Phillies Beat A's 9-1 Behind Harper's 2 HRs, Sanchez's 10 Ks

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper hit two home runs and starter Cristopher Sánchez delivered eight scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts as the Phillies defeated the Oakland Athletics 9-1 on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park.

Harper went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in and three runs scored, launching his eighth homer of the season leading off the bottom of the third inning. He fell behind 0-2 before driving an 84 mph, 2-2 sweeper from Athletics starter Luis Severino over the wall in right-center for a 1-0 lead. Harper added a solo shot over the center-field wall in the eighth off reliever Tyler Ferguson, capping a three-run inning.

Sánchez, the National League Cy Young runner-up last season, limited Oakland to three singles and a walk while hitting one batter. The left-hander retired the first eight Athletics batters before Brett Harris was plunked in the third. Jacob Wilson followed with a single, but Sánchez induced Brent Rooker to line out to center. He escaped further threats, including a runner at second in the sixth and consecutive singles by Colby Thomas and Zack Gelof to open the seventh. Sánchez struck out Tyler Soderstrom and Darell Hernaiz in that frame,...