Phillies best Marlins in back-and-forth series finale on Mother’s Day

By: Brandon Apter, contributor

Final: Phillies 6, Marlins 5 ❖  Attendance: 19,625

Miami, FL — The Phillies (18-14) battled back from deficits of 3-0 and 5-4 to take the rubber match of the weekend set with the Marlins (16-14), 6-5. Back-to-back RBI doubles from Andres Blanco and Tyler Goeddel gave the Phils the lead in the eighth and the bullpen closed it out from there, with Jeanmar Gomez earning his Major League leading 11th save. The victory sealed the Phils fourth series win in their last five and they move to 11-3 in games decided by one run, which is the best in baseball. It was also the first time in 13 games they scored more than four runs.

Aaron Nola wasn't as sharp as he's been recently, but he kept the team in the game and earned a no decision. Coming into the game with a 20-inning scoreless streak, Nola tossed six-innings of three-run ball, striking out five in the process. His scoreless streak was snapped at 23 innings, which is the most by a Phillies pitcher since Cole Hamels threw 24 shutout frames back in June of 2014,

The Phillies get the day off on Monday before heading to Atlanta to begin a series with the Braves on Tuesday night at Turner Field.

WP: Hector Neris (1-1, 1.80 ERA)  ❖  LP: David Phelps (2-2, 1.89 ERA) ❖ SV: Jeanmar Gomez (11)

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Game Summary

The Marlins struck first in the bottom half of the fourth inning after the Phils failed to capitalize on a lead-off triple in the top of the inning. Martin Prado and Christan Yelich hit back-to-back singles. Justin Bour followed with a single as well, plating Prado to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead. Derek Dietrich hit a ground-rule double to score Yelich and J.T. Realmuto's RBI groundout made it 3-0.

Philadelphia answered in the sixth. Cesar Hernandez singled to lead off the inning and Cameron Rupp and Darin Ruf both hit singles of their own to load the bases. Freddy Galvis reached on an infield single, plating Hernandez, and Rupp came around to score on a throwing error during Galvis' single to make it 3-2. Tyler Goeddel hit an RBI groundout to score another run and tie things at three. Cesar Hernandez gave the Phillies the lead in the seventh with an RBI groundout.

Miami struck back in the bottom of the seventh. Chris Johnson hit a solo homer off of Andrew Bailey with none out. Bailey allowed two more runners to reach before being replaced by Hector Neris. Justin Bour's sacrifice fly gave the Marlins a 5-4 lead to end the inning.

In the top of the eighth, Ryan Howard drew a one-out walk and was replaced on the base paths by Emmanuel Burriss. After a Galvis fly out, Tyler Goeddel ripped an RBI double to right, scoring Burriss to tie things at five. Andres Blanco smacked a double in the next at bat to bring Goeddel home and give the Phillies a 6-5 advantage.

Jeanmar Gomez earned his Major League leading 11th save, allowing a hit and striking out two in a scoreless ninth.

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Starting Pitchers

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At the Plate

Phillies

• Cesar Hernandez: 2-4, 3B, R, RBI, .267 AVG
• Tyler Goeddel: 1-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, .158 AVG
• Andres Blanco: 1-1, 2B, RBI, .324 AVG

Marlins

• Martin Prado: 4-5, 2B, R, .396 AVG
• Justin Bour: 1-3, R, 2 RBI, K, .280 AVG
• Chris Johnson: 1-2, HR, R, RBI, K, .237 AVG

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Bullpen

Phillies

• Andrew Bailey: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 HR, 2.45 ERA
• Hector Neris: 1.2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1.80 ERA
• Jeanmar Gomez: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K, 2.41 ERA

Cardinals

• Nefi Ogando: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3.00 ERA
• David Phelps: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1.89 ERA
• Jose Urena: 1.0 IP, 5.40 ERA

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What's Next

• Tuesday, May 10th at Atlanta Braves – 7:10 pm
  • Atlanta, GA – Turner Field
    
  • LHP Adam Morgan (0-0, 6.00 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Wisler (1-2, 3.24 ERA)
  • TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP

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