PHILADELPHIA — Six outs away from a win and series sweep over the Marlins, the Phillies ended up dropping their series finale against the Fish on Sunday, 7-5 in 10 innings, settling for a series win instead.
Rob Thomson called upong Orion Kerkering to protect a two-run lead in the top of the eighth, but the right-hander squandered it away. After allowing back-to-back singles to start the inning, Kerkering got back-to-back outs to nearly get out of trouble. But he hung a 1-1 sweeper to Javier Sanoja, who sent the pitch into the left-field seats for a go-ahead three-run home run.