Former Marlin Jesús Luzardo, Phillies fall in Miami to snap winning streak

The Marlins welcomed their old friend Jesús Luzardo back to Miami with four earned runs on Tuesday night as they snapped the Phillies’ five-game winning streak.

The left-hander allowed a two-run home run to Eric Wagaman in the bottom of the second inning, then exited with two runners on base who later came around to score as the Marlins rallied for three runs in the sixth inning of an 8-3 win. Luzardo gave up six hits, walked four and struck out four in five-plus innings in his first start at loanDepot Park since he was traded to Philadelphia this past offseason.

The Phillies (43-30), leading 3-2 after a Trea Turner home run in the fourth and run-scoring singles from Johan Rojas and Kyle Schwarber in the fifth, pushed Luzardo and sent him back out in the sixth. He walked the first two batters he faced before manager Rob Thomson pulled the starter after 103 pitches.

Lefty Tanner Banks entered for the Phillies, inducing two short ground outs as the Marlins tied the game before letting up a go-ahead triple to Javier Sanoja. Then, with Nick Castellanos on the bench, Max Kepler could not handle an Xavier Edwards line drive to right field that resulted in an RBI single to put the Marlins up 5-3.

Miami continued to tack on, first on a pinch-hit homer from Jesús Sánchez against right-hander Joe Ross in the seventh. The Marlins then scored two more in the eighth inning off Michael Mercado as they pulled away in the second of this four-game series.