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Rookies Leiter Jr., Hoskins Help Phillies Beat Marlins 8-0

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies manager Pete Mackanin told Rhys Hoskins to swing away, and the powerful rookie slugger showed why.

Hoskins homered and drove in five runs, Mark Leiter Jr. allowed one hit over seven innings, and Philadelphia rode that rookie tandem to an 8-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.

With runners at first and second with no outs in the third inning and the Phillies ahead 2-0, Hoskins asked Mackanin whether to try to advance the runners by making contact to the opposite field or drive them in.

“I said, ‘We’re paying you to drive runs in,'” Mackanin said.