Sosa and Schwarber homer back-to-back after earthquake felt in Phillies' 6-2 win over Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez pitched six strong innings, Edmundo Sosa and Kyle Schwarber homered back-to-back in the ninth and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Tuesday night in a matchup of the National League’s top two teams.

A preliminary magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the middle of the seventh inning. It was centered near Mettler, California, about 89 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The Phillies announcers said they didn't feel it in their booth, but it was noticed in the control truck and in the Dodger Stadium press box. There was no discernible reaction from the crowd of 47,150. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he felt it in the dugout.

Philadelphia clinched the season series over the Dodgers, 4-1, going into the finale Wednesday.

“That can be huge coming down the stretch,” Thomson said.

Sánchez (8-7) allowed one run and five hits, struck out two and walked one to help end the Dodgers' three-game winning streak.

“I was attacking the hitters early and I was throwing a lot of strikes,” Sánchez said through an interpreter. “They have a lot of good hitters, but all good hitters have their weak spot.”

Schwarber’s two-out RBI single knocked Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw (0-2) out of the game in the fifth and gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead. After Austin Hays’ double, Kershaw had an 0-2 count on Brandon Marsh before hitting him to set up Schwarber.

Making his third start of the season, Kershaw gave up one run and five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out five against no walks.

“Just made some dumb mistakes. A couple guys got on base which shouldn't happen," Kershaw said. ”Health-wise, I'm fine. It's just a matter of trying to pitch good."

Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol sustained a strained right hamstring that forced him out in the sixth, a day after he came off the 60-day injured list.

“It's super sad,” Kershaw said. “Definitely a tough night.”

The Phillies battered Graterol's replacement, Brent Honeywell.

They tacked on three runs in the sixth. Nick Castellanos had an RBI single and Sosa added a two-run single that made it 4-0.

The Dodgers got their first run in the sixth on Will Smith's RBI groundout.

Trailing 4-1 in the seventh, Shohei Ohtani came to the plate as the potential tying run with runners on first and second, but All-Star reliever Matt Strahm induced a flyout to right to end the inning. Ohtani went 0 for 4. Strahm struck out Ohtani in the same inning last month during the Phillies' three-game sweep of the Dodgers.

“You can just kind of feel a sense that he's looking for my fastball up. I mean, that is my bread and butter and he's very good at hitting those,” Strahm said. “I kind of went to my 1-B and tried to stick one down and away.”

Teoscar Hernández, the Home Run Derby champion last month, pulled the Dodgers to 4-2 with his 25th homer off Jeff Hoffman in the eighth.

But Sosa went deep leading off the ninth on an 0-2 pitch from Honeywell that landed in the lower right-field seats. Schwarber's 24th homer dinged off the right field foul pole to extend the lead to 6-2.

“It was a complete win,” Thomson said. “Everyone in the lineup got on base. We played well defensively.”

Dodgers right fielder Andy Pages made the defensive play of the game in the seventh. He caught J.T. Realmuto's fly and fired to third, where Kiké Hernández tagged out a sliding Bryce Harper to complete the inning-ending double play. The Phillies lost their challenge of the call.

Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman hit his 500th career double in the first.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Phillies: LHP Ranger Suárez (lower back soreness) is set to throw a two-inning simulated game Thursday in Arizona. ... RHP Taijuan Walker (right index finger inflammation) will make a second rehab start before rejoining the rotation next week at home.

Dodgers: RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (shoulder) had a 30-pitch bullpen session and will have another this week before pitching to hitters ahead of a game in Milwaukee next week.

UP NEXT

Phillies: RHP Tyler Phillips (3-1, 4.39 ERA) makes his first career start against the Dodgers in the series finale Wednesday.

Dodgers: RHP Gavin Stone (9-5, 3.63) tries to rebound from a loss at Oakland in which he got rocked for five runs and eight hits over four innings.

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Philadelphia Phillies' Alec Bohm celebrates in the dugout after scoring a run on an RBI single by Nick Castellanos during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Philadelphia Phillies' Nick Castellanos, right, gestures after hitting an RBI single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Brusdar Graterol (48) is helped getting out of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies due to an apparent injury in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández watches his solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Philadelphia Phillies' Austin Hays celebrates in the dugout after scoring a run on an RBI single by Kyle Schwarber during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber hits an RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani bats during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sánchez delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs was expected to appear before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday after his indictment on undisclosed criminal charges.

The music mogul was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.

The indictment detailing the charges was expected to be unsealed Tuesday morning, according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.

Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse. He has denied many of those allegations and his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, called the new indictment an “unjust prosecution.”

“He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal,” Agnifilo said in a statement late Monday.

Combs, 54, was recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop before a flood of allegations that emerged over the past year turned him into an industry pariah.

In November, his former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit saying he had beaten and raped her for years. She accused Combs of coercing her, and others, into unwanted sex in drug-fueled settings.

The suit was settled in one day but months later CNN aired hotel security footage showing Combs punching and kicking Cassie and throwing her on a floor. After the video aired, Combs apologized, saying, “I was disgusted when I did it.”

Combs and his attorneys, however, denied similar allegations made by others in a string of lawsuits.

Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer for Cassie, said in a statement Tuesday that “neither Ms. Ventura nor I have any comment.”

“We appreciate your understanding and if that changes, we will certainly let you know,” he added.

A woman said Combs raped her two decades ago when she was 17. A music producer sued, saying Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, April Lampros, said Combs subjected her to “terrifying sexual encounters,” starting when she was a college student in 1994.

The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie and Lampros did.

Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, has gotten out of legal trouble before.

In 2001, he was acquitted of charges related to a Manhattan nightclub shooting two years earlier that injured three people. His then-protege, Shyne, was convicted of assault and other charges and served about eight years in prison.

This story has been corrected to show that Combs' age is 54, not 58.

Associated Press writer Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

FILE - Host Sean "Diddy" Combs presents the revolt black excellence award at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)