PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies tied the record for most house runs hit in a World Series game, belting 5 in a 7- win more than the Houston Astros in Game three on Tuesday.
Philadelphia leads the series two-1, with Game four on Wednesday.
All 5 homers came off starter Lance McCullers Jr., a record for most homers surrendered by a pitcher in a World Series game.
Bryce Harper (initial inning), Alec Bohm (second), Brandon Marsh (second), Kyle Schwarber (fifth) and Rhys Hoskins (fifth) all went deep, generating the Phillies the initial group in history to hit 5 house runs in the initial 5 innings of a World Series contest.
Schwarber’s and Hoskins’ homers have been back-to-back, with Schwarber’s blast — a 443-foot shot to dead center — traveling the farthest. Philadelphia hit house runs off 4 sorts of pitches, such as two sliders, a adjust-up, a curveball and a sinker.
Coming into the game, McCullers had provided up just 3 earned runs in 11 postseason innings this month. He was pulled immediately after the fifth house run, lasting only four 1/three innings, providing up all seven runs. He permitted just 4 house runs in eight common-season begins this season ahead of providing up 5 on Tuesday.
The Phillies have 17 homers at house this postseason, third-most in a single postseason all-time.
