Miami Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies

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Miami Marlins

29-53, 13-26 Away

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Philadelphia Phillies

54-28, 32-13 Home

Cristopher Sánchez pitches shutout to lead Phillies past Marlins 2-0

Trea Turner and Brandon Marsh doubled for the Phillies, who improved their MLB-best record to 54-28.

Sánchez (6-3), making his second start since signing a four-year, $22.5 million contract extension, allowed three hits, struck out nine and walked none for his first career complete game. The 27-year-old lefty retired 14 consecutive batters before Otto Lopez’s leadoff single in the eighth. Lopez was the lone batter to reach second base after advancing on a groundout.

“It was incredible,” Sánchez said through an interpreter. “Nothing is impossible if you want to do something. You just have to focus and work really hard.”

Sánchez, who lowered his ERA to 2.41, threw 73 of his 101 pitches for strikes.

“He's come so far,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “Now, he's a dominant pitcher in major league baseball. He'd be a number one on a lot of teams.”

“He's one of the better young pitchers in the league,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said.

After putting runners on first and third with no out in the fifth, Philadelphia went ahead 1-0 on Stott’s groundout off Kyle Tyler (0-1) that scored Whit Merrifield.

The Phillies tacked on a run in the eighth. Johan Rojas led off with a base hit to center field that the speedy outfielder turned into a double when center fielder Vidal Bruján jogged to the ball. Rojas went to third on Calvin Faucher’s wild pitch and scored on Stott’s sacrifice fly to left.

Before the game, Philadelphia placed Harper and Schwarber on the 10-day injured list after both were hurt in Thursday night’s loss to Miami. Harper strained his left hamstring running the bases in the ninth inning, and Schwarber strained his left groin making a throw from left field in the eighth.

“Bummed to go on the IL,” Harper said before the game. “Never wanted that to happen, obviously. But it was the best decision for our team. Hopefully get back in the smartest way possible and quickest way as well.”

Harper wouldn’t specify a timetable for his return, only saying he hopes to be back as soon as possible. The two-time MVP is batting .303 with 20 homers and 58 RBI. He extended his hitting streak to 12 consecutive games with an RBI double in the first inning on Thursday.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Phillies: To take Harper and Schwarber’s places on the roster, the Phillies recalled infielder Kody Clemens and Rojas from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Marlins RHP Roddery Muñoz (1-3, 5.80) opposes Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (9-3, 3.39) in the third contest of the four-game series on Saturday.

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Matchup Prediction

Phillies: 78.5%

Marlins: 21.5%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz lined out to right.
	9th Inning	A. Sánchez grounded out to third.
	8th Inning	Castellanos popped out to second.
	8th Inning	Chargois relieved Faucher
	8th Inning	Marsh walked, Bohm to second.

Statistics

MIA		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	2
0	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
6	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
101	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
3	Total Bases	10
29	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
-1.1	Runs Created	3.1
.103	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.103	Slugging Percentage	.357
.000	Secondary Average	.250
.103	On Base Percentage	.313
.207	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.670
2.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
-1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
3.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.50
.000	Isolated Power	.107
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
-.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.1	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
56.3	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0