Final Score: Phillies 2, Marlins 1
MIAMI — For most of the evening Friday, it appeared that one run of support was all that National League Cy Young Award-favorite Sandy Alcántara was going to need to hand the Philadelphia Phillies their fifth consecutive loss.
Make no mistake, the Phillies didn’t break out of their offensive funk against the Miami Marlins’ ace — far from it, really. But the Phillies countered excellent pitching from Alcántara with some of their own, and got just enough timely hitting to steal a series-opening victory.
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Darick Hall delivered the game-tying double off of Alcántara in the top of the seventh inning, plating Rhys Hoskins on a ball that would have been an opposite-field home run in eight ballparks:
Third base coach Dusty Wathan appeared caught in between whether he wanted to wave Nick Castellanos home or not, but ultimately put up the stop sign.