The Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners with an 11-2 win on Wednesday at Citizens Bank Park. The series marked one of the most productive in franchise history, both offensively and from the pitching staff.
During the series, the Phillies collected 48 hits, their highest total in a three-game set since 1999. In Monday’s opener, they had a season-high 21 hits, followed by 20 more in Wednesday’s finale. Trea Turner led with five hits in the final game, while Kyle Schwarber contributed three hits including his National League-leading 45th home run. Max Kepler and Bryson Stott also had three hits each. For the second time in three games, every starter recorded at least one hit.
“Doing that in three games against those arms — they have really good arms — just shows you that we can do it, and we need to have the confidence that we can do it,” said Bryson Stott. “That was a good series.”
The pitching staff also set records despite being without Zack Wheeler, who was placed on the injured list due to a blood clot before the series began. Ranger Suárez struck out 10 batters on Monday, Cristopher Sánchez fanned 12 on Tuesday, and Jesús Luzardo added another 12 strikeouts on Wednesday. According to Elias Sports Bureau data cited by the team, this is the first time since at least 1893 that Phillies starters posted double-digit strikeouts in three consecutive games.
Overall, Phillies starters totaled 34 strikeouts during this stretch—the most for any three-game series by Philadelphia pitchers since at least 1900—and relievers added another dozen for a total of 46 strikeouts.
“For us, as a rotation, the best thing we can do is just keep going and continue to prove that we’re a top-of-the-line rotation,” said Luzardo. “Everyone just goes out there and tries to take care of their job.”
Manager Rob Thomson noted these performances came after a long road trip and without any days off during a demanding stretch of play: “The most impressive part of it is it’s the backend of a 13-day stretch without a day off,” Thomson said. “And our guys came out with a lot of energy today, and the whole series was good, really — in every phase.”
Thomson also addressed how his players responded following Wheeler’s injury: “I know who they are. They grind and they’re resilient and they fight,” he said. “The Wheels news is awful and I feel for Wheels and his family. But they’re not going to cancel games for us, so we’ve got to keep playing.”
Since Wheeler went on injured reserve Saturday night after Sunday’s win over Washington, Philadelphia has won four straight games while averaging ten runs per game with contributions from across its lineup.
Turner extended his hitting streak to ten games while batting .522 over that span; Schwarber reached five RBIs Wednesday for a career-high season total of 109; he remains close to Ryan Howard’s single-season club record for home runs set in 2006.
“It feels like we’re kind of playing our best baseball right now,” Turner said. ” … Just everybody is contributing and it feels like a full team effort.”
Bryson Stott has been hitting .353 over his last twenty starts; Bryce Harper posted two long home runs Monday as part of strong recent form; Brandon Marsh has been batting .339 over fifteen starts; J.T. Realmuto is hitting .324 since June began.
Since Major League Baseball’s All-Star break earlier this summer (https://www.mlb.com/news/2025-all-star-game), no team has hit more than Philadelphia’s fifty-four home runs.
