The Marlins were counting on a big performance by Sandy Alcantara as they tried to salvage the series finale at Citizens Bank Park. When Miami’s ace struggled early, his teammates took things into their own hands. Kyle Stowers belted a pair of home runs and drove in five runs, while Owen Caissie, Joe Mack and Jakob Marsee also went deep in the Marlins’ offensive barrage, a 12-4 win over the Phillies that sent them back to Miami on a high note following a couple of tough days in Philadelphia. “In this league, you play so many games, you have no choice, good or bad, but to flush it going into the next day,” Stowers said. “The first two games didn't go in our favor, but today did, so we’ll go into the next game with the same mentality.” The Marlins' 12 runs scored tied a season high. All five home runs were hit by left-handed hitters, establishing a new club record for homers by lefties in a game. “That could have gone a lot of different ways in the early first few innings,” manager Clayton McCullough said. “For us to continue to add on, continue to score as that game went along, was a real good sign.” Having gone 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position while being outscored 15-2 in the first two games of the series, the Marlins went 4-for-9 with RISP on Wednesday. “When the Fish get hot, it's extremely contagious,” Caissie said. “We had great at-bats all day long.” Three of those hits with RISP came from Stowers, who went 4-for-5 despite entering the day hitting only .175 with 24 strikeouts in his last 15 games. “Any time you have success, you kind of loosen up the shoulders a little bit, and vice versa; when things aren't going your way, maybe you tense up a little bit,” Stowers said. “There's a sweet spot somewhere between caring a lot and trying too hard. I was able to kind of thread that needle today.”
