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Joseph cleans up in third career game
- Updated: May 18, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Less than 24 hours after receiving a standing ovation while standing on first base after his first big league hit, Tommy Joseph stepped on the bag again — but didn’t stay there very long.
Joseph’s second-inning solo homer bounced off the left-field foul pole, and the 24-year-old first baseman trotted around the Citizens Bank Park basepaths for the first time. The home run would be almost all the Phillies needed in a 3-1 victory over the Marlins on Tuesday night, but Joseph didn’t stop there.
He singled to right in the fourth and to center in the sixth, where Marcell Ozuna misplayed the ball and let Joseph get to third and Cesar Hernandez to score the Phillies’ third and final run. By the time Jeanmar Gomez recorded the final out, when Joseph made a diving stop at first base, he was 3-for-4.
“Tonight was all about Tommy Joseph and the bullpen,” manager Pete Mackanin said. “It was nice to see Tommy get his first home run. He made that great play to end the game. Not much more you can ask for from …
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