Maikel Franco launched his second grand slam of the year and Freddy Galvis and Michael Saunders added bkmers of their own as the Phillies beat the Marlins 7-4 on Wednesday.
Wei-Yin Chen pitched five innings for his first loss of the season and Martin Prado hit a solo shot off Vince Velasquez, who allowed three runs in 6 1/3 innings to earn his first victory of the year.
"Just that little inning there," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of the Phillies' four-run third. "I thought [Chen] was throwing the ball well early. I think he missed a spot there. He was trying to get the ball up and in on their third baseman there."
It had been eight days since Chen had last pitched, which was was seven no-hit innings against the Mariners.
"The last time I did well, so of course, you want to repeat that feeling and take it into your next game," Chen said. "Unfortunately we had two off-days and the rain in between. That's not something you can control."
The Marlins had a runner on second and the tying run at the plate with one out in the seventh inning when left-hander Joely Rodriguez entered the game. He got Ichiro Suzuki to line out to third for the second out, but the Marlins caught a huge break when Franco threw to second baseman Cesar Hernandez to double up Adeiny Hechavarria. Instead of Hernandez touching the bag he tried to tag Hechavarria instead. But the Marlins could not cash in as Dee Gordon grounded out to end the inning.
Tuesday's rainout pushed all the Miami starters back one day, which now lines Edinson Volquez (0-2, 4.82) up to pitch the 1:05 p.m. ET series finale on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park. In his career, Volquez is 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA in two previous starts vs. Philadelphia, the last coming in 2014.
For the Phillies, right-hander Jeremy Hellickson (3-0, 1.88 ERA) pitches the series finale against the Marlins. He could not have started his 2017 season much better. He has allowed two runs or fewer in each of his four starts, pitching seven innings in each of his last two.
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