Stowers powers Marlins past Phillies 12‑4
PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Kyle Stowers went 4 for 5 with two home runs and five RBIs Wednesday afternoon, and the Miami Marlins defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 12-4 at Citizens Bank Park. Stowers homered in the first and sixth innings and added a double and a single. Joe Mack also homered and drove in two runs for Miami, which improved to 37-38. Sandy Alcantara won his seventh game, allowing two earned runs over six innings with six strikeouts. For Philadelphia, Andrew Painter took the loss, falling to 1-8. The Phillies slipped to 40-34. Miami jumped ahead with two runs in the first and four in the second, then added four in the sixth and single runs in the eighth and ninth. Philadelphia scored twice in each of the first two innings. The Marlins finished with 13 hits to the Phillies 10. Tim Mayza pitched two scoreless innings for Philadelphia. The game lasted 2 hours, 48 minutes before an announced crowd of 37,591.