The game was tied after one inning. It was not close for long. Kyle Stowers hit two home runs, drove in five runs and finished 4-for-5 as the Miami Marlins pounded the Philadelphia Phillies 12-4 on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park.
Stowers set the tone immediately, homering to right in the first inning — a 396-foot shot that scored Otto Lopez — to put Miami up 2-0. He added a double and another home run, a 436-foot blast to right center in the sixth, and singled home a run in the eighth. His five RBI pushed his season total to 27. Sandy Alcantara worked 6.0 innings, allowing 4 runs (2 earned) on 8 hits with 6 strikeouts and 1 walk, throwing 102 pitches. He improved to 7-4 with a 4.27 ERA.
Miami built its lead with a four-run second inning. Owen Caissie homered to right center, a 406-foot shot, to make it 3-2. Joe Mack scored on an infield single by Liam Hicks, Esteury Ruiz scored on a double by Stowers, and Hicks scored on an infield single by Xavier Edwards to push the lead to 6-2. The Marlins added four more in the sixth: Joe Mack homered to right center with Jakob Marsee scoring ahead of him, Ruiz scored on a sacrifice fly by Lopez, and Stowers capped the inning with his second home run. Marsee added a solo shot in the ninth to complete the scoring.
Andrew Painter absorbed the loss, falling to 1-8. He lasted just 2.0 innings, allowing 6 runs on 6 hits with 3 strikeouts and 2 walks on 56 pitches. His ERA stands at 7.06. Philadelphia had tied the game at 2-2 in the first on RBI singles by Brandon Marsh and Alec Bohm, and added two more in the second — one on a balk that scored Justin Crawford, another when Garrett Stubbs scored on an error by first baseman Stowers — but could not sustain the offense against Alcantara.
Miami fell to 36-38 despite the victory, snapping a two-game losing streak. Philadelphia dropped to 40-33. Trea Turner, who went 3-for-5, is 6 doubles away from 300 career doubles.