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An hour before first pitch on Saturday, Trea Turner was scratched from the Phillies lineup with a low back spasm. Edmundo Sosa started at shortstop in his place. With right-hander Jake Irvin starting ...
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The last five times Schwarber and Turner played together in a Grapefruit League game, Schwarber led off and Turner batted second. That included Sunday.
And the Phillies’ opening-day leadoff hitter is ... Trea Turner. Well, at least for one game. After months of debate about who should bat atop the order — Turner or Kyle Schwarber, who handled the leadoff duties for most of the last three seasons — manager Rob Thomson went with Turner against Nationals lefty MacKenzie Gore.
Sosa's two-out, two-run double and Schwarber's subsequent two-run homer put the Phillies on the scoreboard in the seventh inning and paved the way to a 6-1 win over Colorado in the home opener at sold-out Citizens Bank Park on Monday.
The Philadelphia Phillies make their 2025 home debut on Monday, facing the Colorado Rockies and Citizens Bank Park.
1don MSN
Saquon Barkley and Brandon Graham raised the Lombardi Trophy after a pair of first pitches that had Philadelphia Phillies fans roaring in delight for the Super Bowl champions.
The Citizens Bank Park crowd did not expect to see Trea Turner get between the white lines for the Philadelphia Phillies in their home opener on Monday. Now in his third season with the Phillies, the 31-year-old shortstop was held out of the starting lineup for the third straight game due to back spasms.
The Philadelphia Phillies opened the 2025 season with Trea Turner at the top, for Game 2, it will be Kyle Schwarber back in the leadoff spot.
Facing a right-handed starting pitcher in Game 2 of 162, the Phillies went with a different lineup than Opening Day. Get used to the back and forth.
"I would like to see (Trea Turner) lead off ... gets up there and (Kyle Schwarber) hitting those bombs. That's what I would like, but I don't make those decisions, that's above my pay grade."
1don MSN
Edmundo Sosa ripped a two-out, go-ahead two-RBI double in the seventh inning and Kyle Schwarber followed with a mammoth homer to center field to rally the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-1 win over the Colorado Rockies.