Franco, Phils blank Diamondbacks to complete sweep
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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Maikel Franco hit a solo home run and an RBI triple as the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 6-0 win on Sunday.
The highly-touted prospect made his season debut with the team on Friday, and after an 0-for-4 start to his career, had a hit and run scored on Saturday and finished Sunday's game 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.
"We see him settling in and I think he's starting to feel more comfortable," said Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg.
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Darin Ruf hit a solo homer while Ben Revere, Cesar Hernandez and Cameron Rupp drove in a run each for the Phillies, who are on a season-high five-game winning streak.
Sean O'Sullivan (1-2) tossed six innings, allowing five hits and two walks with four strikeouts in his first win in over four years. He had been held without a victory over 18 games (13 starts) since his last win on May 12, 2011, when he was a member of Kansas City. He had lost nine straight decisions.
Josh Collmenter (3-5) gave up four runs on six hits over six innings to take the loss for the Diamondbacks, who have dropped seven of their past nine.
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"We got beat, they went out and beat us every way they could," said Arizona manager Chip Hale. "Power, their pitching and they had a really good bullpen this weekend."
The Phils left runners on the corners in the first, but were able to push a run across in the second as Hernandez led off with a double, moved to third on an Odubel Herrera sacrifice bunt and came home on a Rupp sac fly.
In the fourth, Ruf crushed an 0-1 cutter deep into the left field seats for his third home run of the year and a 2-0 lead.
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Philly added to its lead in the sixth with a pair of runs. Ruf kept the inning alive with a two-out single and Franco drove in his first run of the season with a triple off the wall in center. Hernandez followed with a double to right for a 4-0 lead.
Franco clubbed a leadoff homer to left-center in the eighth, and Revere added an RBI single later in the frame for a 6-0 game.
Game Notes
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Arizona plays four games in Miami starting on Monday ... Philadelphia starts a four-game set in Colorado Monday to open a 10-game road trip ... Franco finished the series 3-for-12 ... Collmenter fell to 1-3 in nine games against the Phillies.