That and starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez worked well enough to give the Phillies their fourth win in five starts. It also was part of Kepler’s larger plan for the sellout crowd 43,711 in South Philadelphia trying to make it home through other politically well-intentioned crowds in “No Kings” demonstrations.

This veteran slugger has struggled at the plate all season for the Philadelphia Phillies, but he finally came through in a key moment for the team on Saturday.

Max Kepler gives the Phillies a 3-2 lead as he crushes a go-ahead home run to right field in the 8th inning

Maybe some time at home was all these Phillies needed. First, a team that had been spiraling took two of three from the first-place Chicago Cubs to begin the week. Even more impressively, they spent their weekend sweeping the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays,

She got the ball! There are really two sides to every story. Love that we got context about the friend too. Gayle’s friends definitely sent the mean one down to those guys to retrieve the ball, but in that case I wouldn’t have wanted to give her the ball either.