CHICAGO — Bryson Stott wasted no time changing Puddin’ Head within the Phillies’ report guide on Tuesday.
Stott grounded a leadoff single up the center to start out the Phillies’ 7-4 win over the White Sox within the first recreation of a doubleheader at Guaranteed Rate Field. The base knock prolonged Stott’s hitting streak to 17 video games, surpassing Willie “Puddin’ Head” Jones for the longest to start out a season by any Philadelphia participant within the Modern Era (since 1900). Jones’ 16-game streak opened the 1950 season.
Not solely was Stott’s game-opening single historic, however it additionally set off one other first-inning rally for the Phils. After kicking off a nine-run first with a leadoff homer in Sunday’s 14-3 win over the Reds, Stott’s single triggered a three-run body this time round.
“It’s huge,” manager Rob Thomson said. “Anytime you can score a couple in the first inning, it kind of puts them on their heels a little bit. And we’ve done that the last two games, and hopefully we keep it going.”
But whereas Stott set the desk on the high of the order, third baseman Josh Harrison spent the day clearing it on the backside.
Harrison notched a two-run single within the third inning to increase the result in 5-0, then — after the White Sox pulled inside one by tagging Zack Wheeler for 4 runs within the backside half — Harrison added a two-out two-run homer within the seventh. Of the membership’s 14 hits within the opening recreation, Harrison’s first residence run as a Phillie was the one one to go for additional bases.
Harrison completed the sport 3-for-5 with 4 RBIs and a run scored. Nick Castellanos additionally had three hits, whereas Alec Bohm, J.T. Realmuto and Stott every had two.
For Stott, it was his Major League-leading eleventh multihit recreation — although he wanted solely the one hit to overhaul Puddin’ Head.
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