Koehler Pitches Marlins To 5-0 Win Over Phillies
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MIAMI (AP) — Tom Koehler pitched six innings of three-hit ball, helping the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 on Tuesday night.
Ichiro Suzuki made his first start in five games and went 1 for 5, giving him 2,997 career hits. He also stole a base and scored a run.
Giancarlo Stanton and Adeiny Hechavarria each drove in two runs for the Marlins, who were shut out in their previous two games.
Philadelphia right-hander Jerad Eickhoff (6-12) allowed one run and five hits in seven innings. He struck out eight and walked one.
Stanton's two-out RBI single in the sixth snapped a 24-inning scoreless streak for Miami.
The Marlins broke the game open in the eighth, scoring four runs. Stanton had a ground-rule RBI double, Hechavarria smacked a two-run single to right, and Miguel Rojas added an RBI double.
Koehler (8-8) also beat Philadelphia in his last start, when he allowed three runs, one earned, in eight innings. He is 2-1 with a 1.29 ERA in four starts against the Phillies this season.
Koehler struck out five and walked one in a 73-pitch outing. Mike Dunn, David Phelps, and Nick Wittgren closed out the four-hitter with a scoreless inning apiece.
Suzuki had an extra-base hit taken away in his first at-bat when Peter Bourjos made an impressive catch in right-center. But Suzuki had a leadoff single to left in the eighth.
The Phillies' best opportunity to score was in the sixth inning. They put two on with one out, but Koehler was able to get out of the jam with two popups.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Phillies: Bourjos (right shoulder) left in the second inning after crashing into the outfield wall on the catch he made on Suzuki.
Marlins: 1B Chris Johnson (left foot) was a late scratch from the starting lineup, but did make a pinch-hit appearance in the eighth and was intentionally walked. Johnson fouled a ball off his foot in Saturday's game.
UP NEXT
Phillies: RHP Zach Eflin (3-3, 3.40 ERA) will start the series finale Wednesday afternoon. Eflin is coming off a three-hit shutout at Pittsburgh. The 22-year old rookie is 3-1 with a 1.80 ERA over his past four starts.
Marlins: LHP Adam Conley (6-5, 3.58 ERA) will take the mound looking to cap his best month of the season. Conley is 2-0 with a 2.35 ERA in four starts in July.
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