PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez struck out six over six solid innings and became baseball’s first 16-game winner as the Philadelphia Phillies outlasted the Miami Marlins 6-5 on Monday night.
Sánchez (16-4) allowed one run on eight hits for the Phillies (68-58), who moved into the second NL wild-card spot, one game ahead of San Diego.
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Miami Marlins' Otto Lopez, right, comes in to score on a single hit by Griffin Conine as Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto, left, looks on during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Janson Junk (26) talks with catcher Brian Navarreto, left, first baseman Leonardo Jimenez (19) and second baseman Xavier Edwards, right, during the third inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez looks on as rain falls during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia Phillies' Justin Crawford, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
The Marlins scored two runs on an unusual play in the seventh inning that led to manager Clayton McCullough being ejected. With the bases loaded, Javier Sanoja hit a low, opposite-field line drive that landed on the foul line in the outfield grass just past first base.
The hit was initially declared foul. Phillies right fielder Bryce Harper didn't field the ball, and all three runners crossed the plate. After a replay review, umpires ruled it fair but declared that only two runners scored, getting Miami within 4-3.
McCullough argued that the call cost the Marlins a run and was tossed. It was one of four times Miami moved within one run but could not take the lead. Brian Navarreto hit his first homer of the season, a solo shot off Brooks Raley in the eighth inning to get the Marlins within 5-4.
Phillies closer Jhoan Duran gave up an RBI single to Otto Lopez in the ninth but retired the next two batters for his 27th save.
The Phillies backed Sánchez in the third inning when they sent eight batters to the plate and scored twice. Trea Turner and Luis Arraez each hit RBI singles off Marlins starter Janson Junk (6-8).
Philadelphia nearly turned an around-the-horn triple play in the fifth on Heriberto Hernández's sharp grounder to third with runners on first and second. Hernández just beat second baseman Arraez's relay throw at first.
Zack Wheeler (10-4, 2.89 ERA) starts Tuesday night for the Phillies. The Marlins had not named a starter.
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Miami Marlins' Otto Lopez, right, comes in to score on a single hit by Griffin Conine as Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto, left, looks on during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Janson Junk (26) talks with catcher Brian Navarreto, left, first baseman Leonardo Jimenez (19) and second baseman Xavier Edwards, right, during the third inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez looks on as rain falls during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia Phillies' Justin Crawford, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
HONOLULU (AP) — Thousands were without power Monday after Tropical Storm Lala uprooted trees from downtown Honolulu to the Big Island, where intense flash-flooding and strong winds isolated already-remote communities.
In the hard-hit southern end of the Big Island, communities were isolated as they were cut off from communication and roads were blocked by debris. Floodwaters disturbed some grave sites.
Officials announced one fatality blamed on the storm — a woman who had been reported missing in Naalehu and then found dead on Monday. Additional details about the death weren't immediately available.
Lala weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday after lashing the state without making landfall. Intense rainfall and flooding caused a muddy mess as the storm moved past Hawaii’s main islands.
The storm was projected to continue moving westward and was forecast to become a hurricane again at sea and far from land by Wednesday.
Public schools statewide, some private schools and state offices were closed Monday. Schools and county offices on the Big Island will remain closed Tuesday. Cleanup efforts began in earnest with crews repairing bridges and clearing fallen trees. Drivers were urged to use alternate routes.
The Hawaiian Electric utility said more than 117,000 customers were without power as of Monday after the passing storm’s strong winds took down trees, utility poles and transmission towers. The Big Island’s power transmission system suffered “extensive damage,” the utility said.
The 911 emergency service number was temporarily out of service on the Big Island because hurricane impacts were affecting radio and telephone communications, the Hawaii Police Department said, but was back up by the afternoon with a few disruptions.
“My district is in shambles,” said state Rep. Jeanné Kapela, who represents the Kau district on the southern end of the island. Her voice quivered with emotion as she described communities trapped by collapsed and debris-blocked roads, including the small community of Punaluu, home to about 100 households and popular among tourists for its black-sand beach.
Two cemeteries in Naalehu were “washed out,” she said.
Kapela was working to get satellite internet connections near communities without power and cellular service.
“Most people when you think of Hawaii, you think of Lahaina or you think of Waikiki,” she said of some of the state's most popular tourist destinations. “You don’t necessarily think of the southern point of the United States, but at the end of the day, we are the southernmost point in the United States. That’s the community that got hit. And it’s probably one of the most rural communities in the entire country.”
Gov. Josh Green said he was hopeful the area would become accessible within days, and not weeks or longer.
"Please respect those people who were deceased and buried in the cemetery there where there was some dispersal of the ‘iwi kupuna’, Green said, using the Hawaiian term for sacred ancestral skeletal remains of Native Hawaiians.
Tom Callis, a spokesperson for Hawaii County, which is also known as the Big Island, said those areas have been cordoned off and no work is happening there.
Green vowed that recovery will be “somewhat brisk.”
“And in spite of this loss of one beautiful person,” he said of the storm-related death, “it could have been a lot worse.”
No one is believed to be missing after some 100 homes were swept from their foundations and washed away on the Big Island, authorities said previously.
Officials advised people to stay out of the ocean anywhere water appears brown or murky.
There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect for Hawaii on Monday, but life-threatening surf and rip current conditions remained, according to the National Hurricane Center. Saturation caused by heavy rainfall could still cause some landslides, but winds were no longer a threat, National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Blood said.
“There's no real looming hazards that we're facing now,” he said. “Lala's off to the west.”
Laupahoehoe, on the northeast coast of the Big Island, saw the heaviest recorded rainfall at 43.54 inches (1.1 meters). The highest winds were atop the towering Mauna Kea volcano, where gusts hit 140 mph (225 kph). At the lower elevations, residents all across the island chain experienced tropical storm force winds of 30 to 40 mph (48 to 64 kph) with gusts up to 60 mph (97 kph), Blood said.
Federal officials have pledged recovery help. U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz said Monday he spoke with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about federal support and urged him to approve a forthcoming request for emergency funding to help clear debris and repair damaged roads and highways.
Eric Hubner walks along a washed-out road near his home in Mountain View, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, after a severe weather system went through the area. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
An uprooted tree falls on a home in Volcano, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, after a severe weather system went through the area. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
A teenager wades through a pool of water in a washed-out section of a damaged road in Mountain View, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, after a severe weather system went through the area. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Debris is seen along Hawaiʻi Belt Road near Pahala, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, after a severe weather system went through the area. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
