But what unfolded over the final couple of hours, en route to the Marlins’ 6-2 loss Monday to the Philadelphia Phillies, was a series of unfortunate events that would make Lemony Snicket proud. Ureña had given up a total of four runs over his last three quality starts, but came out of the gate rough in this one with a two-run, 32-pitch first inning. “We’d get men on base and we didn’t drive them home”.
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Morgan (2-9) allowed five hits and one run in six innings. It was the first pinch-hit homer of a Suzuki career that includes more than 3,000 hits.
Unfortunately, Ichiro couldn’t muster the same magic in the ninth, when he flied out to left before Dee Gordon struck out to end the game. Before Tuesday, Morgan had gone 15 games without a win and had dropped nine straight decisions, the longest losing streak in the big leagues this season and the longest by a Phillies pitcher since Kyle Abbott lost 11 straight decisions (12 games) in 1992.
The Marlins’ Labor Day matinee started out innocently enough, with an early lead and a strong handful of innings from right-hander Jake Esch. Bour (ankle) hadn’t played since July 2. “I think if the home run ties the game or puts us ahead, I stay with that”. The sequel came in the seventh, when four more hits, two more errors and a walk added up to three additional Philadelphia runs.
The game’s first three batters got on base in the form of singles by Cesar Hernandez and Herrera and a walk to Maikel Franco.
The Phillies made it 3-0 in the third.
In the last month (since August 6), Galvis is hitting.278 with seven home runs, eight doubles, and 18 RBI in 26 games.
Herrera started another rally in the fifth. Harris stayed on the grass for a few seconds for comic relief, but in the end there was again nothing for Miami to laugh about as the team’s fledgling playoff hopes took another hit.
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. “This win is going to be good for us”.
When that half-inning ended, the Marlins found themselves down by a run. Marlins manager Don Mattingly said all that Stanton will be able to do for now is pinch-hit, but for a team that is freefalling out of the NL wild-card race any help would be welcomed. “But it’s also a situation where you can’t get thrown out there”.
Giancarlo Stanton’s season is not over.
In a 10-game stretch beginning on August 26, the Phillies were hitting.175 (55-314) as a team with a.238 OBP and.287 SLG %, all worst in baseball over that stretch. Miami designated RHP Kendry Flores for assignment.
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Also Tuesday, Miami recalled left-handers Justin Nicolino and Hunter Cervenka from Triple-A New Orleans, and outfielder Yefri Perez from Double-A Jacksonville. The Phillies shut down RHP Vince Velasquez for the remainder of the season due to workload concerns.2.
