Stott led off the bottom of the inning with a single followed by a walk by Realmuto. A grounder to short by Sosa saw Stott out at third on a fielder’s choice before Rojas reached on an infield single to load the bases for Kyle Schwarber who shipped a 2-1 changeup the opposite way over the left-center field wall for his 28th home run of the season.
Kyle had been hitless throughout the losing streak and it was his first homer since his trilogy a week ago.
Alec Bohm singled in an otherwise uneventful fifth inning to record the 600th hit of his career and extend his on base streak to 31 games.
The offense showed some initiative not resting on the strength of Schwarber’s ultimately all-important swing when, with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, they strung together four hits, including three doubles by Harper, Stott and Realmuto, to plate three more runs and lower the leverage for the back of the ‘pen.
Jose Ruiz, Matt Strahm, Jeff Hoffman, Jose Alvarado and Carlos Estevez combined for just two hits and a walk allowed over 4.2 IP with seven strikeouts to slam the door.
Pending the outcome of the Atlanta Braves game under way in San Francisco, the Phillies hold a 6.5 game lead in the division and their magic number is 37.
Zack Wheeler will welcome the Washington Nationals to town tomorrow night as he goes up against left-hander, Mitchell Parker, who interestingly will be the first of three straight lefties the Nats will start in the four-game set.
The momentum in the game and hopefully the season shifted with one huge swing in the fourth inning tonight as the Philadelphia Phillies (70-50) came back from a three-run deficit, scoring seven unanswered runs to defeat the Miami Marlins (45-76) by a score of 9-5 in the second half of the two-game series and end their four-game losing streak.
It was the 12th time this season the Phillies have scored nine or more runs in a game (all wins) but only the second time since the All Star break and fourth since June 23rd.
Tyler Phillips again surrendered a lot of hard contact in the early innings but, just as he did in Los Angeles a week ago, survived long enough to get to the bullpen with a lead. Five earned runs in 4.1 IP is never ideal, but when it’s from your sixth starter in a win that snaps a losing streak, you take it.
The Marlins took a 3-0 lead four batters into the game with a three-run homer by first baseman, Jonah Bride.
The Phillies would get one back in the bottom of the second inning after a leadoff walk to Bryson Stott, a JT Realmuto single and an Edmundo Sosa double play ground out.
They chipped similarly away at the deficit in the third inning, with walks to Johan Rojas and Nick Castellanos before a Bryce Harper fielder’s choice grounder to second.
Three straight one-out singles and a sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth gave the Marlins’ back their three-run lead but that would be the last of the scoring for the visitors.
Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber gives a thumbs up to the dugout after crushing a grand slam.
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