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
Pittsburgh | Philadelphia | |
Jared Jones | Player | Ranger Suarez |
Loss | W/L | Win |
6.1 | IP | 6.0 |
8 | Strikeouts | 8 |
6 | Hits | 2 |
4.26 | ERA | 0.00 |
Pittsburgh | Philadelphia | |
Edward Olivares | Player | Alec Bohm |
2 | Hits | 2 |
0 | RBI | 1 |
0 | HR | 1 |
2 | TB | 5 |
.500 | Avg | .667 |
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 |