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PHOENIX, ARIZONA – AUGUST 31: Alec Bohm #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies on deck during the MLB game at Chase Field on August 31, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> fell to the Houston Astros<\/a> 6-5 in their series opener Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Now, ahead of Game 2, which will feature each team\u2019s ace with right-hander Hunter Brown<\/a> on the mound for the Astros and Cristopher Sanchez for Philadelphia, Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly made some sudden changes to his starting lineup, including one involving infielder Alec Bohm<\/a>.<\/p>\n Phillies Announce Bohm Decision<\/p>\n After going 1-for-4 with a double Tuesday night, Mattingly is electing to give Bohm the day off for Wednesday\u2019s evening clash, as he\u2019s played in pretty much every game over the last week.<\/p>\n He\u2019s spent the majority of his time at first base, and for Game 2 against Houston, slugger Kyle Schwarber will make that transition to the field while Bryce Harper<\/a> moves into the designated hitter spot.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the full Phillies lineup with Bohm out:<\/p>\n Via Underdog MLB<\/a>: \u201cPhillies 9\/9 K. Schwarber 1B T. Turner SS B. Harper DH L. Arraez 2B B. Stott 3B B. Marsh LF J. Crawford CF J. Realmuto C B. De La Cruz RF C. S\u00e1nchez SP.\u201d<\/p>\n Phillies 9\/9<\/p>\n K. Schwarber 1B C. S\u00e1nchez SP<\/p>\n \u2014 Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) September 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Looking at Bohm\u2019s 2026 Campaign<\/p>\n Bohm has played in 138 games for the Phillies this season and currently owns a .246 batting average, a .389 slugging percentage and a .697 OPS. Across 509 at-bats, Bohm has scored 55 runs, collected 125 hits, launched 15 home runs and driven in 80 runs.<\/p>\n Phillies Right Now<\/p>\n Philadelphia has positioned itself in a very good spot to make the playoffs, but it\u2019s currently in a race with the Chicago Cubs<\/a> for the top Wild Card spot. That would determine which team gets to host a best-of-three series in the first round rather than playing on the road.<\/p>\n The Phillies are 81-64 overall, 4.0 games back of the Atlanta Braves<\/a> in the NL East and a half-game ahead of the Cubs for the top Wild Card spot.<\/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 PHOENIX, ARIZONA – AUGUST 31: Alec Bohm #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies on deck during the MLB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-282650","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\/282650","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=282650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
T. Turner SS
B. Harper DH
L. Arraez 2B
B. Stott 3B
B. Marsh LF
J. Crawford CF
J. Realmuto C
B. De La Cruz RF<\/p>\n