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Four-panel full-color sports comic with cartoon ballplayers, not likenesses. Panel 1: early Astros lead fireworks. Panel 2: two-run single ties it in the third. Panel 3: grand slam caps a six-run sixth for majors-leading HR 44. Panel 4: Phillies 11 Astros 7 scoreboard.
Four panels: early Astros lead, Harper’s two-run single erases 4–0, Schwarber’s slam caps a six-run sixth, Phillies 11 Astros 7. Cartoon ballplayers only. · Comic: Topics / Drew’s Comic Newsroom. Source: AP via iNFOnews.

Sports

Schwarber’s majors-leading 44th is a grand slam in Phillies’ 11–7 comeback

What happened

The Associated Press box from Wednesday night in Philadelphia has Kyle Schwarber launching a grand slam for his majors-leading 44th home run as the Phillies beat the Houston Astros, 11–7. Schwarber connected on a 3–2 sweeper from reliever A.J. Blubaugh to finish a six-run sixth. It was his 10th career grand slam and his fourth home run in his last five games. Trea Turner also homered, and Bryce Harper’s two-run single helped erase an early 4–0 hole in the third.

Starter Cristopher Sanchez (17–5) collected his NL-leading win despite allowing six runs on 10 hits in six innings. Isaac Paredes and Cam Smith each hit two-run homers for Houston. That is the whole Sports filing: a slam at the top of the league home-run board, a six-run frame, and a comeback scoreboard. Cartoon ballplayers only — never likenesses of living athletes. Bright red and navy under night lights. White gutters. The AP via iNFOnews URL is the receipt.

September baseball rewards the nights that still move the standings. A majors-leading 44th that also clears the bases is a clean Sports slot for a Thursday filing. Skip farm-system speculation. Keep politics out of the dugout. Sports packages here are dated scoreboard comics. Readers get the inning, the score, the streak of power, and the source — not a season retrospective, just one night’s AP wire.

Why it matters

A six-run sixth capped by a slam is the strip: early deficit, tying third, slam banner, final 11–7. Color on the fireworks and the scoreboard. White gutters. Readers get Schwarber’s 44th, the 10th career slam, Turner’s homer, Harper’s two-run single, Sanchez’s 17–5 line, and the Astros’ two-run answers from Paredes and Smith. Keep the source URL on the page.

Conclusion

Schwarber’s 3–2 slam for HR No. 44, Turner’s homer, and Harper’s two-run single powered an 11–7 Phillies comeback over Houston, per AP via iNFOnews. Source: https://infonews.ca/news/7866232/schwarbers-44th-homer-a-grand-slam-powers-phillies-11-7-comeback-win-over-astros/

Source: AP via iNFOnews