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Bryan Armen Graham at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia

Phillies tie World Series mark with five home runs in Game 3 win over Astros

World Series 2022
The Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber, right, celebrates his two-run home run with team-mate Brandon Marsh during the fifth inning of Tuesday’s Game 3 of the World Series. Photograph: Bill Streicher/USA Today Sports

The Philadelphia Phillies are two wins from the most improbable of titles after matching a World Series record with five home runs in a 7-0 battering of the favored Houston Astros on Tuesday night in Game 3.

Bryce Harper hit a two-run home run off the first pitch he faced in the bottom of the first inning, Alec Bohm and Brandon Marsh added solo shots in the second, then Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins went back to back in the fifth. All of the long balls came off Houston starter Lance McCullers Jr, who became the first pitcher to surrender five home runs in a World Series game.

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