The game was effectively decided before Pittsburgh had a chance to settle in. Philadelphia scored five times in the second inning and withstood three separate Pittsburgh rallies to win 10-6 at Citizens Bank Park before 41,766 fans.
Trea Turner was the catalyst. After Bohm and Stott scored when third baseman Nick Gonzales threw wildly on a fielder's choice, Turner followed with a three-run homer to left, a 372-foot shot that pushed the lead to 5-0. He finished 2-for-5 with a home run and 3 RBI. Alec Bohm added a two-run homer to center in the eighth, a 419-foot drive that scored Marsh and closed the book at 10-6. Brandon Marsh went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI, and Bryce Harper's double to center in the fourth scored two more to extend the advantage to 8-2.
The five-run second began with a throwing error by Gonzales that allowed Bohm and Stott to score. Turner then homered to left, with Rincones Jr. and Crawford coming around to score. Pittsburgh answered with 2 runs in the third — Henry Davis homered to left center and Bryan Reynolds singled home Konnor Griffin — but Philadelphia responded immediately as Marsh homered to right to push the lead back to four. The Pirates trimmed it to 8-4 in the fifth and pulled within 8-6 on Jared Triolo's two-run double to left in the seventh, but Bohm's eighth-inning homer restored a four-run cushion.
Paul Skenes absorbed the loss, allowing 8 runs — 7 earned — on 6 hits over 4.0 innings, striking out 5 against 2 walks on 81 pitches. He falls to 6-8 with a 3.90 ERA. Zack Wheeler did not factor in the decision, giving up 4 runs on 9 hits over 4.2 innings with 10 strikeouts. Orion Kerkering earned the win, his sixth against no losses, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings.
Turner is now 4 home runs away from 200 for his career. Philadelphia moves to 47-38, while Pittsburgh, despite winning its previous two, falls to 43-42.