Prado Homers, Drives In 4 & Leads Marlins Past Phils
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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – The Miami Marlins manhandled the Philadelphia Phillies 7-0 on Saturday on the back of Martin Prado's homer and four RBIs.
The Marlins won for ninth time in 10 games and sent Philadelphia to its fifth straight loss.
Dan Haren (3-1) gave up four hits in six innings. He walked none and struck out four.
Prado hit a three-run homer off Cole Hamels (1-3) in the second inning and added an RBI double in the sixth.
Prado is hitting .313 with two homers and nine RBIs in 67 at-bats against Hamels, who is 9-15 lifetime vs. the Marlins.
Miami second baseman Dee Gordon, who leads the major leagues with a .440 batting average, recorded his sixth consecutive multihit game. He went 3 for 3 with two walks, scored three times and stole two bases.
Gordon also took away a hit away from Carlos Ruiz with an over-the-shoulder catch running into shallow center field.
J.T. Realmuto drove in two runs and Giarcarlo Stanton added a sacrifice fly.
Hamels allowed six runs and 10 hits in six innings.
Ichiro Suzuki of the Marlins was called out on a bizarre play in the second.
Suzuki was on first base when Adeiny Hechavarria hit a bloop single to right field. Suzuki ran to second, touched the base, and then retreated a few steps back to first in case the ball was caught.
When the ball dropped in, Suzuki darted to third. The Phillies appealed the play and he was called out for not retouching second base on his way to third.
Marlins manager Mike Redmond came out to discuss the call with second base umpire Clint Fagan, but was not able use his instant replay challenge after a failed try in the first on a play at the plate.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Marlins: LF Christian Yelich (lower back strain) will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Jupiter on Sunday. He plans on to also play there on Monday and Tuesday with hopes of re-joining the Marlins in San Francisco on Thursday. ... RHP Henderson Alvarez (right shoulder inflammation) and RHP Mat Latos (hamstring) threw bullpen sessions. Alvarez has targeted May 17 as a possible return date while Latos is hoping to make his scheduled start on Tuesday at Washington.
UP NEXT
Phillies: RHP Severino Gonzalez (0-1, 23.63 ERA) will make the second start of his career on Sunday against the Marlins after a shaky debut, allowing seven runs in 2 2-3 innings in a loss to St. Louis.
Marlins: RHP Jarred Cosart (1-1, 2.49) returns to the mound after a strong outing against the Mets in which he threw eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball.
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