Phillies 9, Twins 1: Bohm Goes 5-for-5, Luzardo Deals

August 15, 2026 - Minneapolis - Alec Bohm doubled in the second, doubled in the fourth, singled in the fifth, singled in the seventh, and doubled again in the ninth. Five at-bats. Five hits. Three doubles. First five-hit game of his career. The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins 9-1 at Target Field, and the loudest inning was a seven-run fifth that started with two outs and nowhere for Connor Prielipp to hide.

Jesús Luzardo (11-5) worked 6 2/3 innings, seven hits, one earned run, two walks, nine strikeouts. Philadelphia (66-58) secured the series after Thursday's Field of Dreams win. Minnesota dropped its first home game of the stop.

One in the second, then the flood

The Phillies loaded the bases with nobody out in the second on two hits and a walk. Prielipp escaped the worst of it. Bryson Stott flied out after an 11-pitch battle. J.T. Realmuto lifted a sacrifice fly that scored Luis Arraez and moved Bohm to third. Derek Hill took a called third strike. 1-0. It looked like a night that might stay small.

It did not stay small.

Realmuto singled to lead off the fifth. Prielipp retired the next two. Then he walked Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, and Arraez in order, forcing in a run. Two of 14 pitches in that stretch found the zone. Bohm singled Turner home. Edmundo Sosa singled two more across. Stott ripped a three-run homer that hit the right-field foul pole. Seven runs, all with two outs. 8-0 before Minnesota could breathe.

Prielipp (3-6) finished five innings: eight hits, eight earned runs, four walks, six strikeouts. The eight runs allowed were a career high. Manager Derek Shelton did not get a reliever warm in time to stop the walk parade. By the time Stott's ball found the pole, the game was a track meet Philadelphia had already won.

Luzardo keeps second base crowded and empty

Luzardo's night was the other half of the story. The Twins put seven hits on him, five of them doubles, and turned it into one run. Royce Lewis doubled home Ryan Jeffers in the sixth. Everything else died with a strikeout or a stranded runner. Luzardo fanned six hitters with a man on second. That is how a 6 2/3 outing looks like dominance even when the hit column is not tiny.

He has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 15 of his last 17 starts dating to late April. Saturday was the third straight start that looked like that version of Luzardo: long, loud strikeouts, short damage.

Bohm never cooled off. The ninth-inning double set up Realmuto's sacrifice fly for the final 9-1 margin. Harper had two hits. Stott's three-run shot was the swing that turned a messy fifth into a blowout. Arraez kept reaching. The whole order took turns.

Line: Phillies 9 runs, 14-plus hits of pressure; Twins 1 run on a night their starter lost the zone with two outs.

Turner leaves, says he's fine

Turner fouled a cutter off his right knee against A.J. Minter in the eighth and went down hard. Trainers and interim manager Don Mattingly met him on the field. Justin Crawford finished the at-bat. Sosa moved from left field to shortstop. It looked ugly on replay. Turner said it looked worse than it felt.

"Watching a replay, I can see how the trainers and everyone was like, 'Oh no, that looked really bad,'" Turner said. "But I just couldn't catch myself. I couldn't stop spinning and falling backwards, and thankfully it worked out."

No imaging. Soreness expected. Mattingly planned to be careful with the legs rather than force a Sunday start. In a 9-1 game, the careful choice was the only choice.

Philadelphia keeps rolling through a stretch that already includes the Iowa corn and a Target Field rout. Minnesota keeps searching for a starter who can survive the middle innings when command leaves. Prielipp had it early. He lost it on three straight walks, and the Phillies did not miss.

The fifth inning is worth one more look because it was not a string of rockets. It was walks, then contact, then a foul-pole homer. Prielipp had two outs and a chance to keep it 1-0. He threw free passes to Turner, Harper, and Arraez. Bohm and Sosa did the rest until Stott ended it. Luzardo's job after that was simple and hard at the same time: keep Minnesota from turning doubles into a comeback. He did.

Sunday closes the series. Turner's availability will be the first question. Bohm's five-hit card will be the lasting image. Philadelphia already took the Field of Dreams game and now owns the Target Field half of the trip. Minnesota is still searching for a starter who can survive the middle when command leaves for one batter, then three.

I would not rebuild the Twins' rotation plan off one fifth inning. I also would not ignore what Bohm did for nine innings. Five hits. Three doubles. A lineup that punished every free pass.

AthX Engine angle

Bohm scored about 15 AthX Engine hitting fantasy points on the five-hit night. Luzardo added about 25 pitching fantasy points with nine strikeouts and one earned run. The Phillies finished near 15 team fantasy points. That is AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) separating the bat that never stopped from the arm that never cracked.

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*Sources: ESPN box score, MLB.com gameday, AP News, AthX Engine daily scoring for August 15, 2026. AthX Engine fantasy scoring is for information only and is not financial advice.*