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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – JULY 18: Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning during a game against the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park on July 18, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> are in the middle of one of their biggest skids of the season, recently getting swept by the Miami Marlins<\/a> and losing seven of their last eight games.<\/p>\n Interestingly enough, Phillies manager Don Mattingly decided to sit slugger Kyle Schwarber<\/a> for each of the team\u2019s final two games against the Marlins.<\/p>\n Ahead of Friday\u2019s series opener against the Baltimore Orioles<\/a>, however, Mattingly made a notable change to the lineup.<\/p>\n Phillies Announce Schwarber News<\/p>\n After missing two straight games with an illness, Schwarber is back in the starting lineup as the Phillies prepare to face Orioles right-hander Brandon Young<\/a>.<\/p>\n Schwarber will bat No. 2 behind shortstop Trea Turner<\/a> and serve as the team\u2019s designated hitter.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the full lineup and batting order:<\/p>\n Phillies 7\/31<\/p>\n T. Turner SS A. Painter SP<\/p>\n \u2014 Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Schwarber\u2019s 2026 Season<\/p>\n Schwarber has enjoyed another impressive season at the plate despite leading MLB<\/a> with 157 strikeouts.<\/p>\n He\u2019s currently slashing .252\/.545\/.911 with 63 runs, 97 hits, a league-leading 33 home runs, and 62 RBIs.<\/p>\n Phillies Right Now<\/p>\n Philadelphia needs Schwarber to continue providing his power as the team has struggled to find consistency throughout the season.<\/p>\n The Phillies looked especially dysfunctional outside of the early part of the year before they fired manager Rob Thomson.<\/p>\n Phillies superstar Bryce Harper<\/a> has made it clear<\/a> that he wants the team to make moves ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline, comments that reportedly did not sit well with some people inside the organization.<\/p>\n Outside of that, Philadelphia enters Friday\u2019s matchup in Baltimore with a 57-52 record. The Phillies sit seven games behind the Atlanta Braves<\/a> in the NL East but currently hold a Wild Card spot in the National League.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tCole Sullivan<\/a> Cole Sullivan is a sports journalist for Heavy.com covering the NFL, NBA, college football, and college basketball. A member of the United States Basketball Writers Association, he has written for FanSided, Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, and Newsweek. Sullivan earned an Associate degree from Franklin Pierce University and a Bachelor’s degree from Lynn University, where he studied Communications and Media Studies with a focus on Sports Journalism. More about Cole Sullivan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – JULY 18: Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates after hitting a two-run…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-256814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
K. Schwarber DH
B. Harper 1B
A. Bohm 3B
B. Marsh LF
J. Realmuto C
B. Stott 2B
G. Rincones Jr. RF
J. Crawford CF<\/p>\n