PHILADELPHIA –– Trea Turner taketh … then giveth … then giveth … then taketh again.

In what has been a rollercoaster season for the Philadelphia Phillies star shortstop, Turner induced particularly extreme whiplash against his former team on Monday night. 

He hit two home runs in the Phillies’ 10-7 win over the Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park –– but also committed a couple consequential misplays defensively that, at least for a little while, let the Dodgers hang around.

Four years removed from leaving the Dodgers for the Phillies on a $300 million contract, Turner bounced back from a first-inning fielding error on Monday with what initially seemed to be the night’s biggest swing in the second, when he punctuated a four-run Phillies rally with a two-run homer against Emmet Sheehan.

However, it was Turner’s shaky defense that helped the Dodgers get back into the game, even with Cy Young contender Cristopher Sánchez on the mound for Philadelphia.

After the Dodgers got one run back in the fourth –– and drove up Sánchez’s pitch count after Turner failed to stab a ground ball later in the inning –– Turner was in the middle of another Dodgers’ rally in the sixth.

With Sánchez out of the game, Max Muncy came off the bench for a pinch-hit RBI double against Orion Kerkering that made it 4-2. Then, with the bases loaded and two outs, Turner booted a bouncer back up the middle from Andy Pages, charging the ball only to see it kick off his mitt. 

The play was generously ruled an infield single by the official scorer. But it allowed a run to score nonetheless, cutting the Dodgers’ deficit to 4-3.

Despite all that, Turner made amends in the next half-inning.

With the Phillies leading 5-3 following Brandon Marsh’s solo blast off Sheehan, Turner came up against left-hander Alex Vesia with two aboard and roped a three-run homer off the bottom of the foul pole in left, re-establishing the Phillies’ four-run lead. 

His up-and-down night wasn’t over there. In the ninth, he booted another ball on a sharp one-hopper from Tommy Edman, setting up Mookie Betts for a two-run homer. But by then, the Phillies had already pulled away, hitting two more home runs of their own off Landon Knack for five total as a team on the night.

What it means for the Dodgers

After starting this post-All-Star-break road trip with consecutive wins, the Dodgers have given them right back with a pair of losses.

As a result, they no longer have the best record in the majors, falling into a tie with the Milwaukee Brewers pending their result later Monday night.

A No. 1 playoff seed, of course, is less important to the Dodgers than winning the NL West (which they still lead by 11 games) or securing a first-round bye courtesy of a top-two finish in the NL standings (they still have a four-game cushion there). But, it’s not nothing either. And now, they’ve given themselves some work to do to reclaim the best record in the majors.

Who’s hot

Betts was slumping so much entering Monday –– mired in a 14 at-bat hitless streak and 4-for-38 rut in his last 11 games overall –– that manager Dave Roberts decided to bump him down in the batting order, moving him from the cleanup spot to the five-hole in hopes of providing Betts a “different look.”

Coincident or not, he then had his best game of the season.

Betts not only recorded four hits in a game for the first time this year, but also belted a pair of long balls to snap a home run drought that dated back to June 27.

The performance catapulted Betts’ OPS on the season back over .700 (from .690 at the start of play to .731 by the end of the game) and offered a needed boost of confidence even in a losing effort.

Who’s not

After finishing an up-and-down first half on something of a high note (only four earned runs allowed in his last three starts), Sheehan’s search for consistency returned on Monday.

He put himself in immediate trouble in the first, only escaping with the help of a diving stop by Edman at third to begin an inning-ending double-play. In a four-run second, however, he got no such luck, giving up three consecutive one-out hits, including an RBI double to Gabriel Rincones Jr., before hanging a slider that Turner hit for his two-run homer.

Sheehan mostly settled down after that, retiring 10 of his next 12 batters. But with his fastball velocity again on the decline, he was punished again on Marsh’s solo homer in the sixth –– which came on a 92.8 mph fastball over the plate in a 2-0 count, and immediately after the Dodgers had gotten themselves back in the game by trimming the deficit to 4-3.

Sheehan’s ERA is now back up to 5.03, and he has gone seven-straight starts without completing six innings.

The Dodgers’ injury problems mean his rotation spot is safe for now. But the frustrations he has endured during this 2026 campaign are only getting worse.

Up next

A pair of 10-game winners will be on the mound Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park, when Justin Wrobleski (10-2, 2.69 ERA) faces off against right-hander Zack Wheeler (10-1, 2.13 ERA).