Morgan, Herrera lead Phillies over Marlins
MIAMI -- Adam Morgan snapped a nine-game losing streak and Odubel Herrera scored three runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.
Miami's Ichiro Suzuki pulled a two-run homer to right in the eighth inning to cut Philadelphia's lead to 4-3. It was the first pinch-hit homer of a Suzuki career that includes more than 3,000 hits.
But the Marlins could get no closer, and Jeanmar Gomez worked around a walk and an error in the ninth to earn his 35th save of the season. He struck out Dee Gordon looking for the final out of the game.
The Phillies (62-76) sent the Marlins (68-71) to their fifth straight loss and their 10th in the past 11 games.
Earlier in the game, the Marlins got a pinch-hit single from Giancarlo Stanton and a pinch-hit walk from Justin Bour as those two sluggers returned from the disabled list.
Morgan (2-9) earned his first win since May 10 against the Atlanta Braves. His losing streak was the longest active skid in the majors and the longest by a Phillies pitcher since Kyle Abbott in 1992.
Against Miami, Morgan pitched six innings, allowing five hits, no walks and one run. He struck out five.
Jose Urena (3-6) took the loss, allowing seven hits, one walk and four runs.
Herrera, a first-time All-Star this year, leads his team in hits, runs, walks, steals and on-base percentage. He went 2-for-3 with a walk and a hit batsman. Other Phillies offensive stars included Tommy Joseph and Freddy Galvis, each with two RBIs.
Philadelphia scored quickly. The first three batters got on base in the form of singles by Cesar Hernandez and Herrera and a walk to Maikel Franco. The Phillies cashed in with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Joseph and an RBI single by Galvis.
The Phillies made it 3-0 in the third. Herrera pulled a triple down the right-field line, and Joseph hit an RBI double.
Herrera started another rally in the fifth. He was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a Joseph single and scored on a single by Galvis.
Miami cut its deficit to 4-1 in the bottom of the fifth on an opposite-field single to right by Adeiny Hechavarria, scoring J.T. Realmuto. However, Xavier Scruggs, trying to go from first to third on the play, was thrown out by right fielder Peter Bourjos for the second out of the inning.
Stanton then crushed a line-drive single to right, putting runners on the corners, but Dee Gordon struck out to end the inning.
NOTES: Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton (groin) was activated off the disabled list. He was also named Miami's nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, given for outstanding community service. Phillies 1B Ryan Howard was the nominee for his team. ... Miami activated 1B Justin Bour (ankle) from the 60-day disabled list and designated RHP Kendry Flores for assignment. Bour and Stanton will initially be used as pinch hitters. ... Miami recalled LHPs Justin Nicolino and Hunter Cervenka from Triple-A New Orleans and OF Yefri Perez from Double-A Jacksonville. ... Phillies RHP Alec Asher is expected to start Thursday in place of RHP Vince Velasquez, who is being shut down due to an innings limit. Asher's 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs expired Monday. ... Marlins LHP Wei-Yin Chen (left elbow) and RHP Bryan Morris (back) pitched a simulated game on Tuesday and hope to return this month.