchez, and Kerkering got him to fly out.

In the eighth, Trea Turner was rung up on a pitch off the plate. But the Phillies had lost their second automated ball-strike challenge in the top of the inning after Rafael Marchán incorrectly challenged a ball from Kerkering, so he could do nothing more than shake his head.

The Giants threatened in the top of the ninth. Tanner Banks retired the first two hitters he faced, but then allowed consecutive singles to put runners on the corners. With a tough right-hander due up in Matt Chapman, Mattingly turned to Chase Shugart, who sat Chapman down swinging to stifle the rally.