The last two weeks have been the coldest stretch of J.T. Realmuto's five seasons with the Phillies but he broke out Saturday afternoon to help them snap a five-game skid. NBCSPhilly has the game recap.
WASHINGTON -- The last two weeks have been the coldest stretch of J.T. Realmuto's five seasons with the Phillies but he finally broke out Saturday afternoon, doubling and scoring the Phils' first run and homering in the sixth inning of a 4-2 win.
Realmuto had hit .070 over his prior 14 games, going 3-for-43 without an RBI. He's been expanding the strike zone and his timing has been off.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. He went 0-for-5 in Friday's loss, grounding out to the left side four times and popping up to first base to end the game. On Saturday, Realmuto doubled to left in the second inning against Nationals left-hander Mackenzie Gore and came around to score on a Josh Harrison single. Four innings later, Realmuto took Gore deep to left-center for his first home run since April 30 in Houston.
"Anybody who's played baseball this long knows you're going to have slumps," Realmuto said."I trust myself that I'm going to get out of it eventually. When you're in the middle of it, it doesn't always feel like you're right around the corner, but you're really just one swing away from getting out of a slump at all times."
He wasn't the only struggling Phillie who played a role in Saturday's win. Trea Turner hit a two-out RBI double in the third inning and walked in the eighth when the Phils added an insurance run. Harrison, who has barely played over the last six weeks, singled in his first two plate appearances. It was a rare start at second base in place of Bryson Stott for Harrison, who had been 2-for-24 over the Phillies' last 36 games.
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