Solo home runs from Bryson Stott and J.T. Realmuto weren’t enough to stop the Atlanta Braves, who jacked three solo homers of their own en route to a 7-2 win over the Phillies Friday night at Citizens Bank Park.
Ranger Suárez (11-6) struck out the first five batters — the first Phillies pitcher to achieve that feat since Cole Hamels in 2010 — in his second start since he missed just more than a month with lower-back tightness.
The left-hander then gave up back-to-back Braves shots in the third inning.
“The two home runs were just mislocations, just balls that leaked back out over the plate and they put good swings on them,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said after the game.
Orlando Arcia hit his 14th homer of the year, and .216-hitting catcher Sean Murphy connected for his eighth homer of the season for a 2-0 lead. Suárez allowed a pair of RBI groundouts in the fourth, including to Murphy, for a 4-0 lead.
Arcia, a noted Phillies tormentor, homered again to a rousing chorus of boos in the sixth off reliever Max Lazar for a 5-0 lead. The Braves hit at least three home runs in a game for the 26th time this season, the most in the National League.
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