The Miami Marlins bashed the Philadelphia Phillies 10-2 on Wednesday at Marlins Park. The Marlins swept the Phillies in a series for the first time since 2012. The Phillies, who came into the contest with the worst record in Major League Baseball, have lost 25 of their last 31 games.
Miami(21-30) jumped out in the first inning with a 3-0 lead. Christian Yelich knocked in Dee Gordon with a base hit into center field. Marcell Ozuna followed with a two-run homer to right on a 3-1 pitch.
In the third inning, Ozuna drove in Gordon with a single to left field. Ichiro Suzuki crossed the plate during the bottom of the fourth on a base hit by J.T. Riddle to center.
The Fish extended the gap to 8-0 in the fifth inning. Justin Bour smacked a solo home run to right on the first pitch. Gordon came up with the bases loaded and got an RBI-single into center field to score Derek Dietrich. A.J. Ellis later scored on a sacrifice fly by Riddle to center.
Philadelphia(17-34) broke the shutout in the top of the sixth inning. Howie Kendrick scored on a Riddle throwing error.
The Marlins got another home run by Bour to right field in the bottom of the sixth. Ozuna scored in front of him on the play to make it 10-1.
The Phillies finished off the scoring in the seventh inning. Aaron Altherr connected with a base hit into left field for Michael Saunders to score.
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