LOS ANGELES — Corey Seager homered twice and set a club record for homers in a season by a Los Angeles shortstop, leading the Dodgers to a 9-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies before 48,370 at Dodger Stadium on Monday night.
Seager, who now has a club-leading 21 home runs, broke Hanley Ramirez’s 2013 L.A. mark of 19.
Chase Utley, in his first meeting with his former club since the Dodgers obtained him last August, and Yasmani Grandal also homered for the Dodgers (63-49), who captured their third straight win and remained one game back of the National League West-leading San Francisco Giants, who beat the Miami Marlins 8-7 in 14 innings.
Joc Pederson was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, including one in the eighth inning to cap the scoring, and three RBIs for Los Angeles.
Tommy Joseph hit a solo homer, his 15th, for the Phillies (52-62) in the eighth.
Dodgers 19-year-old rookie Julio Urias (2-2) allowed three runs (one earned) on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks in five innings, winning for the first time since June 28 when he beat the Milwaukee Brewers.
Phillies starter Zach Eflin surrendered six of the seven runs he served up in the first inning. Eflin (3-5) lasted three innings, giving up seven hits with two walks and no strikeouts.
Seager hammered a solo blast to right-center with one out in the first to give the Dodgers an early lead. After Justin Turner doubled and Josh Reddick walked, Adrian Gonzalez singled home Turner for a 2-0 advantage.
An RBI double by Pederson scored Reddick and Gonzalez to make it 4-0 in the inning. Rob Segedin’s sacrifice fly plated Grandal for a 5-0 edge.
Utley led off the second inning with a solo shot to right for a 6-0 cushion. It was Utley’s eighth homer this season.
The Phillies loaded the bases in the third and scored two runs after Urias fielded a comebacker but threw wildly to Grandal at the plate, allowing Aaron Altherr and Maikel Franco to score. Cameron Rupp’s RBI base hit pulled Philadelphia within 6- 3.
However, Grandal slugged a solo home run, his 17th of the season, to deep right to push the margin back to four runs in the third.
NOTES: The Dodgers recalled RHP Josh Ravin from Triple-A Oklahoma City and placed RHP Joe Blanton on the bereavement list. Ravin opened the season on the 60-day disabled list with a fractured left forearm sustained in a car accident, and he was suspended 80 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. “I think the air with the suspension has been cleared. We’re happy to have Josh here to win some games,” manager Dave Roberts said. … OF Rob Segedin, who drove in a club-record four RBIs for a player making his debut Sunday against the Boston Red Sox, started in left field Monday to give Howie Kendrick a rest. … Since 2012, Philadelphia has lost three of the previous four series against Los Angeles. … Phillies RHP Vince Velasquez (8-3, 3.33 ERA) will face Dodgers RHP Kenta Maeda (10-7, 3.22 ERA) on Tuesday.