Categories: 2024 Postgame Recaps

Bryson Stott hits big triple to spark Phillies offense, clinch series win in Miami

Bryson Stott hit the go-ahead triple on Saturday. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)

Final: Philllies 8, Marlins 3

Bryson Stott pulled a modest 89.9-mph ground ball, just inside the line enough to bound over the first-base bag and just hard enough to reach the right-field corner.

Batting with the bases loaded and two outs in a tie game, Stott cleared the bases in the top of the sixth with a perfectly placed ground-ball triple, starting the offensive explosion that lifted the Phillies to a 8-3 victory against the Marlins at loanDepot Park on Saturday afternoon. Behind Stott’s timely poke and six strong innings from right-hander Taijuan Walker, Philadelphia (28-12) clinched a series victory in Miami and will go for a three-game sweep on Sunday.

Walker allowed one run on eight hits with some help from his defense to nab some baserunners. Trailing 1-0 entering the sixth inning, the Phillies tied the game on an RBI single from J.T. Realmuto. Alec Bohm later singled and Nick Castellanos followed with a walk to set up Stott with all bases occupied.

Stott delivered for Philadelphia, his three-run, three-base knock giving the Phillies a 4-1 lead. They only continued to tack on in the eighth inning, providing plenty of cushion for the bullpen.

Highlights

Realmuto showed off his arm behind the plate in the early innings, throwing out two would-be base stealers in Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the first and Vidal Bruján in the second.
Bruján got the Phillies back, however, in the bottom of the fifth as he hit a home run to right-center field off Walker to strike first for the Marlins.
The Phillies responded with their big sixth inning, as Realmuto plated Whit Merrifield with a single to set up Stott’s game-winning hit.

Stott added his fourth RBI of the game in the eighth inning as he drove in another run with a single. Cristian Pache then hit an RBI single with Johan Rojas adding a two-run single behind him to extend the lead to seven runs.

Phillies reliever José Ruiz allowed a two-run home run to Otto Lopez in the bottom of the ninth inning before wrapping up the inning to finish the 8-3 win.

Notes

Bryce Harper appeared to tweak or hurt something — possibly his back — on his first swing in his first at-bat. His next two swings looked a bit uncomfortable, but Harper stayed in the game and his at-bats seemed to get better as the game progressed
Cristian Pache has been hot in Miami. He went 3-for-4 after going 2-for-5 with a double on Friday.