The Phillies come back came up a little short as they fall to the Red Sox in game 1 of their weekend series 7-5. After Xavier Bogaerts gave the Red Sox a 1-0 lead in the first on a RBI single the Phillies scored a pair of runs in the fourth on a Darnell Sweeney ground out and a Darn Ruf RBI single to take a 2-1 lead. The Red Sox scored a pair runs in the fifth on a Mookie Betts RBI double, and a Brock Holt sacrifice fly to take a 3-2 lead. It stayed that way until the bottom of the seventh. A Jackie Bradley home run, a Xander Bogaerts ground out, a David Ortiz double, and a Travis Shaw single gave the Red Sox a 7-2 lead after seven innings. after a Odubel Herrera two ruin homer, and a Aaron Altherr RBI double cut it to 7-5 Ryan Howard came to the plate with a chance to tie it up. Unfortunately Howard would strikeout
 to end the game. The Phillies drop to 53-82, and the Red Sox are now 62-72.

 Phillies: 5 R – 11 H – 1 E

Adam Morgan: 6.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR (L, 5-5)
Odubel Herrera: 3/5, 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI
Aaron Altherr: 3/4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI
Darnell Sweeney: 0/3, 1 BB, 1 RBI
Darin Ruf: 1/4, 1 RBI

Red Sox: 7 R – 10 H – 0 E

Joe Kelly: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, (W, 9-6)
Xander Bogaerts: 2/4, 1 R, 2 RBI
Mookie Betts: 2/3, 1 BB, 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Brock Holt: 2/3, 1 RBI
David Ortiz: 1/4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI
Jackie Bradley: 1/3, 1 BB, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 RBI  

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