Phillies 7, Twins 1: Schwarber Hits Two Homers at Field of Dreams

August 13, 2026 - Dyersville, Iowa - Kyle Schwarber did not wait for the nostalgia to fade. The third pitch of the 2026 Field of Dreams Game went into the corn in right, and the Philadelphia Phillies never gave the Minnesota Twins the night back. Final: 7-1, the third MLB game at the movie site, the first here in four years.

Twenty-six living Hall of Famers had just walked out of that same corn. Alana Springsteen had sung the anthem. Kevin Costner had set the stage on the Netflix broadcast. Then Schwarber treated Taj Bradley like it was still a Thursday in August, because it was.

Third pitch, then a long first

Schwarber's leadoff homer was the 47th of his career to start a game, tying Curtis Granderson for seventh in MLB history. Bryce Harper walked. Luis Arraez singled. Bryson Stott singled Harper home. 2-0 before Minnesota hit.

Bradley needed a walk to Brandon Marsh and a fly from J.T. Realmuto to get out of the inning. The Phillies had three hits, two runs, and the lead they would keep.

Keaschall answers. Minnesota does not.

Luke Keaschall homered to left in the second, his seventh of the year, and the Twins were within 2-1. The 23-year-old has been playing right field after time at second. He reached three times (homer, double, walk). That was Minnesota's entire scoring.

The Twins went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. Trevor Larnach and Ryan Jeffers had two hits each. Byron Buxton, activated off the injured list for this game after a right hip impingement, doubled and went 1-for-4 in center. The lineup looked closer to whole. The night did not.

Nola, nine strikeouts, first win since May

Aaron Nola worked around early Minnesota traffic and settled. Five innings, five hits, one run, three walks, nine strikeouts, 97 pitches. He matched his season high in punchouts and picked up his first win in 15 starts since May 26, improving to 4-9. He had left his previous outing with a right knee contusion. There was no sign of it in Dyersville.

That is the part Philadelphia will take on the plane to Minneapolis. Schwarber can hit two into the stalks on any slate. Nola looking like Nola is what a wild-card club actually needed.

The fourth that made it a rout, then Marsh

Marsh was on in the fourth when Schwarber went again. Keaschall got back to the wall, timed the jump, and the ball glanced off his glove and disappeared into the corn. Two-run shot. 4-1. Trea Turner scored later in the inning on Harper's single to center. 5-1.

The two homers gave Schwarber 37 on the season, still the MLB lead. It was his second multi-homer game of the week after a pair Sunday against Toronto.

Marsh finished it in the seventh, a two-run homer that scored Alec Bohm and made it 7-1. Marsh reached four times (two hits, two walks, a steal). Arraez had three hits. Every Phillies position player in the starting lineup except Realmuto had at least one hit. Line: Phillies 7 runs, 12 hits; Twins 1 run, 8 hits; no errors.

Bradley lasted four innings, seven hits, five earned runs, four walks, three strikeouts. It matched his shortest start of the season. He fell to 9-5. Travis Adams, Taylor Rogers, and Tommy Nance finished it. Philadelphia's bullpen (Brooks Raley, Jonathan Bowlan, Orion Kerkering, Jhoan Duran) was quiet after Nola.

A half-game up, then Target Field

Philadelphia is 65-58, a half-game ahead of Arizona for the third NL wild card. Minnesota is 60-63, third in the AL Central, 3.5 games behind the White Sox, and just under the AL wild-card line. About 8,000 were in the new park. The Hall of Famers (Schmidt, Carlton, Mauer, Blyleven, Kaat in club colors, plus Thome, Rolen, Ripken, and the rest of the 26) had already done their walk.

The clubs are off Friday. Saturday at Target Field: Jesús Luzardo for the Phillies, Connor Prielipp for the Twins. Game-day preview: Twins vs. Phillies Field of Dreams.

I am less interested in crowning Philadelphia after one Thursday in Iowa than in the split. Nola got 27 outs worth of breathing room. Bradley never recovered from pitch three. Schwarber did what the league's home-run leader is supposed to do when the wall is a cornfield.

AthX Engine angle

The Phillies finished with 16 AthX Engine team fantasy points. Nola led the game with 14 pitching fantasy points. Marsh had 13 hitting fantasy points (homer, two runs, two RBI, two walks). Schwarber had 12 on the two homers. Keaschall led Minnesota hitters with 8. The Twins finished at -6 team fantasy points. Bradley had -12 pitching fantasy points.

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*Sources: MLB.com gameday wrap, MLB.com recap, ESPN box score, AP recap via CBS, ESPN on the Hall of Fame ceremony, AthX Engine daily scoring for August 13, 2026. Information only; not financial advice.*