Trea Turner, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto hit two-run homers, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-2 win over the Washington Nationals.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 10: Trea Turner #7 of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a two-run homer against the Washington Nationals during the sixth inning of a game at Citizens Bank Park on August 10, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. improved to a season-best 12 games over .500. The Phillies are 39-22 since June 1, a win total matched only by NL East-leading Atlanta, which is 39-19 in that stretch.
"It's just day to day," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. "I don't know how it happened. ... He didn't know how it happened." Turner, a career .295 hitter with a .823 on-base/slugging percentage during his first eight years in the majors, entered the homestand with a .235 average and a .657 OPS in the first year of his 11-year, $300 million free agent contract.
"Maybe its the crowd, maybe its the swing, maybe I'm more relax, maybe I'm getting better pitches to hit. I don't think it's one specific thing, but everything as a whole is going in better directions and getting in better shape."
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