Marlins shut out Diamondbacks 2‑0 behind Phillips

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Tyler Phillips threw five scoreless innings as the Miami Marlins defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 on Thursday afternoon at loanDepot Park.

Phillips (1-1) allowed two hits and struck out five while walking none. Pete Fairbanks earned his eighth save with a perfect ninth inning.

Miami scored in the first inning on Xavier Edwards’ sacrifice fly, plating Otto Lopez. The Marlins added a run in the fourth when Jakob Marsee singled to center field, scoring Kyle Stowers.

Miami managed five hits. Marsee drove in a run and Edwards also had an RBI. Arizona recorded three hits.

Merrill Kelly (5-5) took the loss, allowing two runs on five hits over six innings.

The game lasted 2 hours, 18 minutes before an announced crowd of 8,580.

Arizona (34-34) has lost three straight. Miami (34-35) has won three consecutive games.