The Philadelphia Phillies bounced back from one of their worst losses of the season to quickly take control on the way to a 14-3 drubbing of the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday and earn a split of their four-game series.
Bryson Stott hit a lead-off home run, Brandon Marsh had four hits, and Trea Turner and Alec Bohm each had three hits for the Phillies. Jake Cave tied his career high with four runs batted in as the hot-and-cold Phillies reached double figures in runs for the second time in less than a week. They beat Miami 15-3 on Monday last week.
“Any time you score nine runs in the first inning, that’s a good sign,” Stott said.
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The defending National League champions piled up a season-high 23 hits and have won two of their last three games after dropping four of five.
Aaron Nola (1-2) gave up five hits and three runs, two earned, with three walks and four strikeouts in six innings.
“I’ve had a couple of big ones, but not that big,” the right-hander said.
“I thought he was good,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said of Nola. “I think those long innings affect him a little bit, but in the last two innings, he was really good.”
Nola allowed one hit, but with the help of a double play, faced the minimum six batters over his final two innings.
After being crushed 13-0 on Saturday, the Phillies posted nine runs against Luis Cessa in the first inning — their biggest inning since scoring 10 in the first inning of a 14-3 win over the Mets on the same date in 2019. They had a season-high eight hits in the inning.
Every Phillies’ starter had at least one hit after three innings, led by Turner’s three singles. Turner, who signed an 11-year contract with Philadelphia in December last year, scored three runs in three innings.
“We have a good lineup,” Stott said. “It was only a matter of time before we had one of those games.”
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