Arraez homers, Nola works 7 strong innings to power the Phillies past the Marlins 4-1

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Luis Arraez homered, Garrett Stubbs had two hits and an RBI and Aaron Nola tossed seven strong innings as the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins, 4-1 on Wednesday night.

Arraez had a pair of hits, including a two-run homer, his sixth of the season, off Miami starter Sandy Alcantara. Stubbs, who had his first multi-hit game since April, drove in the first run of the game when he legged out an infield single with two outs and the bases loaded, scoring Arraez. Trea Turner drove in the other Phillies run with an RBI double.

Philadelphia won a season-best sixth straight game and closed within 4 1/2 games of the first place Atlanta Braves in the NL East. The Phillies trailed Atlanta by 9 1/2 games on August 13.

Nola (5-9) completed seven innings for just the second time this season, allowing one run on five hits while striking out eight. It was the first time Nola had gone seven innings and allowed fewer than three runs since his final start of the 2025 season and the third time since 2024.

Jhoan Duran pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 28th save.

Javier Sanoja had three of the Marlins' seven hits and was responsible for their only run, hitting a solo homer off of Nola to lead off the sixth inning.

Alcantara (13-8) took the loss for the Marlins, who have dropped five of seven. Alcantara allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings.

Marlins RHP Ryan Gusto (0-3, 4.70) is scheduled to start in the opener of a home series against Washington on Friday. The Nationals have not announced a starter.

The Phillies host St. Louis on Friday. LHP Jesus Luzardo (11-5, 3.23) will start for Philadelphia. The Cardinals have not announced a starter.

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Philadelphia Phillies' Garrett Stubbs (21) watches his RBI-single off Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Philadelphia Phillies' Luis Arraez (4), celebrates his two-run home run with Bryce Harper hit off Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Philadelphia Phillies' Luis Arraez watches his two-run home run off Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest U.S. sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal's independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world.

The State Department announced Tuesday that it had hit ICC president Tomoko Akane, a Japanese national, and ICC senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, who is from Senegal, with sanctions that freeze any assets they have in U.S. jurisdictions or come into contact with the U.S. financial system.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called the move “very unfortunate” when asked about the sanctions by a reporter. “Japan will respond as we continue to maintain communication with related countries including the United States,” she added.

The Trump administration has now slapped sanctions on nine of the ICC's 18 judges, both of its deputy prosecutors, its former chief prosecutor and one other prosecution office staffer, the court said. The U.S. accuses the court of overstepping its mandate by investigating and seeking to prosecute senior military and political officials from countries, such as Israel and the United States, that are not members of the court.

In a statement, the court said that when “judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk.” It said the court “will continue to fully discharge its mandate with independence and impartiality.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday branded the ICC “a corrupt and fatally politicized supranational court that has maliciously abused its authority and exceeded its mandate.”

The move came weeks after Rubio announced that the U.S. was launching a “sweeping campaign to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty.”

Rubio said he will pressure the court’s 125 member states to withdraw from the institution, sanction organizations that work with the court and ban staff from traveling to the United States.

Since then, Venezuela and Chad have announced they plan to leave the court, bringing the number of countries to pull out of the court in the past year to five. It takes a year for a country's decision to quit the court to be formalized.

The sanctions can impact the daily lives of court officials. They prevent the ICC officials and their families from entering the United States, block their access to even basic financial services making even going to a grocery store difficult.

Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, who was sanctioned last year, lost access to her credit cards, and Amazon’s Alexa stopped responding to her. “Your whole world is restricted,” she told The Associated Press after she was targeted.

The court's oversight body, the Assembly of States Parties, called the sanctions an “escalation” that “risks undermining ongoing investigations and impeding global efforts” to ensure justice reaches victims of global atrocities.

While Japan calls its alliance with the United States the cornerstone of its postwar foreign and security policies, Tokyo has had difficulty managing the relationship under Trump’s trade and security policies. Takaichi has been portrayed as weak for avoiding any criticism of Trump as her administration navigates weakened U.S. commitment in the region and deteriorating ties with China.

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People, wrote on X that Trump’s sanctions were “outrageous and intolerable.” He urged Takaichi’s government to show its support for the ICC and reach out to the U.S. government to “have it retract this unjust sanction.”

ICC host nation the Netherlands and European powerhouse Germany both threw their weight behind the court.

German foreign office spokesman Martin Giese told reporters in Berlin that the ICC is “fulfilling its mission exactly as intended,” by holding to account perpetrators of grave crimes. Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said he had invited Akane for talks “to discuss our continued support.”

Balkees Jarrah, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, called the sanctions “the latest example of the Trump administration’s utter contempt for international law and a naked attempt to shield American and Israeli officials implicated in serious crimes from justice.”

Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups sued the Trump administration in a New York court last week to challenge its campaign against the ICC.

Associated Press journalists Matthew Lee in Washington, Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin contributed to this report.

FILE - Judge Tomoko Akane walks before delivering the verdict in the Al Hassan case at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday Nov. 20, 2024. (Eva Plevier/Pool Photo via AP, file)

FILE - A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)