MIAMI — Marlins starter Sandy Alcántara has been nearly unhittable this season, and in the first few innings of Friday’s game, it seemed as if he might throw a no-hitter or even a perfect game. The Phillies didn’t reach base until the top of the fifth inning, when J.T. Realmuto hit a line-drive single to right field.
They kept working their at-bats, and in the seventh inning, the dam finally broke (or, at the very least, it started to leak). Rhys Hoskins got on base with a one-out walk. Nick Castellanos moved him to second with a single to right field. And then power-hitting rookie Darick Hall crushed a double to left field that just bounced fair to drive home Hoskins.
Castellanos came running toward home after Hoskins but was tagged out at the plate. But Realmuto followed with a double to drive in Hall and give the Phillies a 2-1 lead over the Marlins that proved just enough to earn a badly-needed win. The Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak.
