Suárez has a strong 6-inning outing as Phillies defeat Giants 14-3

PHILADELPHIA — Ranger Suárez pitched six strong innings, Whit Merrifield homered and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 14-3 on Saturday night.

Kyle Schwarber, Johan Rojas and Bryson Stott each drove in two runs, and each starter had at least one hit for Philadelphia. The Phillies have won 15 of 18, and their 23 wins are the most in the majors.

The victory was somewhat marred by pre-contest news that shortstop Trea Turner will miss at least six weeks with a strained left hamstring. And third baseman Alec Bohm left in the third inning due to tightness in his left hip that occurred during his second at-bat, when he extended his hitting streak to 17 consecutive games with a single.

Wilmer Flores was honored by the Giants, who have lost five of seven.

The game was delayed by 1 hour and 10 minutes at the start due to rain and was played in a persistent drizzle on a cold, raw night in Philadelphia, where most of the announced sellout crowd of 42,610 hid in dry areas.

Suárez (6-0) won his sixth straight game, allowing three runs on seven hits, six strikeouts and one walk. The lefty has an ERA of 1.72.

Giants starter Keaton Winn (3-4) couldn’t get past the first inning as the Phillies scored five runs on four hits to give Suárez plenty of protection. Philadelphia tacked on four more runs in the second against right-hander Mitch White.

One of the Giants’ best performances of the night came in the eighth inning, when outfielder Tyler Fitzgerald retired the Phillies 1-2-3 in a quick eighth inning.

Edmundo Sosa went 1-for-4 with an RBI in place of Turner and will likely get most of the starts at shortstop while Turner recovers.

Turner was injured on a stellar play in the fourth inning of Philadelphia’s 4-3 win over the Giants on Friday. He singled, stole second and scored from there on a passed ball on a walk to Bryce Harper. Philadelphia’s speedy shortstop just beat right-hander Jordan Hicks, and umpire Brian Walsh’s safe call was confirmed by video review.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: San Francisco lost its starting catcher for the second straight day when Tom Murphy left with a left knee injury in the second inning. He was replaced by Blake Sabol. Murphy was in the starting lineup because Patrick Bailey was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list after leaving Friday’s contest with blurred vision and one out late in the second inning.

Phillies: Philadelphia called up Kody Clemens from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take Turner’s roster spot.

NEXT

Phillies RHP Taijuan Walker (1-0, 8.53 ERA) opposes San Francisco RHP Logan Webb (3-2, 2.98) in the third contest of four games scheduled on Sunday night.

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