Jesús Luzardo holds D-backs to one run in victory

Luzardo allowed one hit and three walks to pick up his 12th win of the season and help Philadelphia avoid a potential sweep. The left-hander is tracking towards being an early-round starting pitcher in fantasy drafts next spring. He’s on pace to exceed 30 starts for the third time over the past four years while recording the highest average fastball velocity of his career. Luzardo is the fourth starter to eclipse the 200-strikeout plateau this season. He’ll be on the road against the Diamondbacks next time out.

This is the first time all year Luzardo has given up three or four runs in a start; he’d allowed two or fewer 18 times and five of more seven times in his 25 outings. The first two runs tonight should have been unearned and might get changed later. With two outs in the first, Jordan Walker hit a grounder to third that Bryson Stott had to back up on, but he had plenty of time to make a throw and unleashed a bad one. It went as a single and a throwing error, but it should have been a straight error. Joshua Báez then followed with a homer. Luzardo is slated to make his next start Wednesday in Seattle.

Luzardo gave up seven hits, walked two and struck out nine. He improved to 11-5 with the win. Luzardo was staked to an 8-0 lead before he allowed a run in the sixth inning. Since the beginning of July, he’s won five of eight starts. Luzardo has a 3.23 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Cardinals at home next weekend.

Luzardo walked one as the Phillies won 7-6 in 12 innings. The lefty has been on a roll lately and lowered his ERA to 3.32 on Sunday. Since arriving in Philadelphia in 2025, he has posted one of the lower left-on-base rates among qualified starters, suggesting he’s been a bit unlucky. That was evident in the gap between his ERA and estimators last season and early in 2026. The most recent version of Luzardo is the best we’ve seen in the bigs, and he’s throwing his sweeper even more so far this year. It’s a pitch he debuted in 2025. Next time out, Luzardo draws the Twins in Minnesota.

Luzardo allowed one or no runs for the sixth time in seven starts and the 12th time this season. He’s probably about due to go on one of those runs in which he allowed six runs in three of four outings, but through 23 starts this year, he’s 10-5 with a 3.36 ERA and 164 strikeouts, which ranks sixth in the majors. He’ll face the Blue Jays on Sunday.

Luzardo struck out five and walked three, raising his ERA to 3.57. The Phillies jumped out to a 6-0 lead before the Marlins scored eight unanswered runs to secure the sweep. Philadelphia has now lost seven of eight, making Luzardo’s seventh-inning collapse ill-timed. He lines up to face the high-scoring Nationals at home next time out.

Luzardo did everything he could to give the Phillies a chance in this one, but when your offense is going against Cam Schlittler, runs will be hard to come by. Luzardo nearly matched Schlittler inning-for-inning on Friday night, but it was a solo homer by Paul Goldschmidt that proved to be the difference-maker in an otherwise strong performance by Luzardo. It’s a tough way to pick up his fifth loss of the season, but the Phillies and fantasy managers won’t be disappointed with the start, as Luzardo has now allowed one earned run or fewer in seven straight outings. He’ll look to pick up his 10th win of the season next week when he takes the mound on Wednesday against the Marlins.

Luzardo gave up two hits, walked two and struck out seven. He improved to 9-4 with the win. Luzardo had a 7.94 ERA in his first four starts of the season, but has since posted a 2.34 ERA in 92 2/3 innings over his last 16 starts. He has a 3.43 ERA and 2.90 xFIP on the season. Luzardo is lined up to face the Yankees at home next weekend.

Nola will start on Thursday, there will then be a day off to accommodate the World Cup Final, and then Luzardo and Rangel will throw on Saturday and Sunday. The Phillies could have chosen to use Zack Wheeler on normal rest this weekend, but the veteran will likely get a two-start week against the Dodgers and Yankees instead.

Luzardo threw his final pitch in a scoreless game., but Justin Crawford singled in pinch-runner Derek Hill in the top of the eighth to put the lefty in line for a win. Jonathan Bowlan and Jhoan Duran then finished up. Some weren’t happy about Luzardo’s All-Star selection, and there’s certainly a good argument that teammate Zack Wheeler would have been a better choice. Luzardo, though, has allowed two runs or fewer in 13 of his 19 starts and seems well on his way to his third strong season in the last four. He ends the first half 8-4 with a 3.52 ERA and a 136/35 K/BB in 110 1/3 innings. He’s fourth in the majors in strikeouts.