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Deep fish: Stanton, Yelich HR as Marlins beat Phillies
- Updated: May 6, 2016
MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton picked an appropriate time to connect on the longest home run tracked by Statcast™ this season. The three-time All-Star blistered a two-run homer in the eighth inning on Friday night that launched the Marlins to a 6-4 win over the Phillies at Marlins Park.
The blast was projected to travel 475 feet with an exit velocity of 113 mph. It ran Miami’s win streak to four, as the club has won 11 of 12.
The Marlins struck quickly off Vince Velasquez, scoring twice in each of the first two innings. Christian Yelich tagged him for a two-run homer in the first, and J.T. Realmuto and Martin Prado each had two-out RBI singles, putting Miami ahead 4-0.
But the Phillies stormed back against Wei-Yin Chen, who allowed the leadoff batter to reach in each of his five innings. Philadelphia …
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