PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryson Stott, Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Sunday. Bryce Harper had two hits and drove in a run for the defending champion Phillies, who have won five of seven. Philadelphia began play in second in the NL wild-card standings. MJ Melendez homered for Kansas City. Taijuan Walker (13-4) recovered from a shaky first inning to become the first NL pitcher to reach 13 victories. The Phillies went ahead for good in the second on Schwarber's 28th homer, a 421-foot, two-run drive to center off Zack Greinke (1-12) that made it 5-4.

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