Jake Burger homered in his fourth straight game and Valente Bellozo tossed seven scoreless innings, fueling the visiting Miami Marlins to a 5-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.
Burger went deep to lead off the third inning for his team-leading 23rd homer of the season and 13th since the All-Star break.
Miami’s Jesus Sanchez homered in his second consecutive contest, and Jonah Bride and Otto Lopez each had an RBI single.
Xavier Edwards had two hits and scored a run for the cellar-dwelling Marlins, who have won two in a row overall and evened their season series against the National League East-leading Phillies at four wins apiece.
Bellozo (2-1) recorded his second straight scoreless outing and third in five starts, scattering four hits while striking out four and walking one on Tuesday.
Philadelphia starter Taijuan Walker (3-4) took the loss in his return from the 15-day injured list. Walker, who permitted three runs on four hits in four innings, was placed on the IL on June 23 due to right index finger inflammation.
The right-hander walked three and fanned five.
The Phillies mustered just four hits and committed two errors en route to losing for the 11th time in their past 15 games.
Miami started off strong in the first, as Burger worked a one-out walk against Walker, advanced to second on a walk by Sanchez and scored on Bride’s single to shallow left field. Lopez’s single to shallow right-center field plated Sanchez to give the Marlins a 2-0 lead.
Burger added to that advantage by depositing a 3-2 fastball from Walker over the wall in left-center field in the third.
Miami increased its lead to 4-0 in the seventh inning. Edwards singled to lead off the frame, stole second and came around to score following Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto’s throwing error.
The Marlins’ Jesus Tinoco struck out two batters while retiring the side in order in the eighth inning. Sanchez sent a first-pitch fastball from Carlos Estevez over the wall in right-center field in the top of the ninth before Andrew Nardi worked a perfect bottom of the ninth.
–Field Level Media