Dodgers lose series in Philadelphia and Venezuelan Chourio hits two home runs

With their second loss of the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers dropped the series to the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, while young Venezuelan Jackson Chourio dazzled with two home runs in a win for the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Dodgers, reigning Major League champions, stumbled for the second time in three days at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, losing this time by a narrow 8-7 score.

Dominican Teoscar Hernandez gave the visitors the lead with a two-run homer in the first inning, but Philadelphia answered with a six-run explosion in the third, including a grand slam by Nick Castellanos.

Hernandez struck again with another homer, and the Dodgers took a 7-6 lead in the seventh inning. However, Bryan Stott tied the game with a single, and Max Kepler gave the home team the final lead after Panama's Edmundo Sosa reached first safely on what would have been a double-play ball.

Japan's Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers' leader, went hitless in four at-bats on a cold, windy afternoon in Philadelphia.

The Dodgers entered this series with a perfect record of eight wins and no losses, a feat no team had achieved at the start of their title defense.

But their unbeaten streak came to an end on Friday at the hands of the Phillies, who have also started the season strong and lead the National League East with a 7-2 record.

Chourio drives in five runs

In Milwaukee, the Brewers completed a sweep of the Cincinnati Reds with an 8-2 victory, highlighted by a stellar performance from young Jackson Chourio, who continues to shine at the start of his second season in the majors.

The Maracaibo slugger was the standout of the game, hitting two home runs and driving in five runs.

Chourio, 21, ranks sixth in the league with 13 hits to start the season.

Against the Reds, he hit his first career three-run homer in the fourth inning to give Milwaukee a 7-0 lead, then added a solo home run in the seventh to cap off his performance.

The New York Yankees, who were defeated by the Dodgers in the last World Series, fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 in a game that stretched into the eleventh inning.

The New York team, leading the season in home runs (25), was shut out this time in a lackluster afternoon for their star, Aaron Judge, who went hitless.

The “Bronx Bombers,” who had won their previous two games at Pittsburgh's PNC Park, remain atop the American League East division with a 6-3 record.