Trea Turner missed a triple-beat, Kyle Schwarber hit his 33rd home run and Bryce Harper had three hits to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 16-2 on Friday night.
Johan Rojas added three doubles and Kody Clemens also had three hits for the NL East-leading Phillies — 85-56, eight games ahead of division-leading Atlanta.
Philadelphia scored a season-high 22 runs and hits.
Zack Wheeler (14-6) threw six innings of one-run batters. The right-handed pitcher allowed two hits and struck out seven. He retired the first 10 batters before Connor Norby singled in the fourth.
The Phillies scored seven runs in the first two innings against Marlins emergency starter Austin Kitchen (0-1). Harper, Bryson Stott and JT Realmuto hit RBI singles in a three-run first, and Turner had a two-run homer in a four-run second.
Realmuto singled twice and had two RBIs before leaving in the fourth inning with a left knee contusion. He hit a pitch off his knee in the second inning and limped away from the box before ending the at-bat with a single.
Otto López hit a run-scoring double in the fourth inning to put Miami on the board.
Philadelphia extended its lead to double figures with three runs in the fifth and four in the sixth. Rojas had his second double to drive in two runs in the fifth, then Schwarber made it 14-1 with a 434-foot drive to right-center in the sixth.
Kitchen allowed seven runs and nine hits in two innings. Edward Cabrera, the original starter for Miami, was withdrawn at the last minute because of migraine-like symptoms.
Marlins outfielder David Hensley pitched the final two innings, allowing two runs in the ninth.
Before the game, retired Marlins outfielder Jeff Conine threw the ceremonial first pitch to his son Griffin, who was promoted from Triple-A by Miami on Aug. 26 and started Friday in right field.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: Placed 3B Alec Bohm (left hand injury) on the 10-day injured list and recalled infielder Buddy Kennedy from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Bohm injured his hand while hitting a ball in the Phillies’ game against Atlanta on Aug. 29.
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Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (12-6, 3.29) was scheduled to start Saturday against RHP Darren McCaughan (0-0, 8.24).
