PHILADELPHIA — To paraphrase The Most Interesting Man in the World from the old Dos Equis beer commercials: The Miami Marlins rarely win baseball games this season, but when they do, they’re probably playing a series finale.
That was the case again on Thursday, when the Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0, at Citizens Bank Park to avoid a three-game sweep. Miami lost the first two games of the series, 4-1 on Tuesday and 4-3 on Wednesday.
The Marlins (50-61) are now 18-18 this season in series finales. This includes wins in four of their past five series finales — the only wins they have in their past 13 games (July 28 at the Cincinnati Reds, Aug. 3 at home against the Reds, Sunday at the Chicago Cubs and Thursday against the Phillies).
