Philadelphia Phillies vs Miami Marlins Box Score on May 31, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 31, 2017

MIAMI -- Justin Bour homered twice and Marcell Ozuna went deep once to power the Miami Marlins to a 10-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon at Marlins Park.

Dan Straily (4-3) struck out 10 as the Marlins (21-30) extended their win streak to a season-high four games, earning their first sweep of the year.

Bour and Ozuna each had three RBIs. Bour leads the Marlins with 15 homers. Giancarlo Stanton and Ozuna are tied for second with 14 homers each.

However, Stanton missed the game due to cramping in his left hamstring. Stanton had kick-started Miami's resurgence over the past week, hitting .414 (12-for-29) with three homers since being moved from cleanup to the two-hole in the batting order. The Marlins are 5-2 with Stanton batting second.

The Phillies (17-34), who are in last place in the National League East, fell to 6-25 in their past 31 games. They have been swept four times this season.

Third baseman Maikel Franco and center fielder Odubel Herrera, who had been benched this week due to batting slumps, returned to the lineup but to no avail for Philadelphia.

Straily, who leads Marlins starters in wins, allowed eight hits, one walk, two runs (one earned) in 6 2/3 innings. Straily threw 113 pitches, 81 for strikes.

Aaron Nola (2-3), whose brother Austin is a Double-A catcher in Miami's minor-league chain, lasted just three innings, allowing five hits and four runs.

Nola got in trouble immediately, giving up three first-inning runs.

Leadoff batter Dee Gordon walked, stole his 16th base of the season and scored on a one-out, ground-ball single to center by Christian Yelich. Ozuna followed by hitting his homer, an opposite-field shot to right.

Gordon started another rally in the third. He singled, advanced to second on a JT Riddle single and eventually scored when Ozuna's chopper ate up Franco at third base. The play was ruled a hit for Ozuna, but it wasn't Franco's best moment.

After that, Miami poured it on against Philadelphia's bullpen, scoring one run in the fourth, three in the fifth and two in the sixth. Bour hit a solo homer in the fifth and a two-run shot in the sixth, both to right field.

NOTES: Philadelphia placed RHP Vince Velasquez (right elbow) on the disabled list after he felt numbness in Tuesday's first inning. ... Philadelphia recalled RHP Ricardo Pinto Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Pinto pitched Wednesday, allowing four runs in two innings of relief. ... Phillies OF Daniel Nava, who has been out since suffering a hamstring injury on May 19, has played two rehab games and is nearing a return. ... Marlins LHP Justin Nicolino, who suffered a contusion on his left index finger that he hurt while trying to bunt on Tuesday, is expected to be placed on the disabled list on Thursday. That's when the Marlins plan to activate LHP Jeff Locke off the disabled list, where he has been all season. ... Marlins 1B Justin Bour has 11 homers this month, one short of the team record owned by Giancarlo Stanton. ... The Marlins are 7-3 when backup C A.J. Ellis starts. ... The Marlins, last in the NL in attendance, announced their smallest crowd of the season: 15,197.