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With Miami ahead, Cashner gets ahead, earns W
- Updated: September 8, 2016
MIAMI — It was as much of a relief as it was a win for Andrew Cashner, who matched a season high with nine strikeouts on Wednesday night in the Marlins’ 6-0 win over the Phillies at Marlins Park.
The right-hander, acquired from the Padres on July 29, hasn’t had much go his way in his eight starts and nine appearances since joining Miami. But in 5 1/3 innings on Wednesday, he allowed just four hits, and was able to get some big strikeouts to improve to 1-4 with the Marlins.
“It’s kind of been a struggle since I’ve been over here,” the right-hander said. “But we swung the bats with a different lineup tonight. It was good to have some guys back. I knew it was time to get us rolling. We still have a lot of baseball left. There is no telling what we can do. We control our own destiny.”
The Marlins snapped their five-game losing streak and moved to within five games of the Mets and Cardinals for the second National Wild Card spot with 22 games …
