Trea Turner powered the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday night, launching a home run among three hits and driving in two runs to open the four-game series.
The loss snapped the Marlins’ three-game win streak, while the Phillies moved 14 games over .500. Marlins center fielder Dane Myers exited in the second inning after being hit on the left elbow by a pitch.
Max Kepler also went deep for the red-hot Phillies, who have now won five straight and six of their last seven. Alec Bohm added a clutch two-run single in the ninth.
Starter Mick Abel (2-0) allowed one run over five innings, while Taijuan Walker and Jordan Romano tossed scoreless frames. Orion Kerkering closed it out with a perfect ninth, earning his first career save.
Live EventsPhiladelphia jumped ahead just two pitches into the game, as Turner launched his eighth homer of the season — a 406-foot shot off Sandy Alcantara (3-8).
Miami briefly tied it in the second after Connor Norby’s RBI single, but Kepler restored the Phillies’ lead with a solo homer in the fourth, his ninth of the year.
Turner added an RBI single in the seventh, and Bohm’s two-run knock in the ninth provided insurance. Miami made it 3-2 in the eighth on Agustin Ramirez’s sacrifice fly but couldn’t complete the comeback.