ARLINGTON, Texas -- Brandon Marsh bit on a first-pitch changeup from Rangers starter Merrill Kelly that was well below the zone, fouling it out of play.
He watched the next two pitches go by -- a cutter up and outside, and a curveball on the outside edge of the plate -- to fall behind in the count, 1-2, before he got another changeup. This time, it was in the zone, and this time, he got all of it.
As the ball carried over the railing in right field just inside the foul pole, it clocked an exit velocity of 109.3 mph. Marsh's seventh home run of the season opened a three-run fourth inning that helped propel the Phillies to a 9-1 win over the Rangers.
It marked the Phillies' first-ever win at Globe Life Field since it opened in 2020, and their first win in Arlington since 2014.
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Marsh, who had also doubled in the second inning, wasn't done there. Facing left-handed reliever Robert Garcia, Marsh hit a bloop to right field that deflected off of right fielder Adolis García, allowing him to sail into second for another double. Marsh also singled in the seventh, finishing 4-for-5 and a triple shy of the cycle.
Trea Turner also had a big night with five RBIs, and broke the game open in the ninth inning with a three-run home run. Closer Jhoan Duran had been warming up to help the Phillies protect what was then a 4-1 lead, before an RBI double from Bryson Stott and Turner's big swing made him sit back down.
Cristopher Sánchez put up a quality start for the Phillies, allowing one run over six innings, but he grinded through his outing.
The Rangers put a lot of pitches on him early, driving his pitch count up to 25 after the first inning and 38 after the second. Three consecutive singles in the first scored the Rangers' only run of the game. It also erased the early lead Kyle Schwarber had given the Phillies with his 41st home run of the season, which leads the National League.
After Marsh put the Phillies back in front, 2-1, Turner gave them some insurance. Otto Kemp and Bryson Stott both drew walks from Kelly, before Turner roped a bases-clearing double into the left field corner.
Sánchez escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth. He allowed two singles and a walk, and Jordan Romano began warming in the bullpen, but Sánchez got Wyatt Langford to fly out to strand the runners. He returned for the sixth, and sidestepped a double from Jake Burger to post a scoreless frame.
Matt Strahm and Orion Kerkering tossed a scoreless seventh and eighth innings. Max Lazar pitched the ninth.