MIAMI (AP) — J. T. Realmuto hit three runs at home against his former team, a decisive double in the seventh inning against All-Star Sandy Alcantara, and the Philadelphia Phillies went on a four-game streak as they beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 on Friday night.
Alcantara extended his whitewash streak to 25 innings before back-to-back doubles by Darick Hall and Realmuto gave the Phillies the lead. The right-hander played 8 innings and retired 12 on receptions.
Philadelphia reliever Seranthony Dominguez hit 3 batters with a strikeout in the ninth, but emerging hitter Jesus Sanchez sank into selecting a defender who forced pinch runner Billy Hamilton home. Dominguez then retired Miguel Rojas for his fourth stop.
“That’s how you have to beat (Alcantara),” Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson said.
Kyle Gibson (5-3) pitched six innings of one-run ball for the Phillies. He scattered four shots, stepped on one and took five.
“You realize that those games, if you give more than three, it makes offense harder,” Gibson said. away from the big numbers. “
Alcantara (9-4) Philadelphia hit a running back base in the first six innings before Rhys Hoskins connected on a boxing goal in the seventh inning and Nick Castellanos on singles.
Hall’s left-field double scored Hoskins, but Castellanos was ejected in marble. Realmuto followed with a tough ruin on the third line.
“We didn’t make a lot of smart contacts tonight,” Hoskins said. We had a smart fortune when we needed them. I had some beaten runners and I didn’t run out of shots in the domain at the time. “
Jose Alvarado and Brad Hand pitched the best relief inning for the Phillies.
Alcantara allowed 4 hits and walked two. He has finished at least seven innings of his last thirteen starts.
“I used all my pitches, but when you have to face the same guys over and over again, they know which pitches you should throw,” Alcantara said. “I think that’s how they made the changes for me. “
Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber, who leads the National League with 28 home runs, struck 4 times against Alcantara, the National League candidate in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium.
“If they give me the opportunity, it will be wonderful for me, for my team, for my country,” said Alcantara, a local from the Dominican Republic.
Alcantara retired his first thirteen batters against the Singles with one out from Realmuto in the fifth.
Miami scored the first on Bryan De La Cruz’s sacrifice fly in the second. Avisaíl García received base on balls and complex in double of Brian Anderson.
“You have to have a margin of error,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “You have to be to score a run or two somewhere while you get the one zeros. We just shouldn’t do that. “
WALKING AND TALKING
The Phillies hadn’t made a run on balls in 148 marble appearances until Hoskins connected on four pitches in the seventh. Hoskins also had an eight-pitch at-bat off Alcantara in the fourth before flying away.
“I didn’t know it was so long. It was like it had been a long time,” Hoskins said. “These guys with elite stuff, aces, you’re looking to grind them a little bit. But throw so many moves that you’ve discovered yourself at 0-2 in the countdown.
LIST MOVES
Phillies: Gibson, Realmuto, RHP Aaron Nola and INF Alec Bohm reinstated from the shortlist. LHP JoJo Romero activated from the 60-day injured list and RHP Connor Brogdon from the COVID-19 injured list. LHP Cristopher Sanchez opted for Triple-A Lehigh Valley. RHP Michael Kelly and INF Will Toffey were sent directly to Lehigh Valley, while RHP Nick Duron and C Rafael Marchan were sent back to the same minor league club.
Marlins: OF Jorge Soler and RHP Cody Poteet reinstated from the injured list. LHP Daniel Castaño opted for Triple-A Jacksonville.
COACHES ROOM
Phillies: Bohm (left ring finger shift) hasn’t started as a starter yet to pinch the shot. . . . INF Jean Segura (fractured right index finger) hits the cage and takes rolls, but there is no timetable for his return. . . . RHP Hans Crouse (right biceps tendonitis) retired from Lehigh Valley and placed on the 60-day injured list.
Marlins: INF Jon Berti (left groin strain) has been placed on the 10-day injured list. . . . LHP Jesus Luzardo (left forearm strain) is expected to receive a rehab adjustment Saturday with Class A Jupiter.
FOLLOWING
The Phillies had not announced a starter for the current game of the series on Saturday. RHP Max Meyer will make his first league debut for the Marlins. Meyer, 23, the third overall pick in the 2020 draft.
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