Phillies rock McCullers, launch five homers in commanding Game 3 win

Bryce Harper homered in Game 3 of the World Series. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)

FINAL: Phillies 7, Astros 0

Delayed 24 hours by a rainout, the World Series finally returned to Philadelphia on Tuesday night, and the Phillies offense delivered a performance worth waiting for in Game 3.

Five different Phillies launched home runs off Houston Astros starter Lance McCullers in a thunderous 7-0 victory, propelling the team to a 2-1 series lead and igniting a sellout crowd of 45,712 at Citizens Bank Park.

Philadelphia’s offensive outburst was more than enough support for starter Ranger Suárez, who threw five shutout innings, and the rest of the Phillies staff.

NLCS MVP Bryce Harper kicked off the party in the bottom of the first inning, blasting a hanging breaking ball into the right field seats for a two-out, two-run home run.

Leading off the next inning, Alec Bohm laced a first-pitch homer to left. Three batters later, center fielder Brandon Marsh hit a high-arcing fly ball over the right-field wall.

The Phillies homered two more times in the fifth inning as Kyle Schwarber nailed the center-field batter’s eye with a two-run bomb and Rhys Hoskins hit a solo shot to left to cap the scoring.

Connor Brogdon entered to pitch the sixth for the Phillies, starting off another scoreless night for the bullpen. Kyle Gibson took down the seventh, Nick Nelson followed and Andrew Bellatti closed out the ninth to help the Phillies improve to 6-0 at home this postseason.

Shibe Vintage Sports Starting Pitching Performance

  • After a scoreless relief appearance in Game 1, Suárez followed with another strong outing to continue a stellar postseason for the cool, versatile left-hander. He allowed just three hits through five scoreless.
  • Maybe Lance McCullers was tipping pitches; maybe it just wasn’t his night. No matter the case, the right-hander was shelled in Game 3 as the Phillies crushed five mistakes for seven runs in his 4 1/3 innings.

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Ticket IQ Next Game

  • Game 4 on Wednesday night at 8:03 p.m. Eastern
  • Citizens Bank Park
  • FOX
  • SportsRadio 94WIP

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Ty Daubert

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