Phillies ride six first-inning runs and Jesús Luzardo's strong outing in 7-2 win over Marlins

Scott Lauber, The Philadelphia Inquirer on May 3, 2026

Published in Baseball

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MIAMI — Kyle Schwarber took a changeup in the dirt, dropped his bat, and peeked into the dugout, where teammates applauded and banged the padded railing.

Everybody laughed.

It was a new day, and in baseball, sometimes that’s all you need. One day after getting shut out on one hit, the Phillies scored six first-inning runs for South Florida native Jesús Luzardo in an easy-like-Sunday-morning 7-2 victory over the Miami Marlins.

Make it five wins in six games under interim manager Don Mattingly. All have come against a less-talented opponent; most were highlighted by a solid showing from the starting pitcher.

Luzardo, a tone-setter Tuesday with seven scoreless innings in the first game after manager Rob Thomson got fired, blanked the Marlins for six innings before yielding Esteury Ruiz’s two-run homer in the seventh.

By then, though, Luzardo was on cruise control. He hadn’t even taken the mound before the Phillies sent nine batters to the plate and scored six runs against right-hander Chris Paddack, whose ERA rose to 7.63 from 6.11.

Bryson Stott leveled the big blow, a three-run homer that cleared the fence where it juts out next to the right-field bullpen. It was his second three-run shot in three games — after not homering since Sept. 24 of last season.

Yet the barrage against Paddack was the result of the Phillies taking what the Marlins gave them, including a six-pitch walk to Schwarber two batters into the game that broke the slugger’s streak of eight strikeouts in a row.

In the expansion era (since 1961), only one Phillies position player struck out more times consecutively than Schwarber. Dylan Cozens’ run of nine whiffs occurred over multiple call-ups from Triple-A in 2018.

Clearly, then, Schwarber was due. And upon drawing a walk after Trea Turner’s leadoff double, he smirked at the dugout’s derisive eruption.

Bryce Harper followed with a walk to load the bases, then slid safely into second base on a low throw from Marlins third baseman Leo Jiménez on a potential force play. Brandon Marsh, back in the lineup after missing one game with a bruised elbow, drew a bases-loaded walk, J.T. Realmuto lifted a sacrifice fly, and the Phillies had a 3-0 lead on only one hit.

Stott made it 6-0, which was plenty for Luzardo, who gave up mostly soft contact and scattered a half-dozen singles through six innings.

In addition to Luzardo’s two solid starts, the Phillies have gotten strong starts from Cristopher Sánchez and Zack Wheeler en route to running their record to 5-1 under Mattingly and 14-20 overall.