Philadelphia Phillies vs Miami Marlins Box Score on Sep 02, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 2, 2017

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton hit his major league-leading 52nd home run of the season, leading the Miami Marlins to a 10-9 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.

The Phillies, trailing 10-4, scored five runs in the eighth, keyed by a three-run Nick Williams triple. But rookie Drew Steckenrider pitched a scoreless ninth for his first career save.

Stanton's homer, a solo shot in the first inning that traveled 445 feet to left-center, was his first since Tuesday. Entering that first at-bat on Saturday, he had endured a 1-for-17 slump.

Marcell Ozuna was another Marlins hitting star. He went 3-for-5 with his 32nd homer of the season and four RBIs. He has 107 RBIs this season, four behind Stanton for team honors.

Pinch hitter Derek Dietrich slugged a three-run homer in the seventh. It was his ninth long ball of the season.

The Marlins (67-68) also hit triples by Christian Yelich, Dee Gordon and Tomas Telis to help snap their season-high-tying five-game losing streak.

Philadelphia (51-84), which has the worst record in the majors, showed power of its own with two-run homers hit by Rhys Hoskins and Tommy Joseph.

Hoskins, a rookie left fielder/first baseman, went 3-for-3 and fell a triple short of the cycle. He has 12 homers this season, including 11 in his first 14 games in the majors. After his hot start, he had endured a drought of nine games without a long ball, a skid that ended Saturday.

However, Hoskins was hit by a 97-mph Brian Ellington fastball in the seventh inning. The pitch hit Hoskins on his right hand, and he was removed from the game in the bottom of the seventh on a double switch.

The Phillies, already with two other outfielders on the disabled list in Odubel Herrera and Aaron Altherr, got more bad news in the second inning when center fielder Pedro Florimon suffered a serious injury to his right leg.

Florimon beat out an infield hit to the hole at shortstop, extending his hitting streak to seven games and improving his batting average to .348. But he got hurt as he stepped on the bag and was in obvious pain. The game was delayed for about 15 minutes as Florimon had to be carried onto a cart and taken off the field.

Aaron Nola (10-10) took the loss, allowing six runs in five innings.

Dan Straily (9-8) got the win, allowing four runs in five innings.

NOTES: Marlins 2B Dee Gordon went 2-for-5 for his seventh straight multi-hit game, the longest active streak in the majors and one short of Chris Coghlan's 2009 franchise record. ... Marlins LHP Wei-Yin Chen (elbow) has joined the Marlins after pitching two innings in a rehab appearance on Friday at High-A Jupiter. It's uncertain when he'll pitch, but Marlins manager Don Mattingly said he would likely relieve instead of start this month. ... Miami will start Jose Urena (12-6, 3.84 ERA) in Sunday's series finale. He leads the team in wins but has gotten more of them on the road. He is 8-1 with a 4.36 ERA on the road and 4-5 with a 3.36 ERA at home. ... The Phillies will start rookie RHP Jake Thompson, 23, who will be called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Thompson is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA for the Phillies this year. ... The Phillies placed RHP Jerad Eickhoff (nerve irritation, right hand) on the 60-day disabled list, ending his season. The Phillies claimed LHP Kevin Siegrist off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.