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05/01 21:53 CDT Wheeler throws 6 strong innings, Stott homers to help Phillies
beat Marlins 6-5
Wheeler throws 6 strong innings, Stott homers to help Phillies beat Marlins 6-5
MIAMI (AP) --- Zack Wheeler struck out eight over six strong innings of one-run
ball, Bryson Stott homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins
6-5 on Friday night.
Alec Bohm and Edmundo Sosa each had two hits and drove in a run to help the
Phillies improve to 4-0 under interim manager Don Mattingly.
In his second appearance since beginning the season on the injured list,
Wheeler (1-0) scattered three hits and walked two. Wheeler underwent surgery in
September after a blood clot was discovered in his right shoulder and made his
season debut with a five-inning outing against Atlanta on April 26.
Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber, who began Friday with an NL-leading 11 homers,
struck out five times.
Sosa's RBI single and Stott's three-run homer off reliever Cade Gibson in the
seventh made it 6-1. Bryce Harper doubled and scored when Sosa hit a line drive
to center. Gibson then plunked Brandon Marsh on the right elbow with a 91 mph
fastball before Stott connected with a drive over the right-field wall.
The Marlins narrowed the deficit on Otto Lpez's RBI single, Liam Hicks'
sacrifice fly and Agustn Ramrez's run-scoring single against relievers
Jonathan Bowlan and Jos Alvarado in the eighth.
Javier Sanoja walked to lead off the ninth against Phillies closer Brad Keller.
Jakob Marsee and Kyle Stowers struck out before Lpez narrowed the deficit with
an RBI single. Keller retired Xavier Edwards on a flyout to center for his
first save.
Stowers protested the called third strike by plate umpire Mark Wegner and was
ejected. Wegner also tossed Marlins manager Clayton McCullough after he came
out to question the call and Stowers' ejection.
Bohm hit an RBI single and Justin Crawford followed with a run-scoring double
against Marlins starter Eury Prez in the fourth to put Philadelphia ahead 2-1.
After he scored on Stott's blast, Marsh was replaced because of elbow contusion.
Prez (2-3) gave up two runs and four hits in five innings. He walked two and
struck out six.
Consecutive two-out doubles from Lpez and Edwards in the first gave Miami an
early lead. Lpez had a homer overturned into a double when his drive deflected
off Phillies centerfielder Crawford's glove and the wall before it landed in
the green background.
Up next
RHP Andrew Painter (1-2, 5.25) was set to start for Philadelphia on Saturday
against RHP Max Meyer (1-0, 3.30).
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