Final Score: Phillies 16, Marlins 2
The offense scored early and often. Zack Wheeler tossed a strong six innings. And now, with a win over the Marlins, the Phillies (85-56) are 29 games above .500, tying their season high.
Rob Thomson’s lineup recorded seven runs on nine hits in the first two innings against Miami starter Austin Kitchen. They continued to add on against the Marlins’ bullpen, finishing the night with a season-best 22 hits and scoring a season-high 16 runs. Four offensive starters — Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, Kody Clemens and Johan Rojas — each recorded three hits. Turner finished a triple shy of the cycle. He also had 3 RBIs.
As for Wheeler, he continued his recent stretch of dominance. After posting a 1.62 ERA across six August starts, the veteran right-hander allowed one run on Friday night. He struck out seven batters while allowing two hits and walking one batter. Five of the six innings Wheeler pitched were of the 1-2-3 variety.
Highlights
- A combination of four singles plated three runs for the Phillies in the top of the first. A Harper single drove Schwarber in from second to begin the scoring.
- Bryson Stott singled two batters later to give his club a 2-0 lead.
- J.T. Realmuto followed Stott’s single with one of his own to make it 3-0 Phillies.
- After a Rojas double began the top of the second inning, Schwarber singled him home, extending the Phillies’ lead to 4-0.
- Turner made it 6-0 by following Schwarber’s single with a two-run homer.
- Realmuto picked up his second RBI single of the game in the second inning, giving the Phillies a 7-0 lead.
- An Otto Lopez double — the ball was hit up the middle, hit off the second-base bag and trickled into the outfield — plated a run for the Marlins in the fourth inning.
- A pair of doubles — one by Rojas and one by Turner — drove in two more runs for the Phillies in the fifth, making it a 9-1 game. Turner then scored on a single by Harper to make it 10-1.
- Three straight doubles — one by Brandon Marsh, one by Clemens and a third of the game by Rojas — gave the Phillies a 12-1 lead in the sixth. Schwarber followed those doubles with a home run, making it 14-1.
- On top of his good night at the plate, Rojas made a diving catch in the bottom of the sixth.
- A pair of sacrifice flies by Stott and Garrett Stubbs in the top of the ninth drove in two more runs for the Phillies, extending their lead to 16-1.
- A single by Cristian Pache drove in the Marlins second run of the night in the bottom of the ninth.
Notes
- The Phillies’ magic number to clinch the NL East is down to 14 games.
- After Realmuto fouled a pitch off his knee in the second inning, Stubbs pinch-hit for him in the top of the fourth. According to the Phillies, Realmuto has a bruised left knee.
- Before Friday’s game, the Phillies placed Alec Bohm on the 10-day injured list with a left-hand strain. Buddy Kennedy was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to replace Bohm on the active roster.
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- Saturday, September 7 vs. Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park
- 4:10 p.m. ET
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Barbara Jean
September 7, 2024 at 2:57 am
I hope J.T. will be ok. Great hitting. Congrats on win. It’s September folks anf this is when it gets real.