Alec Bohm, Brandon Marsh lead surging Phillies to 4-3 win over Giants
PHILADELPHIA (AP/CBS) — Alec Bohm extended his hitting streak to 16 games with an RBI single, Brandon Marsh drove in two runs and the surging Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Friday night.
Trea Turner had two hits for Philadelphia, which has won 14 of 17 and leads the majors with 22 victories.
Thairo Estrada hit a two-run double for the Giants.
Wearing their alternate City Connect jerseys on a cool, May evening, the Phillies opened a six-game homestand by continuing where they left off after winning seven of 10 on a road trip.
Matt Strahm (2-0) pitched a scoreless fifth inning in relief of starter Aaron Nola, and José Alvarado kept San Francisco off the board in the ninth to earn his sixth save.
Philadelphia went ahead 3-2 in the third against Jordan Hicks (2-1) on Bohm's RBI single and Marsh's two-run single.
Bohm is batting .500 (30 of 60) with three homers, 10 doubles and 21 RBIs during his streak.
Turner made it a two-run lead in the fourth when he singled, stole second and scored from there on a passed ball on a walk to Bryce Harper. Philadelphia's speedy shortstop just beat the tag by Hicks, and home-plate umpire Brian Walsh's safe call was confirmed by video review.
"I hate being hurt and I promise you it's not gonna be fun for the training staff," Turner said with a smirk and a smile at Citizens Bank Park Friday night. "I'll be wearing them out. They'll want me on the field more than I want to be on the field."
Hicks gave up four runs and four hits in four innings.
The Giants pulled within a run in the seventh when they loaded the bases with no outs on three straight singles against right-hander Orion Kerkering. Nick Ahmed scored on Jorge Soler's double-play grounder, and Kerkering got Michael Conforto on a fly ball to the warning track in right to end the inning.
Nola labored through four innings, allowing two runs and four hits while throwing 89 pitches. Nola, who signed a seven-year, $172 million deal in the offseason, needed 55 pitches to get through two innings when the Giants took a 2-0 lead.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: C Patrick Bailey departed with blurry vision with one out in the bottom of the second inning and was replaced by Tom Murphy. Bailey appeared to get injured on a foul tip in the first inning off the bat of J.T. Realmuto.
Phillies: Turner did not come out to play shortstop in the fifth inning due to left hamstring soreness after scoring from second base on the passed ball. Placed RHP Yunior Marte on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation and recalled RHP José Ruiz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
"I never really had anything like this to be honest with you," Turner said. "They seemed pretty positive in the training room, so I was pretty happy with that. Or at least more positive than I thought. "[I'm] definitely feeling it. We'll see and take it day-by-day."
They'll take another win in a season in which they have won 2/3rds of their games.
"It was a great play," Phillies manager Rob Thompson said. "It won us the ball game. It was a great play."
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