Schwarber hits 2 HRs, Hill delivers RBI single in 12th inning as Phillies beat Blue Jays 7-6

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit two home runs, Derek Hill singled with the bases loaded in the 12th inning and the Philadelphia Phillies avoided a three-game series sweep with a 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

Starting pitcher Jesús Luzardo struck out 12 in seven sharp innings for the Phillies, who began play with a one-game cushion in the NL wild-card race.

Andrés Giménez had a two-run single in Toronto’s three-run eighth inning that tied the game at 5.

After Toronto went ahead in the top of the 12th on Jesús Sánchez’s double-play groundout off Caleb Kilian (4-7), the Phillies tied it on Bryson Stott’s RBI single in the bottom of the inning. Hill, who came in as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning, lined a single off Lazaro Estrada (1-1) just past the diving effort of shortstop Giménez.

Philadelphia looked as if it was going to win in the 11th before Myles Straw started an inning-ending double play with a strong throw to the plate from right field that was in time to get pinch-runner Garrett Stubbs, who trying to score from third on Brandon Marsh’s fly ball.

Luzardo allowed two runs on four hits with one walk while reaching double-digits in strikeouts for the fifth time this season.

Schwarber hit homers Nos. 34 and 35 off Blue Jays starter Shane Bieber. His three-run drive in the third broke a scoreless tie, marking his first homer since July 18. The runner-up in the All-Star Home Run Derby, Schwarber then led off the fifth with another drive to make it 4-2.

Luzardo’s only blips came on RBI singles by Alejandro Kirk and Brett Bateman in the fourth and fifth innings, respectively.

The Phillies improved to 48-19 when either Luzardo, Zack Wheeler, or Cristopher Sánchez starts.

Bieber gave up five runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Blue Jays: Start a seven-game homestand on Monday night against Boston. Toronto RHP Jameson Taillon (2-6, 5.96) faces Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (14-2, 2.78).

Phillies: Begin three-game series at St. Louis on Monday night. Philadelphia RHP Andrew Painter (1-8, 6.48) oppose Cardinals RHP Hunter Dobbins (2-2, 3.60).

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Toronto Blue Jays' Brett Bateman, right, gestures from first base after hitting an RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Kazuma Okamoto (7) catches a fly ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies' Luis Arraez during the second inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber, front right, celebrates in the dugout after hitting a three-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber hits a three-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Joaquin Niemann closed with a 2-under 69 Sunday for a three-shot victory in LIV Golf New York, extending his record with his ninth career victory in the last three years.

Jon Rahm shot 76 and tied for 41st, but that still was enough to clinch the season points title for the third straight time since the two-time major champion joined LIV Golf.

Niemann, who won earlier this year in South Korea, went wire-to-wire at Trump International. He finished at 16-under 268. Harold Varner III caught Niemann until the Chilean pulled away late with a birdie on the 13th and an eagle on the par-5 15th. Varner shot 70 to finish second.

“I feel like the more they push me, the better golfer I'm going to become from every experience than I experience,” Niemann said. “To be able to hit the shots that I did and make the putts that I did coming down the stretch, I put credit on myself.”

Bryson DeChambeau shot 71 and tied for 38th, 23 shots out of the lead. He cannot catch Rahm with one tournament remaining.

“It's been a great year,” Rahm said. "Again, a little sour taste in my mouth because of how badly I played this week. But it’s been something to be proud of.”

It capped a week in which LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil said it has signed a term sheet with a lead investor that will allow the league to go forward without Saudi Arabia funding. O'Neil did not identify the investor or the size of the investment.

LIV Golf next plays in Indiana in two weeks.

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Captain Jon Rahm, of Legion XIII, watches his shot from a bunker on the 15th hole during the first round of LIV Golf Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Bedminster, N.J. (Montana Pritchard/LIV Golf via AP)

Captain Joaquín Niemann, of Torque GC, hits from the 16th tee during the first round of LIV Golf Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Bedminster, N.J. (Montana Pritchard/LIV Golf via AP)