Good as gold: Phelps, Marlins swim past Pirates

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PITTSBURGH — No matter the role, reliever or starter, David Phelps has delivered. The right-hander stepped up yet again on Saturday night, striking out nine and allowing just two hits in the Marlins’ 3-1 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.

Backed by Xavier Scruggs’ two-run homer, the first blast of his career, the Marlins claimed the first two games of the series and moved a half-game ahead of the Bucs in the chase for the second National League Wild Card spot.

Josh Harrison had three of the Pirates’ four hits, including a two-out RBI single off Kyle Barraclough in the eighth inning to make it a two-run game. But Fernando Rodney shut down Pittsburgh’s thoughts of a rally with a perfect ninth inning for his 23rd …

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