

"It's nothing against the teams we've had here in the past," Hoskins said, "but I think we have a better team."
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But on a day when the Phillies honored the 1980 World Series champions, this year’s homer-happy team showed that perhaps the longest playoff absence in the National League might finally end. The Phillies failed to make the playoffs that season, part of a postseason drought that has lasted since 2011. 500 for the first time since August 2018. Maton drove in four runs, Bryson Stott had three RBIs and the Phillies scored five runs in the fourth and eighth innings.Īaron Nola (8-8) struck out five and allowed one run in six innings to put the Phillies (60-48) 12 games over. The 23-year-old Meyer was the third overall selection in the 2020 draft.Hall hit two home runs and Nick Maton and Rhys Hoskins each hit two-run homers to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a four-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 13-1 win on Sunday. RHP Max Meyer will make his major league debut for the Marlins. The Phillies had not announced a starter for the second game of the series Saturday. LHP Jesús Luzardo (left forearm strain) is scheduled to throw in a rehab game Saturday with Class A Jupiter. Marlins: INF Jon Berti (left groin strain) was placed on the 10-day injured list. RHP Hans Crouse (right biceps tendinitis) was recalled from Lehigh Valley and placed on the 60-day injured list. INF Jean Segura (broken right index finger) is hitting in the cage and taking grounders, but there is no timetable for his return. Phillies: Bohm (dislocated left ring finger) didn’t start but was available to pinch hit. LHP Daniel Castano was optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville. Marlins: Reinstated OF Jorge Soler and RHP Cody Poteet from the injured list. RHP Michael Kelly and INF Will Toffey were sent outright to Lehigh Valley, while RHP Nick Duron and C Rafael Marchan were returned to the same minor league club. LHP Cristopher Sánchez was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. LHP JoJo Romero was activated from the 60-day injured list and RHP Connor Brogdon from the COVID-19 injured list. Phillies: Reinstated Gibson, Realmuto, RHP Aaron Nola and INF Alec Bohm from the restricted list. But he throws so many strikes you found yourself 0-2 on the count a lot.” “Those guys with elite stuff, the aces, you try to grind them a little bit. It felt like it had been a long time,” Hoskins said. Hoskins also had an eight-pitch at-bat against Alcantara in the fourth before flying out. The Phillies had not drawn a walk in 148 plate appearances until Hoskins reached on four pitches in the seventh. “You want to be able to scratch a run or two in there somewhere while you’re getting those zeros. “You want to be able to have room for error,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. Avisaíl García walked and advanced on Brian Anderson’s double. Miami scored first on Bryan De La Cruz’s sacrifice fly in the second. “If they give me the opportunity, it will be great for me, for my team, for my country,” said Alcantara, who is from the Dominican Republic.Īlcantara retired his first 13 batters before Realmuto’s one-out single in the fifth. Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber, who leads the NL with 28 homers, struck out four times against Alcantara, a candidate to start for the National League in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. “I think that’s how they made the adjustments to me.” “I was using all my pitches, but when you’ve got to face the same guys again and again, they know what pitches you want to throw,” Alcantara said. He has completed at least seven innings in each of his last 13 outings. José Alvarado and Brad Hand each threw a perfect inning of relief for the Phillies.Īlcantara allowed four hits and walked two. Got runners on late and didn’t miss pitches in the zone then.” “We didn’t make a ton of good contact tonight,” Hoskins said. Realmuto followed with a hard smash down the third base line.

Hall’s opposite-field double to left scored Hoskins, but Castellanos was thrown out at the plate. You Won't Believe How Many Runs Astros' Triple-A Affiliate Scored in One Inning
