Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 1
When: 6:40 PM ET, Thursday, April 11, 2024
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
64°
Umpires:
Home -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B -
John Tumpane, 2B -
Nick Mahrley, 3B -
Marvin Hudson
Attendance:
33362
By Field Level Media
Ranger Suarez pitched six dominant innings and the Philadelphia Phillies hit three home runs to power past the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Thursday.
Philadelphia, which hadn't logged an extra-base hit in its previous two games, got a solo home run from Alec Bohm and two-run shots from Brandon Marsh and Bryson Stott.
Suarez (2-0) limited Pittsburgh to two singles and struck out eight while walking two. The left-hander exited with a 1-0 lead thanks to Bohm blasting a hanging breaking ball into the Phillies' bullpen in center field with two outs in the fourth inning.
Bohm had two of Philadelphia's seven hits and made a sliding catch in foul territory on the third base side to secure the Phillies' second straight win.
Marsh pushed Philadelphia's lead to 3-0 in the seventh on an opposite-field home run initially ruled as an RBI double. A replay review determined that the drive cleared the wall in the left-center field for Marsh's fourth home run of the season, which scored J.T. Realmuto from first base.
Marsh's blast chased Pirates starter Jared Jones (1-2), who surrendered three runs on six hits over 6 1/3 innings. Jones struck out eight without walking a batter.
The Phillies capitalized on a Pittsburgh defensive gaffe to add on later in the seventh inning. Nick Castellanos reached second base after he lofted a lazy fly ball that Pittsburgh center fielder Michael A. Taylor missed as he nearly collided with right fielder Edward Olivares.
Stott then stepped up and crushed a 96 mph sinker off Colin Holderman deep into the right-center-field seats to grow Philadelphia's lead to 5-0.
Phillies reliever Yunior Marte struck out three batters in the seventh inning before Nick Nelson secured the final six outs as the Phillies improved to 7-6, marking the first time this season they are above .500.
Jared Triolo lined a two-out RBI single in the ninth inning to help the Pirates avoid their first shutout loss this season. Olivares' two hits led Pittsburgh, which struck out 14 times.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Hitting
Pittsburgh |
|
Philadelphia |
Edward Olivares | Player |
Alec Bohm
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
0 |
RBI |
1 |
0 |
HR |
1 |
2 |
TB |
5 |
.500 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Pittsburgh
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
.206 |
13 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
Philadelphia
|
7 |
3 |
16 |
.226 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |