As ominous as things have been out here on the East Coast for them, and as particularly demoralizing as Tuesday’s 6-4 loss to the Phillies was for Seattle, give the Mariners this: They don’t sound like a team that’s lost hope.

Sánchez left the game after 96 pitches, staring at the standing sea of blue and red applauding him, and lifted his cap.

Realmuto launched a two-run homer in the eighth inning Tuesday, snapping a 4-4 tie and providing the winning runs as the Phillies captured the series. All that remained after the homer was for closer Jhoan Duran to enter to his anticipated light show and blow away the Mariners with a 102-mph fastball and 100-mph splinker.

The Phillies reinstated José Alvarado from the restricted list after the lefty pitcher served an 80-game suspension for PEDs.

The homer came in the Phillies' 126th game of the season. That's the same number of games it took Howard to get to 44 homers in 2006, per MLB Network's Sarah Langs. It ties the franchise record. Mike Schmidt's best total through 126 games was 39 in 1979.

David Robertson explains why he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as club pushes for the NL East crown and beyond this October.

The Philadelphia Phillies announced that left-hander Jose Alvarado has been reinstated from the restricted list. That move was expected as he had served his 80-game PED suspension. To make room for him, the Phils optioned right-hander Nolan Hoffman to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and designated left-hander Josh Walker for assignment.

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