Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Harang throws against the Miami Marlins in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Miami, Tuesday, September 22, 2015.
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Dee Gordon’s RBI double with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted the Miami Marlins to a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.
Alec Asher’s struggles have coincided with those of the young Phillies, but a solution could come against one of the only teams Philadelphia has bested this season.
Koehler (10-14) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in five innings Tuesday night as the Miami Marlins lost 6-2.
“It’s not what we’ve seen of him in the past”, Marlins manager Dan Jennings said of Koehler’s disappointing outing. Perhaps Jason Heyward will win his third Gold Glove as the Phillies’ right fielder, and Ken Giles will go supernova in the bullpen, and Maikel Franco will crush his way into MVP debates, and Jeff Francoeur will also be there. Bour, who started the day fourth in the majors in home runs by a rookie this season, hit the first pitch of the inning, keeping his shot just inside the right field foul pole.
Asche’s home run down the right-field line gave the Phillies a 6-2 lead in the eighth inning.
It was the third career walk-off hit but first since 2012 for Gordon, who had three hits to raise his average to.332. He was flawless through his first four innings and finished with a career-high eight strikeouts.
As the Pete Mackanin Era opened for the Phillies, the 64-year-old former bench coach was tgiven a simple task: Defeat the Miami marlins. Harang (6-15) pitched seven innings, allowing two runs and seven hits.
Asche has four home runs in his past eight games giving him 11 for the season.
“He has taken a huge step forward”, Jennings said. Left fielder Aaron Altherr hit a one-out double, stole third and scored when the throw from catcher J.T. Realmuto got past Rojas for an error. “The positive thing is I overcame big in that situation being able to give my team an advantage to win the ball game (in the next inning)”. Galvis’ two-run single in the second extended the lead to 3-0. “That’s the name of the game”. That was Ruf, who came home when Carlos Ruiz grounded into a double play.
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“Any time it seemed like we had something potentially going we hit into a double play”, Jennings said.
