Without Alec Bohm, J.T. Realmuto or Andrew McCutchen in the lineup Friday, the Philadelphia Phillies needed some offense from an unlikely source to win Game 1 of their doubleheader against the Miami Marlins.
And – perhaps surprisingly against a team they’ve been snake-bitten by in recent years – the Phillies got just that.
After Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins and Didi Gregorius all reached base with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Travis Jankowski promptly unloaded the bases with a double down the right-field line:
The Marlins would get two runs back off of Matt Moore in the top of the second inning, including one on an RBI double by Phillie-killer Miguel Rojas.