Hoskins breaks out of slump with 6 RBIs, Phillies top Giants

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rhys Hoskins broke out a 2 for 40 slump with a pair of home runs and a career-best six RBIs, leading the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 13-6 on Saturday.

Ronald Torreyes also homered and drove in three runs as the Phillies won at San Francisco for the second time in nine games since 2018.

Bryce Harper doubled and scored. Alec Bohm had three of Philadelphia’s 16 hits and had two RBIs.

“This type of game is always fun,” Hoskins said. “It seemed like everybody got in on the fun, too. I put some good swings on some balls today and barreled some up.”

Brandon Belt and Mike Yastrzemski homered for San Francisco. The were four lead changes in the first three innings before Philadelphia pulled away.

Torreyes broke a 6-all tie with a leadoff home run against Jarlin García (0-2) in the sixth.

Hoskins hit a two-run homer off Alex Wood in a the second, a 435-foot drive to left, had an RBI double in the sixth and a three-run homer against Coner Menez in the seventh, Hoskins’ 15th home run this season.

Hoskins has three multi-homer games this season after achieving the feat twice during a three-day stretch in April.

“We saw it at the end of our trip in LA, that his swing was back,” Phillies manager Joe Girardi said. “He was making solid contact all the time. He had a huge day for us. It was great. Any time you get a chance to come home,m it’s special.”

Hoskins grew up and played college ball about an hour north of San Francisco in Sacramento. He had a throng of family and friends, including his father and sister, watching from the stands.

“Every time we come back to the stadium it brings me back to being a kid and being a fan sitting in the seats,” Hoskins said.

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