Marlins' four-hit pitching silences Phillies
MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton drove in two runs to lead the Miami Marlins to a 5-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.
Marlins center fielder Ichiro Suzuki, who started the day needing four hits to reach 3,000, went 1-for-5 and also stole a base.
Both of Stanton's RBI hits came on shots to the opposite field.
His single in the sixth inning ended Miami's 24-inning scoreless streak, giving the Marlins a 1-0 lead.
His ground-rule double in the eighth gave the Marlins a 2-0 lead. That led to a four-run inning that included a two-run single by Adeiny Hechavarria and an RBI double by Miguel Rojas.
Four Miami pitchers combined to pitch a four-hit shutout. Tom Koehler (8-8) went six innings and has a 1.29 ERA in 28 innings against the Phillies this season. Marlins relievers Mike Dunn, David Phelps and Nick Wittgren finished the job.
In the first inning, Suzuki, making his first start since last Thursday, jumped on the first pitch he saw and drove it deep to right field, where Peter Bourjos caught the ball a split-second before crashing into the wall.
Bourjos later left the game with a right shoulder injury, likely sustained while making that catch.
In the third, Phillies second baseman Cesar Hernandez made a nice backhand catch and threw out Suzuki on a close play at first.
Suzuki grounded out to Hernandez again in the sixth, but he got his hit in the eighth, slicing a breaking ball to the opposite field for a soft single. When Miami batted around in the eighth, Suzuki got another chance, but his shallow fly ball to left was caught.
The Marlins (54-46) and Phillies (46-56) have split the first two games of the series and will play the finale on Wednesday.
NOTES: Marlins 1B Chris Johnson (foot) was a late scratch from the lineup. ... Two weeks ago, CF Marcell Ozuna became just the fourth Marlins player to start an All-Star Game, joining Hanley Ramirez, Gary Sheffield and Giancarlo Stanton. On Tuesday, Ozuna wasn't in the starting lineup because of a .173 batting slump in his past 14 games. ... Marlins pitchers set a franchise record on Monday, getting eight straight outs via strikeouts. Relievers David Phelps, Kyle Barraclough and Fernando Rodney combined for the record. ... Phillies OF Aaron Altherr, who tore a tendon in his left wrist in March, is set to return Thursday. The Phillies have two slumping outfielders -- LF Cody Asche and RF Peter Bourjos -- and Altherr would fit in either spot. ... Wednesday's series finale matches Phillies RHP Zach Eflin against Marlins LHP Adam Conley. Eflin, 22, is coming off a three-hit, no-walk shutout win over the Pirates, requiring just 100 pitches.