Don Mattingly’s Philadelphia Phillies (10-19) got off on the right foot Tuesday evening, defeating the San Francisco Giants (13-16) 7-0 to open their three-game series. For a team that has spent most of April searching for steadiness, Tuesday offered something rare: a clean, complete win.
Bryce Harper, Adolis García and Alec Bohm each recorded RBI doubles, Trea Turner reached base four times, and Jesús Luzardo delivered his sharpest start of the season.
Following a one-two-three first inning from Jesús Luzardo, Trea Turner led off the bottom of the first with an opposite field single. The single extends Turner’s current on-base streak to 15 games. After Kyle Schwarber fouled out to right field, Harper hit a slow dribbler up the middle. Too slow to become a double play ball, a shifted Matt Chapman fielded the ball and threw out Harper at first. With third vacated, Turner tried to leg out an extra bag on the play, but was thrown out as Tyler Mahle covered the bag on the play.
After three quiet frames, Turner hit another lead-off single in the bottom of the fourth. Schwarber then let the bat sit back for a four-pitch walk to put two runners on base. Two batters later, Adolis García loaded the bases with a walk on a full count. Brandon Marsh broke the ice with a sacrifice fly down the left field line, scoring Turner.
With minimal offense from either team, the game cruised into the sixth inning. One out into the bottom of the sixth, Trea Turner beat out an infield single to Willy Adames. Schwarber then put on a show of déjà vu, walking behind Turner for the second straight plate appearance. Back-to-back doubles from Bryce Harper and Adolis García opened the floodgates, scoring three runs and knocking Mahle out of the game for the Giants.
Bryson Stott, who struck out on a failed ABS challenge in his previous at bat, was more patient at the plate, working a walk to keep the inning going with two outs. Alec Bohm then slapped a double into left field, scoring García. Stott would have scored as well on the play, but slipped on the grass while rounding third base. In all, the Phillies scored four runs in the inning.
Jesús Luzardo has struggled to find a rhythm early in 2026. On Tuesday, he settled in quickly and delivered his longest outing of the season. Luzardo pitched seven shutout innings. He struck out eight batters, allowing two hits and no walks.
Luzardo’s ERA entering the night was a stark 6.91. Exiting his performance, he dropped it down to 5.61. Much like the Phillies as a whole, Luzardo’s season will not be fixed by one strong night. Still, for a club in need of something stable to grab onto, his seven scoreless innings were more than a step in the right direction. They were exactly what the Phillies needed.
Mattingly’s first bullpen decision as manager came to start the eighth inning as he brought in right-handed Orion Kerkering. Kerkering worked a one-two-three inning with two strikeouts to bridge the gap to the ninth inning for the Phillies.
Brandon Marsh tacked on an insurance run for the Phillies in the bottom of the eighth with his legs. Reaching base on a single into left field, he stole second base with two outs as Justin Crawford sat ready at the plate.
Crawford then slipped a single into right field, giving Marsh a chance to leg it out to score on the play. Beating the throw, Marsh dove safely into home, though he ended up getting sat on by catcher Patrick Bailey, who was attempting to field the throw in time.
After a walk to Rafael Marchán, Turner batted in Crawford on a single into center field, locking in the Phillies’ 7-0 result.
Tim Mayza took to the mound in the top of the ninth, closing out the win for the Phillies in a one-two-three fashion. He struck out two on the inning, completing the best top-to-bottom game the Phillies have played in weeks.
“It's a good win for us as a team,” said Mattingly post-game. “Hopefully this is a start of us playing better baseball… We were clean, we didn't we didn't kick the ball around. I felt like we were aggressive, good at bats. [Luzardo] was aggressive in the zone… a lot of good things happened tonight.”
Cristopher Sánchez will take the mound Wednesday evening against Logan Webb in game two of the series. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m.
Fans should note that the Philadelphia Flyers will play the Pittsburgh Penguins across the street at 7:40 p.m. in Game 6 of their playoff series.
