Miami Marlins vs Philadelphia Phillies Match Player Stats On Sep 13, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 13, 2017

PHILADELPHIA -- After Phillies rookie Rhys Hoskins homered twice in a come-from-behind win Tuesday, his Philadelphia teammate and fellow rookie Nick Williams referred to him as an "alien."

Hoskins continued the otherworldly start to his career Wednesday.

Hoskins and Odubel Herrera both homered, and the Phillies, behind starter Aaron Nola, blew past the Miami Marlins 8-1 at Citizens Bank Park.

Hoskins hit his 17th home run in his 33rd career game, setting another record for being the fastest player to do so. It came in the bottom of the fifth and helped blow the game open.

With the Phillies (56-89) ahead 3-1 and Freddy Galvis on first after hitting a popup that fell in for a hit in right field, Hoskins belted an elevated fastball by Dan Straily (9-9).

An inning later, Herrera's two-run blast to the upper deck in right field upped the lead to 7-1. Williams added a sacrifice fly later in the sixth.

That lead was more than enough for Nola (11-10). The righty was facing Straily for the fourth time this season, the most matchups among any two starters in baseball.

After losing the previous three, Nola was dominant Wednesday. He posted a career-high 11 strikeouts in seven innings of four-hit baseball. He walked two, and the only blemish on his line came on Christian Yelich's solo homer in the third.

Nola threw 97 pitches, 66 went for strikes. He had Miami hitters guessing all night.

The Marlins (68-77) lost for the 14th time in 16 games.

Straily surrendered a career-high 13 hits in six innings and allowed a career-worst eight runs.

The Phillies jumped ahead 1-0 in the first on a Hoskins sacrifice fly after Herrera doubled earlier in the inning. Philadelphia scored a pair of runs in the third when Aaron Altherr hit a run-scoring double and was driven home on Maikel Franco's single.

NOTES: The game took just two hours, 25 minutes to complete. ... The Phillies selected the contract of RHP Henderson Alvarez from Triple-A Lehigh Valley prior to the game. To make room on the 40-man roster, they placed OF Daniel Nava (back strain) on the 60-day disabled list. Alvarez is likely to make his first start for Philadelphia on Sunday against the Oakland A's. ... Marlins 2B Dee Gordon extended his career-best hitting streak to 16 games with a single in the fifth inning. ... Phillies OF Nick Williams extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a first-inning single. ... The series concludes Thursday when Miami sends RHP Jose Urena (13-6, 3.61 ERA) to the mound to face Phillies RHP Jake Thompson (1-2, 5.23).