Stanton’s blast lifts Marlins over Phillies

Odubel Herrera and Darin Ruf both singled in the top of the first to put two runners on with two out, but Wei-Yin Chen and the Marlins escaped the threat on a grounder by Freddy Galvis.

Prado's double with one out, followed by Yelich's titanic shot, gave Miami a quick two-run lead against Vince Velasquez.

In the second, the Marlins threatened again. Marcell Ozuna singled and reached second when Odubel Herrera bobbled the ball in center field, his fourth error on the year. Chris Johnson's single put runners on the corners with no outs. Velasquez recovered to strike out Miguel Rojas; Chen bunted to put runners on second and third with two gone. After a long at-bat, J.T. Realmuto reached on an soft grounder that Velasquez couldn't barehand (it was ruled an infield hit); Martín Prado followed with an RBI single to make it 4–0 in favor of Miami.

Peter Bourjos' walk and Odubel Herrera's second hit of the game gave the Phillies a threat in the third. After César Hernández grounded into a double play, Maikel Franco looped a ball into an open spot in right, putting the Phillies on the board and reaching second on the play. Darin Ruf lined out to the warning track to end the frame. 

Velasquez pitched well in the bottom of the third, striking out Stanton looking and Ozuna swinging.

In the fourth, the Phillies got two more runs back. Freddy Galvis led off with a single; after Cameron Rupp and Tyler Goeddel both popped out, Velasquez beat out a ball to shortstop for an infield hit. Peter Bourjos ripped the first pitch he saw off the chalk near third base, driving in two with a double to make it a 4–3 game. After Herrera extended his season average to .337 with his third hit of the game, beating out an infield chopper, Hernández was robbed of a hit by Marlins shortstop Rojas. 

Through the fourth, Velasquez had retired seven straight Marlins, sitting at 68 pitches and recording five strikeouts. 

Franco took the first pitch of the fifth deep to right to knot the game up at 4–4. While Freddy Galvis managed his second hit, a single with one out, Wei-Yin Chen worked around the 12th hit he allowed in five innings of work to keep the game tied. 

Velasquez pitched a 1-2-3 fifth, but ran into some trouble in the sixth. Stanton walked to lead off the inning, and Ozuna singled with one out. Franco helped out his pitcher with much-needed defense: he dove to rob Chris Johnson of a hit down the third-base line and started an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play. 

Craig Breslow and former Phillie Nefi Ogando pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh, respectively, for Miami.

Andrew Bailey continues to pitch well for the Phils — he pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh, maintaining a 0.00 ERA in seven innings with Philadelphia this year.

Against Kyle Barraclough in the Phils' eighth, David Lough and Ryan Howard both made pinch-hit outs (Lough stayed in the game as a defensive replacement for Tyler Goeddel). Peter Bourjos, who reached base four times, walked for the second time in the game, then was caught stealing at second to end the inning. 

Hector Neris, who has pitched well for the Phillies this year, gave up the go-ahead two-run homer to Giancarlo Stanton in the bottom of the eighth. The ball traveled 475 feet to left-center, a massive blast for one of baseball's best power hitters. 

David Phelps closed out the Phillies 1-2-3 to win the game for Miami, 6–4.  

The Phillies (16-14) have lost three straight. Tomorrow, they play the second game of this three-game set at Marlins Park. It's another 7:10 p.m. start, as Jeremy Hellickson takes on Tom Koehler.