Alec Bohm drove in six runs with 10 total bases on Saturday. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
Whenever the 7-foot-1, 324-pound “Diesel a.k.a Shaquille O’Neal” is playing a postgame concert, it’s only fitting that the home team precedes it with an absolutely enormous performance at the plate.
The Phillies did just that on Saturday, piling on early and keeping their foot on the throttle en route to utter demolition of the Washington Nationals.
The catalyst of that victory was the middle innings. The Phillies scored 18 runs from the third through fifth frames alone, powered by two homers from Alec Bohm.
It’s an all-gas-no-brakes kinda night, as Alec Bohm has driven in three runs for the Phillies. pic.twitter.com/Ce7HLb7oD2
Bohm drove in his sixth run of the day with another RISP single in the fifth — the fourth straight inning in which he drove in a run. (More on undoubtedly the best game of Bohm’s career, below.)
The Phillies must have read about their recent extra-base hits drought after last night’s loss, because they seemed intent on emphatically closing the book on that era. They accumulated nine extra-base hits (including Bohm’s two): five doubles and four homers (only the former category to which Bryce Harper belonged).
Kyle Schwarber capped off the middle-inning scoring with the final of those extra-base hits, a grand slam for his second knock in the June 31 win.
Every hitter in the Phillies’ starting lineup collected at least one hit. Schwarber, Harper, Edmundo Sosa and Trea Turner had two. Bohm had four. Nick Castellanos had three, with a “Destiny’s Child Cycle,” the second hit of which brought himself and Turner home after the latter led off the fourth with a double.
The Phillies pulled several starters after the eight-run fifth effectively ended the game (if it wasn’t quite over at 11-4). Among that group was Zack Wheeler, who turned in his second straight underwhelming start (after three good ones) by allowing four runs and seven hits in five innings while striking out six on 85 pitches.
The story, of course, was the offense — as it will be whenever a team posts its highest offensive output in five years and three months.
If you’ll recall, Alec Bohm hit .434 with a 1.088 OPS last July and was in the mix for National League Player of the Month. Is this a new thing?
Alec Bohm's 10 total bases today have set a career-high. It's his third career four-hit game, third career two-homer game, third career six-RBI game. First time he's done it all together. Feels safe to call that a career day. (It's also the fifth inning)
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