<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news-trea-turner-doubles-down-second-hr-vs-blue-jays');   ga('set', 'title', 'Trea Turner doubles down with second HR vs. Blue Jays');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Trea-Turner-cover.jpg"></figure><h1>Trea Turner doubles down with second HR vs. Blue Jays</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-03T19:45:43-07:00">June 3rd, 7:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-03T19:45:43-07:00">June 3rd, 7:45pm</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trea Turner brought the thunder in Toronto on Tuesday night, blasting two home runs and powering the Philadelphia Phillies to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/phillies-news-trea-turners-defense-has-truth-bomb-dropped-on-it-by-manager">much-needed 8-3 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre</a>. The win snapped a four-game skid for the Phillies and featured a statement return from Bryce Harper, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/bryce-harper-homers-return-phillies-lineup" rel="noopener">who also went deep</a> in his first game back from injury.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trea Turner CRUSHES his 2nd home run of the game 🤯<a href="https://t.co/eSSMURlA9D">pic.twitter.com/eSSMURlA9D</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1930075398684975353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Turner set the tone early, launching a two-run homer in the top of the first inning after Bryson Stott opened the game with a walk. Just one pitch later, Harper joined the party with a 394-foot blast to right-center — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/phillies-news-bryce-harper-dishes-truth-injury-status">his ninth homer of the season and first since being sidelined</a> with a bruised right elbow. It was the third time this year the Phillies have hit back-to-back home runs.</p><p>“We wanted to make a statement early,” Turner said postgame. “Getting those early runs on the board gave us confidence and let our pitching settle in.”</p><h2><b>Phillies led by Trea Turner, Bryce Harper defeat the Blue Jays</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Trea-Turner-2.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Phillies tagged Toronto starter Bowden Francis for seven runs — six earned — in just 1 2/3 innings, matching a career-worst for the Blue Jays right-hander. Philadelphia sent 11 batters to the plate in the opening frame and crushed every pitch they saw. The inning was capped by Max Kepler’s RBI single and Stott’s two-run knock, matching the Phillies’ biggest inning of the season.</p><p>Harper, who went 1-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored, didn’t show any rust after his five-game absence. His swing, clocked at 76.6 mph, delivered a laser to the seats and reminded everyone why he’s one of the league’s most feared hitters. “I just wanted to be aggressive,” Harper said. “Felt good to be back out there with the guys.”</p><p>Turner wasn’t done after his first-inning bomb. In the eighth, he drilled his second homer of the night — a solo shot off reliever Erik Swanson — marking his first multi-homer game of the season and the 18th of his career. He finished the night with three hits and three RBIs.</p><p>On the mound, Cristopher Sánchez delivered exactly what the Phillies needed. The lefty allowed just one run across six innings, working around four walks and striking out four. It was his first win since May 7 and extended his streak of allowing three or fewer runs to 10 straight starts.</p><p>Toronto’s offense showed some life late, with Davis Schneider hitting a solo homer in the fifth and Addison Barger adding a two-run blast in the eighth — his fourth straight game with a home run. But the early deficit was too much to overcome as the Blue Jays saw their five-game winning streak snapped.</p><p>The Phillies have now won 14 of their last 16 road games and will look to keep the momentum rolling on Wednesday when rookie Mick Abel takes the mound against Toronto’s José Berríos.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Trea Turner doubles down with second HR vs. Blue Jays

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news-trea-turners-defense-has-truth-bomb-dropped-on-it-by-manager');   ga('set', 'title', 'Trea Turner’s defense has truth bomb dropped on it by Phillies manager');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Phillies-shortstop-Trea-Turner.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Trea Turner’s defense has truth bomb dropped on it by Phillies manager</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-02T20:46:50-07:00">June 2nd, 8:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-02T20:46:50-07:00">June 2nd, 8:46pm</time><address><a href="https://linktr.ee/jordan.llanes">Jordan Llanes</a>Jordan Llanes is a sports writer and reporter based in Florida. In addition to ClutchPoints, he writes for a few other publications covering the NFL, college sports and Tottenham Hotspur. When he's not writing, Jordan enjoys spending time with his fiancée, cats, family and friends, as well as catching the latest TV shows and movies, and traveling.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/philadelphia-phillies-2025-over-under-win-total-prediction-odds-pick">Philadelphia Phillies had a tough</a> end of May, ending the month with a sweep by the Milwaukee Brewers. The team returns to action tomorrow against the Blue Jays in Toronto, down a game in the NL East to the New York Mets. Although the team has still gone through its ups and downs defensively lately, manager Rob Thomson is encouraged by the progress they’ve made. He <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6396366/2025/06/01/phillies-defense-bryce-harper-brewers/" rel="noopener">commented specifically on the gains</a> that shortstop Trea Turner made to the Athletic’s Matt Gelb Sunday.</p><p>“I don’t know how to put a number on it,” Thomson said to Gelb. “But I think we’ve played very well at times. We’ve improved over the last year. And I think Trea’s played a lot better this year than he did last year. So, he’s improving. So, I don’t know how to put a number on it. But it looks bad right now because of the last two days.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/phillies-trea-turner-delivers-fiery-message-to-defense-critics">Turner’s defense has always been</a> under question to at least some extent. Defensive ratings haven’t been too kind to him in his career, routinely ranking him towards the bottom of the league in most metrics. However, 2025 has brought a renewed focus to defense team wide, and Turner has taken that in stride. The Phillies are still very much within reach of all their goals. Can they break this slump, especially on defense, and get back to winning baseball starting in Toronto Tuesday?</p><h2><b>Can Trea Turner, Phillies win NL East once again?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Phillies-manager-Rob-Thomson.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Dennis Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p> </p><p>One game is nothing. It’s very easy to make up, as every sports fan knows. The Mets lose their next two, while the Phillies win theirs? Well, now <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/2025-mlb-power-rankings-vol-12-reigns-atop-american-league">Philadelphia leads the NL East.</a> The team knows nothing is set in stone, especially since June is just getting underway. The season’s halfway mark is still six weeks away roughly. Plenty of time for plenty of things to change.</p><p>If the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/phillies-news-johan-rojas-insane-catch-year-candidate-vs-athletics">Phillies’ defense can get back</a> to its previously upward trend, then things should go smoother in Toronto and beyond. The Blue Jays are in the middle of a tough fight in the AL East, which is currently led by the New York Yankees. Turner and the Phillies need to go to Rogers Centre and focus on doing the little things right. The teams that do that the most usually end up chasing championships. That is certainly a goal that Philadelphia wants to get back to.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Trea Turner’s defense has truth bomb dropped on it by Phillies manager

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news-trea-turner-leadoff-hr-phillies-win-athletics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Trea Turner blasts leadoff HR in Phillies win vs. Athletics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Trea-Turner-cover.jpg"></figure><h1>Trea Turner blasts leadoff HR in Phillies win vs. Athletics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-24T00:49:39-07:00">May 24th, 12:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-24T00:49:39-07:00">May 24th, 12:49am</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Athletics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trea Turner <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/phillies-news-jesus-luzardo-stunning-mlb-feat-last-done-1995-randy-johnson">wasted no time setting the tone for the red-hot Philadelphia Phillies</a> on Friday night, blasting a leadoff home run on the fourth pitch of the game <a href="https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news/zack-wheeler-phillies-beat-athletics-trea-turner/667330/" rel="noopener">to spark a 4-3 win</a> over the Oaklamento Athletics at Sutter Health Park.</p><p>Turner’s 426-foot shot to center field was his fourth homer of the season and his first career leadoff blast in a Phillies uniform. It not only gave the Phillies an early 1-0 lead, but it also kickstarted a game in which they would grind their way to an eighth consecutive victory.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trea Turner leads off the game with a home run!</p><p>1-0 Phils right off the bat<a href="https://t.co/aqfXTJKFwf">pic.twitter.com/aqfXTJKFwf</a></p><p>— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsRadioWIP/status/1926098936453796053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“It’s just about taking what he gives you,” Turner said postgame of his early success against A’s starter Jacob Lopez. “Not trying to do too much. That approach helped all of us that inning and later in the game.”</p><p>That solo shot ended up being the only run the Phillies would muster until the ninth, when the offense finally broke through again against Oakland’s All-Star closer Mason Miller. J.T. Realmuto legged out a three-base infield single and was driven in by Alec Bohm. RBI hits from Johan Rojas and Turner followed, stretching the Phillies’ lead to 4-0.</p><h2><b>Phillies rally behind Zack Wheeler’s strong start to get another win</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zack-Wheeler.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The insurance proved critical after reliever Jordan Romano struggled in the bottom of the ninth. Romano, pitching for the second straight night, surrendered a three-run home run to A’s rookie Nick Kurtz and allowed another baserunner before manager Rob Thomson called on Tanner Banks, who closed the door with a strikeout for his first save as a Phillie.</p><p>“Got messy there at the end, but I’ll take the win anytime,” Thomson said. “Romano just didn’t have the slider working tonight, and his velocity was a bit up and down, but Banks did a great job finishing it off.”</p><p>The Phillies’ pitching up to that point had been stellar. Zack Wheeler tossed 6⅔ scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 2.42 and extending his scoreless streak to 22⅔ innings — the second-longest of his career. Despite not having his sharpest command, Wheeler fanned eight and allowed just three hits.</p><p>“I thought he pitched behind in the count more than usual,” Thomson said. “But his stuff was good, and he battled. Another great outing from him.”</p><p>Wheeler noted postgame that the mound conditions at the Athletics’ temporary home in Sacramento — a Triple-A ballpark — weren’t ideal.</p><p>“It was like cement in front of the rubber,” Wheeler said. “Once I broke it up, it turned into little bumps. Might not sound like much, but it throws you off when you’re used to consistent mounds.”</p><p>Beyond Turner’s offensive spark, Rojas made the defensive play of the night, sprinting back to haul in a deep Tyler Soderstrom fly ball in center that Statcast gave just an 11% catch probability. His grab stranded the tying run at third base and preserved the lead heading into the ninth.</p><p>“I just kept running,” Rojas said. “I knew the field was a little bigger, so I trusted my read and kept going.”</p><p>The Phillies, now 33-18, hold the National League’s best record and continue to dominate on the road, having won 12 of their last 13 away from home. They’ll look to extend their win streak to nine games on Saturday behind Cristopher Sánchez.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Trea Turner blasts leadoff HR in Phillies win vs. Athletics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news-trea-turner-100-real-taijuan-walker-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Phillies’ Trea Turner gets 100% real about Taijuan Walker’s season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Philadelphia-Phillies-shortstop-Trea-Turner.jpg"><figcaption>Eric Hartline-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Phillies’ Trea Turner gets 100% real about Taijuan Walker’s season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-02T05:06:01-07:00">May 2nd, 5:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-02T05:06:01-07:00">May 2nd, 5:06am</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news-bryce-harper-drops-cubs-revelation-fans-screaming" rel="noopener">Phillies shortstop Trea Turner had high praise</a> for teammate Taijuan Walker following a rollercoaster outing against the Washington Nationals. After a tough sixth inning that undid five solid frames, Walker still earned props from Turner, who emphasized the right-hander’s resilience and impact during the 2025 MLB season.</p><p>On Pattison, a Philadelphia <a href="https://x.com/OnPattison/status/1918132975822131438" rel="noopener">sports network caught up with</a> the Phillies short stop after the game and he had this to say about Walker,</p><p>“Yeah, he’s been great, man. He’s battled through some stuff… He works hard, so, it’s just nice seeing it and he’s been great.”</p><p>Walker began Thursday’s night against the Nationals on fire, allowing just one hit through five innings. But the sixth frame unraveled fast, starting with a double by CJ Abrams followed by a line drive that hit Walker on the leg. Though only one of the four runs he surrendered was earned, the damage shifted momentum. The Nationals took that momentum to ultimately pull out a tough win over a solid Phillies team, ending their four-game win streak.</p><p>Still, Turner’s comments weren’t hollow praise. The Phillies pitching staff has needed depth with Ranger Suàrez sidelined, and Walker’s presence has been crucial. Despite a 1-3 record, he’s been tasked with logging innings and stabilizing the rotation. His performance prior to the sixth inning showed flashes of his past form.</p><p>Offensively, Turner was one of the few bright spots Thursday night, tallying three hits and raising his average. His leadership and consistency continue to be inevitable to Philadelphia as they navigate a competitive National League East.</p><p>The broader <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news-taijuan-walker-comfortable-admission-winning-back-fans" rel="noopener">story of Taijuan Walker this year</a> is one of bounce-back determination. Though inconsistencies remain, he’s displayed the mental toughness required to compete at a high-level. As the 2025 MLB season rolls on, the Phillies will need more outings like the first five innings on Thursday– just with a cleaner finish.</p><p>And with Turner backing him publicly, Walker’s confidence could be the key to turning his season around.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Phillies’ Trea Turner gets 100% real about Taijuan Walker’s season

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He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday, during the Philadelphia Phillies’ 10-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-bryce-harper-swings-blue-bat-in-trea-turner-assisted-gender-reveal">Bryce Harper used a blue bat to reveal the gender</a> of his fourth child. He got an assist from his teammate, Trea Turner, who <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/bryce-harper-gender-reveal-with-blue-bat" rel="noopener">was asked to hand</a> Harper either a pink or blue bat for his first-inning at-bat. Now we know his fourth child will be a boy.</p><p>“Pretty cool, pretty special day,” Trea Turner said, via Todd Zolecki of MLB.com.</p><p>Turner did say that he was a bit confused by the move, but he was happy to share the moment with Harper and his Phillies teammates.</p><p>“I was confused at first, but I think he wanted to share that moment with us,” Turner said. “I think it was pretty cool. He’s a pretty creative guy. He let us know in our team meeting. He kind of wanted to share the moment with everybody. He was nice enough to ask me to do it. I thought it was a nice moment for him and his family. I think they were all watching here from up top.”</p><p>To execute the plan, Turner received a text with the gender, and he detailed how he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-news-bryce-harper-simple-keys-clutch-heroics">messed with Harper</a> a bit before the at-bat.</p><p>“I got a text message with the gender,” Turner said. “I messed with him a little bit in the dugout. I picked up the pink one and swung it around a little bit. He thought he was having a girl, so I had to mess with him a little bit. Sure enough, it was a boy. I ended up handing him the blue one, and he was pretty happy.”</p><p>Harper and his wife Kayla have a son, Krew, as well as two daughters named Brooklyn and Kamryn. Harper struck out swinging in the at-bat, but the Phillies ended up scoring three runs in the inning.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.302	11	37	0.821	20

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.302	11	37	0.821	20

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