Aaron Nola allowed one hit and struck out nine in seven sharp innings, Kyle Schwarber homered and the NL wild-card leading Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 3-0 victory Sunday.

Johan Rojas doubled among his three hits and Bryce Harper hit an RBI single for the defending NL champion Phillies, who outscored the Cardinals 22-3 in the series.

José Alvarado tossed a scoreless eighth and Craig Kimbrel completed the two-hit shutout with his 20th save in 22 tries with a scoreless ninth.

St. Louis has dropped nine of 11 and was shut out for the 11th time. Philadelphia pitched its fourth shutout – only Boston and Washington have fewer with three.

After Tommy Edman led off the game with a double, Nola (12-8) retired 21 of the next 22 batters.

Schwarber hit the first pitch of the game from Drew Rom (0-2) deep into the bushes in center field. The 436-foot shot was the 36th home run for Schwarber, who led the NL with 46 in 2022. It also was his 27th career lead off homer and seventh this season.

Rom, acquired in a trade from Baltimore on Aug. 1, gave up two runs on five hits in 5? innings. He struck out six and walked one. It was the second career outing for the 23-year-old lefty, who surrendered six runs in 3? innings in his debut in an 11-1 loss at Pittsburgh on Aug. 21.