By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff 
Final: Phillies 6, Pirates 2
PHILADELPHIA—Roman Quinn has seen every injury you can imagine.
Just in 2016: A torn hip flexor in June. A strained oblique in July. A pickoff throw to the head, causing a concussion, in late August. It's understandable why he's considered "injury prone."
But Quinn is, at long last, with the big club — and he's producing results.
In Quinn's second start with the Phillies, he walked once and crushed two doubles, driving in three runs, as the Phillies rode a five-run second to a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Phillies will hope to get good results from Quinn and catching prospect Jorge Alfaro — who had an infield hit in his major league debut in the eighth inning.
WP: Jeremy Hellickson (11-9, 3.76) ❖ LP: Gerrit Cole (7-10, 3.88)
Hub: Game Summary ❖ Starting Pitchers ❖ At the Plate ❖ Bullpen ❖ What's Next
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| PHI |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 2 |
Ryan Howard's first-inning error, booting a grounder with runners on first and second, produced the Pirates' only run against Jeremy Hellickson (an unearned run, at that).
The Phillies got the run back and much more in the second, plating five in the inning. Freddy Galvis clubbed a one-out solo homer, then Cody Asche doubled home Odubel Herrera. After struggling Pittsburgh starter Gerrit Cole walked the pitcher Hellickson and César Hernández back-to-back to load the bases, Quinn brought home two with a double to the wall in left. Maikel Franco's grounder brought in César as the Phils put up a crooked number in the second.
There was nothing doing offensively for either team through the next several innings. Hellickson recovered from a worryingly high pitch count in the first two innings to pitch into the seventh without ceding an earned run, but Cole came out after two innings and was replaced by Juan Nicasio.
Former Phillies reliever Antonio Bastardo pitched two more innings for Pittsburgh, allowing a run in the sixth as Quinn's second double and a throwing error brought Hernández in to make it 6-1.
Edubray Ramos replaced Hellickson with one out in the seventh after runners reached first and second; Ramos stranded them there. Hector Neris and Jeanmar Gómez combined to keep the Pirates to just one run in the ninth as the Phillies took the first of four from the reeling Pirates, 6-2.
Newcomer Jorge Alfaro dropped a swinging bunt down the third-base line in the eighth in his first MLB at-bat, recording his first major league hit.
Alec Asher will make his second start with the Phillies this year as he takes on Ivan Nova at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrit Cole | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.88 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3.76 |
Pirates
- Adam Frazier: 1-3, .340 AVG
- Gerrit Cole: 1-1, .200 AVG
- Jung Ho Kang: 2-4, R, .271 AVG
Phillies
- Roman Quinn: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB, .286 AVG
- Freddy Galvis: 1-4, R, HR, RBI, .236 AVG
- Odubel Herrera: 2-3, R, BB, .277 AVG
Bullpen
Pirates
- Juan Nicasio (3th): 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR, 4.70 ERA
- Antonio Bastardo (5th): 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 4.18 ERA
- Felipe Rivero (7th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 3.65 ERA
- Jared Hughes (8th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 3.06 ERA
Phillies
- Edubray Ramos (7th): 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 3.41 ERA
- Hector Neris (8th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 2.33 ERA
- Jeanmar Gomez (9th): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 3.29 ERA
What's Next
- Tuesday, September 13, 2016: vs. Pittsbugh Pirates, 7:05 p.m.
- Citizens Bank Park
- RHP Alec Asher (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Ivan Nova (12-6, 4.13 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
