Brandon Marsh, Alec Bohm and Kyle Schwarber homered in support of Jesus Luzardo as the Philadelphia Phillies cruised to an 8-2 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins on Tuesday.
In a matchup of pitchers facing their former teams, Luzardo (6-4) got the better of Tyler Phillips (1-2). Luzardo allowed two runs, five hits and two walks in seven innings, striking out nine. Phillips was charged with eight runs and six hits in four frames.
Bohm finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs, while Marsh and Bryson Stott also drove in a pair of runs for the Phillies. Esteury Ruiz’s two-run blast highlighted a quiet offensive evening for the Marlins.
The Phillies improved to 5-1 against Miami on the season and followed Monday’s 7-0 shutout win with another sound performance.
Philadelphia got started right away against Phillips, scoring three runs in the first inning.
Marsh walked and stole second before Bryce Harper drew a walk. Bohm’s single made it 1-0 and Stott followed with a two-run triple to center to make it 3-0.
Phillips rebounded to retire the next two hitters, but he ran into more trouble in the second.
Edmundo Sosa singled with one out and Marsh brought him home with a two-run homer to left-center. Schwarber then reached on a walk and came around to score on Bohm’s long blast to center as the lead grew to 7-0.
Schwarber’s homer in the fourth — his league-leading 25th of the season — gave Philadelphia its eighth run before Miami had even recorded a hit against Luzardo.
The Marlins finally accomplished that feat in the fifth when Javier Sanoja led off with a single. The visitors eventually loaded the bases in that inning, but Luzardo retired Xavier Edwards to escape the jam.
Miami put its first runner on once again in the sixth, but Otto Lopez’s double did not lead to a rally, as Luzardo retired the next three hitters.
Ruiz’s two-run shot off Luzardo in the seventh got the Marlins on the board.
However, the next three Miami hitters went down in order, and the Marlins didn’t make much noise in the eighth against Tanner Banks or in the ninth against Max Lazar.
