Phillies 4, Marlins 3
MIAMI -- Cesar Hernandez went 2-for-4 and Odubel Herrera scored twice as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Saturday night at Marlins Park.
The Phillies rallied from a 3-1 deficit and scored three runs against two Marlins relievers in the eighth. Herrera’s one-out single off Craig Breslow (0-2) scored David Lough and reduced Miami’s advantage to one. Hernandez’s opposite field single to right field scored the tying run in Andres Blanco and advanced Herrera to third.
Herrera scored the go-ahead run when first baseman Chris Johnson dropped Miguel Rojas’ relay throw from second base for a potential inning-ending double play off Maikel Franco’s grounder to third.
Lough reached on a leadoff walk against Miami reliever Kyle Barraclough. Blanco, who entered as a pinch hitter, fought off 11 pitches before driving Barraclough's pitch to right field for a double.
Brett Obelhozer (2-0) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win. David Hernandez pitched a perfect eighth before Jeanmar Gomez pitched a scoreless for his 10th save in 11 opportunities.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Phillies (17-14).
Miami starter Tom Koehler scattered two hits over seven innings. In his longest start of the season, Koehler allowed one run, walked two and had a season-high eight strikeouts. Koehler retired the last seven hitters before being lifted for Barraclough to start the eighth.
Justin Bour and Marcell Ozuna homered for the Marlins (16-13), who have hit five home runs since the roof was opened at Marlins Park for the end of Miami’s series against Arizona on Thursday.
Ozuna’s RBI single in the sixth scored Christian Yelich for a 3-1 lead that also chased Phillies starter Jeremy Hellickson. Hellickson pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowed three runs and eight hits.
Bour's solo home run to the opposite field in the fourth gave Miami a 2-1 lead. Bour drilled Hellickson's pitch over the wall in left field for this fourth home run of the season.
The Marlins struck first on Ozuna's solo home run in the second. Ozuna's sixth home run of the season landed in the bushes over the wall in center field.
Philadelphia tied it 1-1 on Ryan Howard's sacrifice fly in the fourth. Odubel Herrera reached on a leadoff walk and advanced to second on Cesar Hernandez's single. Maikel Franco's fly out to center field moved Herrera to third before he scored on Howard's fly out to leftfield.
NOTES: After the Phillies' 12-hit performance Friday, manager Pete Mackanin again had the starting pitcher hit eighth in the lineup behind RF Peter Bourjos. ... C Carlos Ruiz, 37, returned to the lineup Saturday after sitting out the last two games. Mackanin said Ruiz, who started 81 games in 2015 after undergoing off-season surgery on his left shoulder following the 2014 season, will continue to have his workload monitored. ... 2B Dee Gordon's 80-game suspension has resulted in J.T. Realmuto and Derek Dietrich sharing most of the leadoff opportunities in the lineup. Saturday it was Dietrich's turn after manager Don Mattingly rested Realmuto. Realmuto hit leadoff in the previous four games, going 5-for-16. ... 1B Justin Bour returned to the lineup after injuring his left pinky finger against Arizona on May 3. Bour sat out the final two games of the Diamondbacks' series and went hitless in a pinch-hit appearance against Philadelphia on Friday.