MIAMI -- Somehow, Bryson Stott got his bat on the ball.

Somehow, it stayed fair.

Stott smacked a far-inside 2-2 sinker over first base and down the right-field line for a bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning of the Phillies’ 8-3 victory over the Marlins at loanDepot park on Saturday. It gave the Phillies (28-12) a three-run lead on a day they played without another of their best hitters in the lineup. Trea Turner has been on the IL since last weekend with a strained left hamstring. Saturday, they played without Kyle Schwarber, who has a sore lower back.

“It’s really a perfect storm right now,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “The guys that don’t usually play are performing, and we’re winning.”

Marlins left-hander Jesús Luzardo held the Phillies scoreless through five innings for the first time since they were shut out in St. Louis on April 9. But Whit Merrifield, who was batting leadoff in place of Schwarber, hit a one-out double to left. J.T. Realmuto’s single scored Merrifield to tie the game at 1.

Marlins reliever Anthony Maldonado loaded the bases for Stott, who has been on a tear lately. Maldonado’s 2-2 inside sinker was 1.464 feet from the center of home plate, according to Statcast. There have been only three hits on pitches further inside by Phillies left-handed batters since Statcast started tracking in 2015.

“I know I got it in there,” Maldonado said.

In the moment, Stott didn’t think the pitch was all that inside.

“Then Schwarber was like, ‘Oh my gosh, did you see that?’” Stott said. “Then watching it was kind of crazy. I’ll do that every now and then. I think my first triple this year was on a pitch similar to that. It might have been the same pitch, honestly. Two strikes, trying to get a ball up and put a good swing on it.”

Stott hit .210 with one home run, 10 RBIs and a .559 OPS through April 27. But he is batting .375 (12 for 32) with three doubles, one triple, two homers, 13 RBIs and a 1.219 OPS in his past 10 games.

He is swinging and missing less recently. He is chasing less. And he is hitting the ball harder.

Through April 27:
• Whiff rate: 22.9 percent
• Chase rate: 29.4 percent
• Hard-hit rate: 27.3 percent
• Expected batting average: .210

Since April 28 (entering Saturday):
• Whiff rate: 13.4 percent
• Chase rate: 20.0 percent
• Hard-hit rate: 45.5 percent
• Expected batting average: .354

“Sometimes you put a good swing on a bad pitch and things happen,” Stott said. “Sometimes you put a bad swing on a good pitch and things happen. I think I’ve always kind of liked the ball inside. I know my chase numbers are worse on the inside part of the plate. I like swinging at inside pitches, and I think that’s what the reports say so I see a lot of them. But being able to keep that ball fair was nice, especially in that situation.”

Stott’s big hit was plenty for Phillies right-hander Taijuan Walker, who allowed one run on eight hits and one walk over six innings, striking out four. Walker is pleased with the way he has pitched in his first three starts since opening the season on the IL.

“Everything feels good,” Walker said. “I’m still trying to get the feel for my splitter all the way, but my slider, cutter and two-seam feel really good. I feel like my location has been really good. I feel like I know the type of pitcher that I am. We have a really good defense. I just make them put the ball in play and the defense helps me out a lot.”

Walker threw only 16 splitters (19 percent) on Saturday after using the pitch more than any other offering last year (33.2 percent). He thinks he’ll get the feel back.

“I just want to be comfortable with all of it, so if the cutter or slider isn’t working that day then I do have the splitter in my back pocket,” Walker said.

Stott singled to score Nick Castellanos from second base in the eighth inning, sparking another four-run rally.

He hit a cutter down to right field that time.

“There’s certain pitches that I think earlier in the year I would either chop to first base or something like that,” Stott said. “Just little things. When I’m going really bad, I hit a lot of balls to first base. My misses are flares to left or cue balls to the first baseman. So just trying to stay more in the big part of the field and get back to that.”