Bour is now just one home run shy of becoming only the 2nd Marlins player to hit 20 in a season since the team moved into spacious Marlins Park, joining injured slugger Giancarlo Stanton.
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“He looked like he was more comfortable”, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. No catcher in franchise history has had more triples in a single season.
Bour’s homers are the most by a Marlins rookie since Giancarlo Stanton hit 22 and Gaby Sanchez hit 19 in 2010.
The hits by Dietrich and Realmuto were the first allowed by Asher since one in the first inning.
Miami Marlins’ Ichiro Suzuki, left, is safe at third and goes on to… Cosart took a line drive hit by Cody Asche off of his non-throwing forearm in the fourth inning.
He lowered his ERA from 9.78 to 7.52, and he also got the first two hits of his big-league career, a single and a double.
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Alec Asher winds up during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, September 24, 2015, in Miami. Brian Bogusevic’s strong throw cut down Realmuto on a close play at the plate.
Realmuto followed on the next pitch with an inside-out swing, driving the ball to right-center field, where it reached the wall on a bounce.
“Maybe the at-bat of the night outside of Dee’s victor was Rojas in a (nine) pitch at-bat and ended up with a base hit”, 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 third baseman Miguel Rojas for an error.The Phillies made it 3-0 in the second on the strength of shortstop Freddy Galvis’ two-run single to center on an 0-2 pitch.
Cosart went back out to the mound to pitch the fifth, but was replaced by Jose Urena without facing a batter.
“I sat down in between innings and it started throbbing and tightening up on me”, Cosart said.
X-rays of Cosart’s forearm were negative, Jennings said.
“They said if it would have been a little bit to the left it would have definitely shattered whatever that bone is”, Cosart said.
Phillies closer Ken Giles blew his first save in 14 opportunities when he allowed the tying run in the 10th. But, instead, he ruined the game for everyone, especially the 23-year-old starter just trying to eke out one measly meaningless “win” stat so his family would stop calling to ask if he was okay. SS Adeiny Hechavarria (hamstring) is still not 100 percent, but could return to the lineup this week for the first time since September 2.
“He’s taking some very good at-bats for us as of late”, Jennings said.
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NOTES: Marlins 3B Martin Prado, who missed the previous five games due to a wrist injury, entered the game as a defensive replacement in the eighth inning…. The Braves will start RHP Ryan Weber (0-1, 3.26).
