Max Meyer only allowed a hit in seven shutout innings and Xavier Edwards homered in the host Miami Marlins’ 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday

Meyer (2-0) faced one over the minimum amount of batters with a walk and seven strikeouts in the longest start of his career. He threw 55 strikes in 83 pitches.

Anthony Bender and Andrew Nardi each retired the side in order in the combined one-hitter.

Otto Lopez and Edwards were had two hits with a run and an RBI and Connor Norby was 2-for-3 with a run batted in for the Marlins, who evened the four-game series at one game each.

Garrett Stubbs got the lone hit for the Phillies, who had their four-game winning streak under interim manager Don Mattingly snapped. Kyle Schwarber was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and has struck out in all eight at bats over his last two games, tying a career high for consecutive strikeouts.

Philadelphia starter Andrew Painter (1-3) gave up three runs on seven hits in five innings with three walks and seven strikeouts.

The Marlins took a 2-0 lead in the third on consecutive bases-loaded, two-out walks to Agustin Ramirez and Norby.

It was the second straight inning Miami loaded the bases with one out with three consecutive singles. In the second Painter got Graham Pauley on a foul out and struck out Esteury Ruiz swinging to end the inning.

Edwards one-out solo homer in the fifth made it 3-0. He drove Painter’s 1-1 four-seam fastball into the right-field stands for Edwards’ second home run.

Lopez’s infield RBI single with two out in the sixth increased the Marlins’ advantage to 4-0.

Stubbs singled in the third with one out and was erased on an inning-ending double play.

Justin Crawford was scratched from the Phillies’ lineup because of a migraine.

Philadelphia also activated catcher J.T, Realmuto from the 10-day injured list (back spasms) earlier Saturday and designated Dylan Moore for assignment. Realmuto was hitless in three at-bats.

–Field Level Media

Stewart Cink is inching toward his second career PGA Tour Champions major title, as the veteran on Saturday shot a 1-under-par 71 to clear the field by three strokes headed into Sunday’s championship round at the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Ala.

Cink took home his first major championship just two weeks ago when he won the Senior PGA Championship in Bradenton, Fla.

Despite not matching the heights achieved through his first two rounds, when Cink totaled 16 birdies over two days, his round nevertheless allowed him to expand his lead after leading by two at the conclusion of Friday’s round, and it came in difficult windy conditions.

“Overall today it was just a lot harder day to score out there,” Cink said. “I wasn’t quite as sharp either as I was the first couple days, but sometimes the golf course, you know, it just turns on you a little bit. The wind direction on a lot of the holes was awkward and it was difficult to pick out a lot of the gusts in the direction of it.”

Cink’s lead growing came in part because closest competitor Charlie Wi suffered a miserable round on Saturday, clunking home four bogeys and two double-bogeys on the way to a 5-over 77.

Cink moved to 15-under for the tournament by kickstarting his day with three birdies over his first five holes. His birdie on the fifth was sandwiched by two bogeys, and he closed his front nine 1 under. On the back nine, he balanced a double bogey with two birdies (the latter coming on Hole 18) to finish his day a stroke under par.

“The birdie at the last was nice,” Cink said. “That was some pretty good shots. But the double on the 15th hole was, that’s what happens when you hit a whole bunch of bad shots in one hole, you get a bad score, and I did.”

Cink, who grew up 120 miles northwest of Birmingham in Florence, Ala., has had a large, supportive gallery thanks to that proximity.

But the 72-hole event held at Greystone Golf and Country Club was more unkind to most of the other major challengers on Saturday. South Africa’s Retief Goosen (74), Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee (75) and Czechia’s Alex Cejka (74) had all been in a tie for third, and none could reach par, falling further behind Cink’s pace.

Just three golfers are within five shots of Cink after a day of high scores. Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie is closest at 12 under after his 5-under 67. He had seven birdies to go along with two bogeys to match his low round for the tournament.

“This is the beauty of the game of golf, isn’t it, that age is just a number in the game of golf,” Montgomerie said. “If it was any other sport, you would be well gone by now.”

Doug Barron (69) and New Zealand’s Steven Alker (71) are tied for third at 10 under.

Four golfers are tied for fifth at 9 under alongside Goosen and Cejka: Matt Gogel (68), South Korea’s Y.E. Yang (70), Ken Tanigawa (70) and Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen (71). Jaidee is T11 while Wi is T15.

–Field Level Media

Kyle Harrison pitched six solid innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Nationals 4-1 on Saturday in Washington.

Brandon Lockridge had two hits including a two-run single and William Contreras, who had four hits in each of his past two games, went 1-for-4 with an intentional walk.

Harrison (3-1) gave up a run on seven hits. He struck out five and walked one while lowering his ERA to 2.12. Abner Uribe pitched the ninth for his third save, closing it out after the first two batters reached base.

James Wood had two hits and Curtis Mead doubled and scored a run for the Nationals.

Washington’s Foster Griffin (3-1) pitched six innings, allowing three unearned runs on three hits. He struck out three and walked four.

The Nationals are 3-12 at home.

Griffin retired the first two Brewers in the first, but Contreras singled and Gary Sanchez and Jake Bauers walked to load the bases. Third baseman Brady House’s fielding error on Luis Rengifo’s grounder let in the first run and Lockridge followed with a two-run single to make it 3-0.

Mead doubled off the wall in right leading off the fourth and scored on a one-out single by CJ Abrams.

Griffin walked the first two batters in the fifth but struck out Contreras and Sanchez, and Bauers grounded out.

Jose Tena led off the seventh with a pinch-hit double, but Milwaukee pitchers retired the next three batters without Tena advancing.

The Brewers loaded the bases on three consecutive singles off Brad Lord with one out in the eighth, and a run scored when Joey Ortiz grounded out on a slow bouncer. Grant Mitchell walked to reload the bases, but Brice Turang struck out.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Saturday the team remains optimistic about the status of pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, who worked 5 1/3 innings hitless innings before leaving Friday’s win with a right hamstring cramp.

“I think he’s going to be fine,” Murphy said.

–Field Level Media