Hoskins, Williams, McCutchen lead Phillies over Marlins 12-9

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rhys Hoskins, Nick Williams and Andrew McCutchen homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 12-9 Saturday night after nearly wasting a nine-run lead.

Philadelphia’s Jean Segura left after Trevor Richards’ 90-mph fastball hit his helmet in the second inning. Segura went straight down but got up and walked off the field on his own.

Jake Arrieta (4-2) allowed five runs and nine hits in five-plus innings, benefiting from a rare offensive outburst. The Phillies had scored a total of 13 runs in the previous six games.

Richards (0-4) gave up five runs and six hits in four innings.

Miami’s Jorge Alfaro hit a two-run homer off Enyel De Los Santos in the seventh and the Marlins pulled within a run on Brian Anderson’s RBI single in the eighth off Seranthony Dominguez.

But Hoskins gave Philadelphia a three-run cushion in the bottom half with his eighth homer.

Hector Neris pitched out of a jam in the ninth, striking out pinch hitter Chad Wallach to strand two runners for his fourth save in four tries.

Williams lined his first homer of the season into Philadelphia’s bullpen to spark a four-run second. After Segura was hit to load the bases, Bryce Harper drove a two-run double to right to make it 4-0.

McCutchen connected in the fourth for his fifth homer and his 800th career RBI.

Maikel Franco ripped a two-run single in the fifth, Arrieta followed with an infield single that drove in another run and Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run double to cap a five-run inning off Jarlin Garcia.

Arrieta took a 10-1 lead into the sixth but exited after loading the bases. Curtis Granderson’s third hit of the game, a two-run double off Jose Alvarez, cut the deficit to 10-5.

BYE BYE BERTI

Miami’s Jon Berti was picked off first after he singled in the second for his first major league hit.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Marlins: INF Neil Walker was out of the starting lineup again to rest a sore hamstring. He had a pinch-hit single. … OF/1B Garrett Cooper was 0 for 2 with a walk in a rehab assignment at Single-A Jupiter. Cooper has a left calf strain.

Phillies: Segura was activated from the 10-day injury list after missing 10 games with a strained left hamstring. OF Dylan Cozens was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

UP NEXT

Marlins right-hander Pablo Lopez (2-3, 4.44 ERA) opposes Phillies right-hander Zach Eflin (2-3, 4.14) on Sunday. Lopez allowed one run in six innings in his only career start vs. Philadelphia. Eflin is 2-2 with a 5.52 ERA in five career starts vs. Miami.