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PHILADELPHIA — \u2014 Walker Buehler<\/a> pitched five strong innings in his Philadelphia debut, Bryce Harper<\/a> and Bryson Stott<\/a> homered, and the Phillies won their fifth straight, 8-2 over the Kansas City Royals<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n Buehler allowed one run on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts for the NL East-leading Phillies, who are closing in on clinching the division.<\/p>\n A veteran of seven mostly successful but injury-marred seasons with the Dodgers before joining Boston this season, Buehler (8-7) was released by the Red Sox on Aug. 29 and signed with the Phillies two days later.<\/p>\n On Friday, he earned his first win since Aug. 8 for Boston at San Diego. He allowed a run in the first when Bobby Witt Jr<\/a>. singled, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Maikel Garcia<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Phillies tied it in the second against Michael Lorenzen<\/a> on a sacrifice fly by Rafael Marchan<\/a>. They broke it open over the next two innings.<\/p>\n In the third, Harper hit a two-run homer, and Brandon Marsh<\/a> tripled and scored on a single by Otto Kemp<\/a> for a 4-1 lead. In the fourth, Marchan, Harrison Bader<\/a> and Kyle Schwarber<\/a> hit consecutive doubles to push the advantage to 6-1.<\/p>\n Stott added a two-run shot in the seventh.<\/p>\n Lorenzen (5-11) went three-plus innings, allowing six earned runs on 10 hits.<\/p>\n Schwarber led off the third with a walk before Harper drilled one into the left-field seats for his 26th homer, giving the Phillies the lead for good.<\/p>\n Seldom-used backup catcher Marchan, who entered with a .178 batting average, had two hits and scored a run after his sacrifice fly in the second.<\/p>\n Royals right-hander Ryan Bergert<\/a> (2-2, 3.48 ERA) opposes the Phillies\u2019 Taijuan Walker<\/a> (4-8, 4.03) as the series continues on Saturday.<\/p>\n ——<\/p>\n